Summer Commons: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Summer Commons is a 64-bed for-profit nursing home in Sanford, Maine. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.84 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the Maine average of 2.83, and 53.7% nursing staff turnover (Maine average 46.7%).
Summer Commons
21 June StreetSanford, ME 04073
York County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Summer Commons, nurse aides logged 2.84 hours per resident per day, about the same as the Maine average. With about 61 residents a day, that works out to roughly 174 aide hours a day, or about 22 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Maine avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.84 | 2.83 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.26 | 0.45 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.79 | 1.05 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.89 | 4.34 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.52 | 3.92 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
53.7% of nursing staff at Summer Commons left over the year CMS measured, against a Maine average of 46.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 25.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 27, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (Maine average 11.0). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Summer Commons holds 5 of 5 overall; the Maine average is 3.1.
About Summer Commons
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Sanford Senior Care Operations, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 8, 1972
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Summer Commons
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Pinnacle Health & Rehab at Sanford Sanford | 1.5 | 86 | 2.62 | 3.98 | 41.9% | 5 | None |
| Pinnacle Health & Rehab at N Berwick North Berwick | 10.0 | 64 | 2.51 | 3.85 | 38.1% | 5 | None |
| Kennebunk Center For Health & Rehabilitation, LLC Kennebunk | 11.2 | 78 | 2.45 | 4.04 | 54.7% | 2 | None |
| River Ridge Center Kennebunk · SFF candidate | 11.5 | 62 | 1.96 | 4.05 | 59.4% | 1 | $15,334 |
| Rochester Manor Rochester | 14.0 | 108 | 1.72 | 3.20 | 32.8% | 2 | None |
| Birch Healthcare Center Rochester | 14.2 | 79 | 2.38 | 3.52 | 47.6% | 2 | $10,655 |
| Southridge Rehab & Living Ctr Biddeford | 15.3 | 62 | 2.99 | 4.44 | 53.4% | 3 | $23,179 |
| Dover Center for Health & Rehabilitation Dover | 17.3 | 112 | 1.82 | 3.31 | 44.9% | 4 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.