Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr is a 93-bed for-profit nursing home in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.87 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 17% below the Massachusetts average of 2.26, and 41.7% nursing staff turnover (Massachusetts average 38.2%).
Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr
254 Billerica RoadChelmsford, MA 01824
Middlesex 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 Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr, nurse aides logged 1.87 hours per resident per day, 17% below the Massachusetts average. With about 78 residents a day, that works out to roughly 146 aide hours a day, or about 18 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Massachusetts avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.87 | 2.26 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.51 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.33 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.93 | 3.48 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
41.7% of nursing staff at Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr left over the year CMS measured, against a Massachusetts average of 38.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 50.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 6, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (Massachusetts average 7.2). 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. Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr holds 4 of 5 overall; the Massachusetts average is 3.0.
About Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Sunny Acres Opco LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 1990
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| New England Pediatric Care North Billerica | 1.4 | 80 | 4.54 | 8.11 | 30.7% | 5 | None |
| Life Care Center Of Merrimack Valley Billerica | 1.5 | 124 | 2.39 | 4.09 | 38.8% | 2 | $161,920 |
| Palm Springs Post Acute Chelmsford | 2.4 | 124 | 2.09 | 3.62 | 43.3% | 2 | None |
| Regalcare at Lowell Lowell | 2.7 | 90 | 1.84 | 3.60 | 30.0% | 1 | $91,558 |
| Vantage at Lowell LLC Lowell | 3.2 | 115 | 2.13 | 3.59 | 29.6% | 2 | $13,497 |
| Fairhaven Healthcare Center Lowell | 3.5 | 169 | 1.98 | 3.23 | 49.5% | 2 | $15,030 |
| D'Youville Senior Care Lowell | 3.8 | 208 | 2.16 | 3.79 | 36.4% | 1 | None |
| Northwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center Lowell | 3.9 | 123 | 1.86 | 2.83 | 23.8% | 1 | $85,178 |
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.