Water's Edge: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Water's Edge is a 50-bed nonprofit nursing home in Hayward, Wisconsin. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.15 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 22% above the Wisconsin average of 2.58, and 51.9% nursing staff turnover (Wisconsin average 46.9%).
Water's Edge
11040 North State Rd 77Hayward, WI 54843
Sawyer 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 Water's Edge, nurse aides logged 3.15 hours per resident per day, 22% above the Wisconsin average. With about 36 residents a day, that works out to roughly 114 aide hours a day, or about 14 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Wisconsin avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.15 | 2.58 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.28 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.07 | 0.99 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.50 | 4.21 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.03 | 3.77 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
51.9% of nursing staff at Water's Edge left over the year CMS measured, against a Wisconsin average of 46.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 27.3%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 14, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (Wisconsin average 9.5). 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. Water's Edge holds 5 of 5 overall; the Wisconsin average is 3.0.
About Water's Edge
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Medical Services, Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 1, 1997
- Located inside a hospital
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Water's Edge
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Hayward Health Services Hayward | 12.3 | 50 | 1.96 | 3.43 | 37.8% | 3 | $12,649 |
| Dove Healthcare - Spooner Spooner | 35.8 | 50 | 3.02 | 4.63 | 71.4% | 2 | None |
| Ashland Health Services Ashland | 38.8 | 117 | 2.16 | 3.60 | 46.3% | 4 | None |
| Park Manor LTD Park Falls · staffing data not validated | 39.3 | 92 | — | — | — | 3 | None |
| Court Manor Health Services Ashland | 39.4 | 50 | 2.17 | 3.92 | 15.2% | 3 | $40,590 |
| Care & Rehab - Ladysmith 1 Ladysmith | 41.9 | 32 | 2.66 | 4.27 | 29.0% | 3 | None |
| Care & Rehab - Ladysmith 2 Ladysmith | 41.9 | 30 | 2.78 | 4.46 | 15.4% | 5 | None |
| Middle River Health and Rehabilitation Center South Range | 44.5 | 86 | 2.59 | 4.36 | 61.8% | 3 | 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.