Waterville Center for Health and Rehab: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Waterville Center for Health and Rehab is a 111-bed for-profit nursing home in Waterville, Maine. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.40 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 20% above the Maine average of 2.83, and 50.4% nursing staff turnover (Maine average 46.7%).
Waterville Center for Health and Rehab
7 Highwood StWaterville, ME 04901
Kennebec County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
Special Focus Facility candidate. CMS lists this home as a candidate for its Special Focus Facility program, which is for nursing homes with a history of serious quality issues.
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Waterville Center for Health and Rehab, nurse aides logged 3.40 hours per resident per day, 20% above the Maine average. With about 94 residents a day, that works out to roughly 320 aide hours a day, or about 40 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) | 3.40 | 2.83 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.58 | 0.45 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.85 | 1.05 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.83 | 4.34 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.42 | 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
50.4% of nursing staff at Waterville Center for Health and Rehab left over the year CMS measured, against a Maine average of 46.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 53.6%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 28, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 15 health deficiencies (Maine average 11.0). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $83,038 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2024 | Fine | $83,038 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Waterville Center for Health and Rehab holds 1 of 5 overall; the Maine average is 3.1.
About Waterville Center for Health and Rehab
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Waterville Center for Health and Rehab LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1993
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Waterville Center for Health and Rehab
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Oak Grove Center Waterville · SFF candidate | 1.9 | 90 | 2.11 | 3.76 | 50.0% | 1 | $14,056 |
| Lakewood A Continuing Care Center Waterville | 2.7 | 105 | 2.56 | 3.93 | — | 2 | None |
| Woodlawn Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Skowhegan | 14.1 | 46 | 2.44 | 3.34 | 54.0% | 2 | $8,018 |
| Cedar Ridge Center Skowhegan | 15.3 | 75 | 2.11 | 3.48 | 47.1% | 3 | None |
| Maine Veterans Home - Augusta Augusta | 15.8 | 108 | 4.57 | 6.62 | 32.5% | 5 | None |
| Augusta Center for Health & Rehabilitation, LLC Augusta | 19.2 | 72 | 2.75 | 3.99 | 33.3% | 3 | None |
| Mainegeneral Rehab & Long Term Care - Glenridge Augusta | 19.6 | 125 | 3.03 | 4.33 | 31.8% | 5 | None |
| Mainegeneral Rehab & Long Term Care - Gray Birch Augusta | 20.0 | 77 | 2.82 | 4.73 | 48.0% | 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.