Windward Gardens: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Windward Gardens is a 73-bed for-profit nursing home in Camden, Maine, part of Genesis Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.25 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 20% below the Maine average of 2.83, and 76.2% nursing staff turnover (Maine average 46.7%).
Windward Gardens
105 Mechanic StreetCamden, ME 04843
Knox County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
Special Focus Facility. CMS places nursing homes with a history of serious quality issues in its Special Focus Facility program, which brings more frequent inspections.
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Windward Gardens, nurse aides logged 2.25 hours per resident per day, 20% below the Maine average. With about 65 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 7% below the all-days figure.
CMS note: Not rated: this home is in the Special Focus Facility program because of a history of serious quality issues.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Maine avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.25 | 2.83 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.57 | 0.45 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.14 | 1.05 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.96 | 4.34 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.68 | 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
76.2% of nursing staff at Windward Gardens left over the year CMS measured, against a Maine average of 46.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 70.8%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 4, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 21 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. Not rated: this home is in the Special Focus Facility program because of a history of serious quality issues.
About Windward Gardens
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Genesis Healthcare, 184 homes
- Legal name: Camden Operations, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 23, 1994
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Windward Gardens
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Breakwater Commons Rockland | 7.1 | 96 | 3.42 | 4.89 | 68.4% | 2 | $3,529 |
| Harbor Hill Center Belfast | 16.0 | 40 | 2.33 | 4.57 | 46.7% | 3 | $8,044 |
| Cove's Edge Inc Damariscotta | 25.8 | 76 | 3.36 | 4.29 | — | 4 | None |
| Maine Veterans Home - Augusta Augusta | 33.7 | 108 | 4.57 | 6.62 | 32.5% | 5 | None |
| Augusta Center for Health & Rehabilitation, LLC Augusta | 34.0 | 72 | 2.75 | 3.99 | 33.3% | 3 | None |
| Mainegeneral Rehab & Long Term Care - Glenridge Augusta | 34.5 | 125 | 3.03 | 4.33 | 31.8% | 5 | None |
| Mainegeneral Rehab & Long Term Care - Gray Birch Augusta | 36.3 | 77 | 2.82 | 4.73 | 48.0% | 4 | None |
| Oak Grove Center Waterville · SFF candidate | 36.4 | 90 | 2.11 | 3.76 | 50.0% | 1 | $14,056 |
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.