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Nursing home · Chelsea, MA

The Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea

100 Summit Street, Chelsea, MA 02150

RN turnover here is 72%, above the Massachusetts average of 42.7%.

RN turnover
72%
Massachusetts average 42.7%
RN time per resident
100 min/day
Massachusetts average 38 min
Nursing team turnover
31.9%
Massachusetts average 37.8%
CMS staffing rating
4 of 5
Certified beds 154
The numbers, in plain English

Working at The Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea

The Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea is a 154-bed nursing home in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Over the 12-month period CMS measures, 72% of its registered nurses stopped working here. Across the 317 Massachusetts nursing homes CMS reports, the average is 42.7%, so RN turnover here is higher than at 93% of nursing homes in the state.

Staffing tells a different story. Residents here receive about 100 minutes of RN time per day, against 38 minutes across Massachusetts. That is more RN coverage than 98% of Massachusetts nursing homes. CMS gives The Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea a staffing rating of 4 out of 5.

Turnover for the whole nursing team, which counts RNs, LPNs and nurse aides, is 31.9% here compared with 37.8% statewide.

What this means if you apply here

  • Higher RN turnover means you may be training alongside newer colleagues. Ask what the facility is doing to keep its nurses.
  • RN hours per resident run above the state average, a sign of more RN support on the floor.

Questions to ask in your interview

  • How many residents does each RN cover on the shift I would work?
  • How is weekend RN coverage handled?
  • How many RNs left in the last year, and what has changed since?
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Sources. CMS Care Compare nursing home provider data, released October 2026. Turnover is the share of staff who stopped working at the facility over a 12-month period. CMS Five-Star overall rating from CMS Care Compare.