All 4 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Dover,
side by side on the things that separate them: how many nursing hours each resident gets, how much of the
staff leaves each year, and what inspectors found on their last visit.
Hennis Care Centre Of Dover runs 120 certified beds as an individual for-profit, and the staffing picture is mixed. Nurses provide 3.46 hours per resident day, roughly 10% under the national average of 3.86, and weekends run about 12% thinner than weekdays, worth asking about if your family visits mainly on Saturdays and Sundays. Turnover sits at 33.9%, well below the 45.8% national figure, so the aides and nurses you meet are more likely to still be there next year. The 46 deficiencies on record include none at the harm or jeopardy level and none abuse-related, with two fines totaling $15,820, and the most recent inspection was April 17, 2025.
Park Village runs a for-profit, individually owned home with 90 certified beds in Dover. Nurse staffing sits at 4.19 hours per resident day, about 9% above the national average, and the staff retention is genuinely strong, 33.7% turnover against a national 45.8% means workers tend to stick around here. The tradeoff shows up in the inspection record: 16 deficiencies, including one at the harm or jeopardy level, and a single fine of $77,552. Weekend staffing dips roughly 12% below weekday levels, so coverage gets thinner when families are most likely to visit. The most recent inspection was April 22, 2026, so the record is current. Strong staffing and retention, but that harm-level finding and the fine are worth asking about directly.
New Dawn runs 4.74 nurse hours per resident per day, roughly 23% above the national average of 3.86, that's real coverage. But the people providing it don't stay: turnover is 75.6%, well above the 45.8% national figure, and weekend staffing drops about 15% below weekday levels, so the hours can thin out when families visit most.
The inspection record is the bigger concern. Fifty-seven deficiencies on file, including one abuse-related citation, with the last inspection in July 2024 and a 2-out-of-5 health inspection rating. Nothing is flagged at the harm level, and quality measures rate 4 out of 5, but 57 findings under for-profit LLC ownership is a lot of paperwork to accumulate for 98 beds.
Country Club Center I runs 72 beds in Dover under for-profit LLC ownership, and the staffing numbers are where the trouble starts. At 3.78 nurse hours per resident day it sits just under the national average, but weekends drop about 14% below its own weekday levels, and turnover hits 83.8% against a national 45.8%, meaning most of the people caring for residents this year won't be there next year. The inspection record is worse: 90 deficiencies, six at harm or jeopardy level, eight abuse-related, and CMS has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program, reserved for the country's most persistently poor performers. Three fines totaling $31,371 are on file.