Where They Care · plain answers about nursing homes

Clover Health Care

440 Minot Ave, Auburn, ME 04210 · 109 beds · For profit - Limited Liability company

The records flag: 2 citations at the most serious level; A Special Focus candidate.

Everything here comes from Medicare's own inspection and payroll records. We don't rank facilities or take payment from them.

Medicare overall rating
Much below average · 1 of 5
All nursing staff, hours / resident
4.08
RNs, LPNs and aides · state average 4.60
Weekend RN coverage
−45%
vs weekdays
Staff turnover
55%
state average 47%
2 citations at the most serious level
Inspectors judged that residents were placed in danger of serious injury or death. See the inspection section for dates and whether each was corrected.
A Special Focus candidate
Medicare lists this facility as a candidate for its increased-oversight programme — not on the list itself, but flagged as being near it.

These are drawn straight from Medicare's records. We report what the record says — we don't rate facilities or judge the care given in them.

Who's actually on the floor

Staffing is the thing most closely tied to day-to-day quality of care, and it's the number families most often never see. This is registered nurses only — a smaller figure than the all-staff total above, because it counts the most highly qualified staff on their own — per resident, per day, comparing an average weekday against an average weekend.

Weekdays
0.84 hrs
Weekends
0.46 hrs
ME average
1.11 hrs

Registered nurses only — hours per resident per day. Longer is better.

Registered nurse coverage drops about 45% at weekends.

Staff turnover: 55%

High turnover matters because continuity does — a nurse who knows your mother notices when something is different about her. Someone on their second shift doesn't have that baseline.

What inspectors found

State inspectors visit at least once a year and after complaints. Over the last three years this facility received 54 citations. Raw counts mislead, though — a paperwork slip and a resident being harmed both count as one. Here they are by how serious inspectors judged them.

SeverityCitations
Immediate jeopardy
Residents placed at risk of serious injury or death
2
Potential for harm
No one harmed yet, but conditions could allow it
50
No harm
Rule and paperwork findings
2

35 of these came from someone filing a complaint rather than a routine visit — worth weighing differently, because it means a person picked up the phone. All findings are recorded as corrected.

Medicare has issued $15,317 in fines here over the past three years.

Disclosed affiliations

Medicare has not published ownership or affiliation information for this facility. That is a gap in the federal record, not a finding about the facility — the great majority of facilities do have entries, so it is a reasonable thing to ask about on a visit.

Other options nearby

Most families are choosing between whatever is close enough to visit often — and visiting often is itself one of the better protections a resident has. These are the closest 8 facilities.

FacilityMilesRating Nurse hrsWeekend
Odd Fellows Health Care Center
Auburn
0.3 3 1.12 −51%
St Mary'S D'Youville Pavilion
Lewiston
2.6 1 1.22 −4%
Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center
Lewiston
2.9 1 0.83 −19%
Montello Manor
Lewiston
3.6 1 0.83 −44%
Marshwood Center
Lewiston
4.3 3 0.96 −9%
Market Square Health Care Center, LLC
South Paris
16.4 2 0.62 −41%
Norway Center for Health & Rehabilitation, LLC
Norway
16.6 5 1.22 −24%
Maine Veterans Home - So Paris
South Paris
18.2 5 2.22 −43%

Weekend column shows the change in registered-nurse coverage at weekends compared with weekdays.

Worth asking on a visit

Records only tell you so much. These are the questions this facility's particular numbers suggest you ask — go on a weekend if you possibly can.

  1. Can I visit on a Sunday rather than a weekday? How many registered nurses are on duty then, and for how many residents?
  2. Turnover here is about 55%. How long has the director of nursing been in post?
  3. Medicare's records show a citation at the most serious level. What happened, and what changed afterwards?
  4. Who will actually be caring for my relative at 3am on a Saturday — an agency nurse or someone on staff?

Where these numbers come from

All figures are published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Different measures cover different periods — some are considerably older than others, so each is dated separately below rather than under one "last updated" stamp.

Staffing hours
Jan–Mar 2026
Staff turnover
calendar year 2025
Inspections & citations
Jul 2023 – Jun 2026
Fines & penalties
last 3 years
Ownership
as reported to Medicare
Star rating & file release
CMS file dated 1 July 2026

We report what the records say and don't draw conclusions about care quality. If you believe something on this page is wrong — email a correction. It reaches a person, not a form. We check every report, fix what is wrong, and say so on the page; see how we handle corrections. If you work at this facility and our figures disagree with your own records, we want to hear that too.