Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Colonial Poplin Nursing Home
442 Main Street, Fremont, NH 03044 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · 50 certified beds
Colonial Poplin Nursing Home is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Fremont, New Hampshire. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.50 hours per resident per day, below the New Hampshire average of 3.88. Its most recent inspection on May 8, 2025 cited 0 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Colonial Poplin Nursing Home compares
This facility vs. the New Hampshire and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | New Hampshire avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.50 | 3.88 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.57 | 0.74 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.26 | 2.39 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 63.5% | 48.5% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 0.0 | 4.0 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
What inspectors found at Colonial Poplin Nursing Home
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Environmental Deficiencies · May 23, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 23, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · May 23, 2023 - Potential for harm
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · May 23, 2023
Show all 6 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · May 23, 2023
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 442 Main Street
Fremont, NH 03044 - CMS certification #
- 305091
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 50
- Avg residents/day
- 45.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1999-08-01
- Setting
- Urban
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Colonial Poplin Nursing Home using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 2 federal wage cases with violations found, since 2004
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Jul 27, 2009 to Oct 1, 2009. Violations found: Family and medical leave. Employer as DOL recorded it: Colonial Poplin Nursing Facility (Colonial Poplin Nursing Home, Inc.). Case 1568072.
- Findings for Apr 25, 2004 to Apr 15, 2006. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $6,873 owed to 4 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Colonial Poplin Nursing Home (Colonial Poplin Nursing Home, Inc.). Case 1440733.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Exeter Hospital Inc, Exeter. 9.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Rockingham County Nursing Home, Brentwood. 4.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Caretenders, Epping. 5.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 3.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 03044 as metropolitan (metropolitan high commuting).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc Dialysis Services Of Exeter, Exeter, 10.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Derry Dialysis, Londonderry, 13.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 11 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 03044.
Beth Israel Lahey Health At Home, office in Exeter, 9.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Harborside Hospice LLC, office in Plaistow, 11.5 miles away, straight line
Vna Home Health And Hospice Services, Inc, office in Manchester, 13.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Elliot Physicians Network, Manchester. 15.3 miles away, straight line. 3 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | No plain statements of services found |
Looking for assisted living or memory care instead?
Frequently asked questions
Is Colonial Poplin Nursing Home a good nursing home?
CMS gives Colonial Poplin Nursing Home an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Colonial Poplin Nursing Home staffed?
Colonial Poplin Nursing Home reports 3.50 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Hampshire average of 3.88.
Has Colonial Poplin Nursing Home had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 0 deficiencies.
How many beds does Colonial Poplin Nursing Home have?
Colonial Poplin Nursing Home is certified for 50 beds.