Apple Ridge Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Apple Ridge Care Center is a 60-bed for-profit nursing home in Waverly, Missouri, part of Circle B Enterprises. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.88 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 18% below the Missouri average of 2.29, and 62.9% nursing staff turnover (Missouri average 56.0%).
Apple Ridge Care Center
100 West Thomas AvenueWaverly, MO 64096
Lafayette County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Apple Ridge Care Center, nurse aides logged 1.88 hours per resident per day, 18% below the Missouri average. With about 47 residents a day, that works out to roughly 89 aide hours a day, or about 11 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 5% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Missouri avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.88 | 2.29 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.70 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.17 | 0.46 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.74 | 3.43 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.59 | 3.02 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
62.9% of nursing staff at Apple Ridge Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Missouri average of 56.0% and a US average of 45.8%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 11, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 20 health deficiencies (Missouri average 11.5). 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. Apple Ridge Care Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the Missouri average is 2.5.
About Apple Ridge Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Circle B Enterprises, 36 homes
- Legal name: Waverly 1 Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 1, 1990
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Apple Ridge Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Carroll House Carrollton · abuse citation | 10.4 | 63 | 1.79 | 2.44 | 45.2% | 2 | $84,890 |
| Life Care Center of Carrollton Carrollton | 11.4 | 120 | 1.67 | 3.24 | 59.6% | 3 | None |
| Meyer Care Center Higginsville | 15.0 | 56 | 1.70 | 3.20 | 54.5% | 1 | None |
| Lutheran Nursing Home Concordia | 15.7 | 113 | 2.22 | 3.14 | 52.5% | 4 | $41,886 |
| The Living Center Marshall | 18.2 | 99 | 2.38 | 3.87 | 35.8% | 3 | None |
| Legendary Health Care Center Marshall | 19.2 | 92 | 1.90 | 2.75 | — | 1 | $93,208 |
| Riverbend Heights Health & Rehabilitation Lexington | 19.7 | 154 | 2.50 | 3.58 | 36.7% | 2 | None |
| Shirkey Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Richmond | 23.8 | 197 | 2.79 | 4.08 | 37.6% | 3 | None |
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.