Aspire Senior Living Carthage: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Aspire Senior Living Carthage is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Carthage, Missouri, part of Aspire Senior Living. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.97 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 14% below the Missouri average of 2.29.
Aspire Senior Living Carthage
1901 Buena Vista AvenueCarthage, MO 64836
Jasper 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 Aspire Senior Living Carthage, nurse aides logged 1.97 hours per resident per day, 14% below the Missouri average. With about 112 residents a day, that works out to roughly 220 aide hours a day, or about 28 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Missouri avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.97 | 2.29 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.44 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.23 | 0.46 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.64 | 3.43 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.27 | 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
CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for Aspire Senior Living Carthage in this release. 1 administrator left over the same period.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 31, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 10 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. Aspire Senior Living Carthage holds 3 of 5 overall; the Missouri average is 2.5.
About Aspire Senior Living Carthage
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Aspire Senior Living, 16 homes
- Legal name: Aspire Senior Living Carthage LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 7, 1987
- Changed ownership in the last 12 months
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Aspire Senior Living Carthage
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| St Luke's Nursing and Rehabilitation Carthage | 0.3 | 95 | 2.30 | 3.50 | 29.0% | 3 | None |
| Aspire Senior Living Webb City Webb City | 9.7 | 120 | 1.85 | 2.68 | — | 1 | $25,454 |
| Sarcoxie Health Care Center Sarcoxie | 10.9 | 40 | 0.88 | 1.49 | 84.0% | 1 | None |
| NHC Healthcare, Joplin Joplin · staffing data not validated | 12.9 | 124 | — | — | 50.0% | 2 | None |
| Joplin Gardens Joplin | 14.4 | 92 | 1.76 | 3.08 | 61.9% | 1 | None |
| Aspire Senior Living Joplin Joplin | 15.4 | 120 | 2.33 | 3.34 | — | 1 | None |
| Granby House Granby | 16.7 | 60 | 2.63 | 3.54 | 60.3% | 2 | None |
| Communities of Wildwood Ranch Joplin | 17.6 | 120 | 3.26 | 4.81 | 42.1% | 4 | 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.