Bear Lake Memorial Skilled Nursing Facility: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Bear Lake Memorial Skilled Nursing Facility is a 36-bed government-run nursing home in Montpelier, Idaho. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.24 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 8% below the Idaho average of 2.44, and 35.3% nursing staff turnover (Idaho average 50.3%).
Bear Lake Memorial Skilled Nursing Facility
164 South Fifth StreetMontpelier, ID 83254
Bear Lake 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 Bear Lake Memorial Skilled Nursing Facility, nurse aides logged 2.24 hours per resident per day, 8% below the Idaho average. With about 30 residents a day, that works out to roughly 68 aide hours a day, or about 8 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.
CMS note: The facility reported a high number of days without a registered nurse on site.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Idaho avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.24 | 2.44 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.57 | 0.74 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.93 | 0.86 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.74 | 4.04 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.13 | 3.49 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
35.3% of nursing staff at Bear Lake Memorial Skilled Nursing Facility left over the year CMS measured, against a Idaho average of 50.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 40.0%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 19, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 13 health deficiencies (Idaho average 10.2). 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. Bear Lake Memorial Skilled Nursing Facility holds 3 of 5 overall; the Idaho average is 3.1.
About Bear Lake Memorial Skilled Nursing Facility
- Ownership: Government - City/county
- Legal name: Bear Lake County Memorial Hospital
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 1, 1977
- Located inside a hospital
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Bear Lake Memorial Skilled Nursing Facility
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Franklin County Transitional Care Preston | 32.9 | 35 | 3.31 | 5.01 | 27.1% | 5 | None |
| Star Valley Care Center Afton | 33.4 | 24 | 3.89 | 6.08 | — | 5 | None |
| Maple Springs Senior Living North Logan | 46.1 | 98 | 3.62 | 5.88 | — | 3 | $8,278 |
| Rocky Mountain Care - Logan Logan | 46.8 | 120 | 1.86 | 3.36 | 56.8% | 3 | None |
| Logan Regional Hospital Transitional Care Unit Logan | 47.0 | 11 | 3.44 | 9.62 | 15.0% | 5 | None |
| Sunshine Terrace Skilled Nursing Logan · staffing data not validated | 48.7 | 172 | — | — | 47.2% | 1 | None |
| Oneida County Hospital & Long Term Care Facility Malad | 49.4 | 33 | 3.50 | 5.85 | 26.8% | 5 | None |
| South Lincoln Nursing Center Kemmerer | 53.3 | 24 | 2.65 | 4.80 | 38.1% | 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.