Bethel Lutheran Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Bethel Lutheran Home is a 59-bed nonprofit nursing home in Selma, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.59 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average of 2.65, and 52.5% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Bethel Lutheran Home
2280 Dockery AvenueSelma, CA 93662
Fresno 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 Bethel Lutheran Home, nurse aides logged 2.59 hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average. With about 57 residents a day, that works out to roughly 147 aide hours a day, or about 18 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.59 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.97 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.24 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.81 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.51 | 4.09 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
52.5% of nursing staff at Bethel Lutheran Home left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 80.0%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 5, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 12 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). 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. Bethel Lutheran Home holds 3 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Bethel Lutheran Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Bethel Lutheran Home Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 9, 2021
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Bethel Lutheran Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Rolling Hills Care Center Selma | 0.7 | 34 | 2.89 | 4.25 | 40.0% | 2 | None |
| Kingsburg Center Kingsburg | 3.6 | 86 | 2.47 | 3.86 | 24.7% | 3 | None |
| Fowler Care Center Fowler | 5.2 | 46 | 2.74 | 4.19 | 50.8% | 3 | None |
| Vineyards at Fowler Fowler | 5.7 | 49 | 3.06 | 4.71 | 59.6% | 2 | None |
| Palm Village Retirement Comm. Reedley | 8.4 | 120 | 2.95 | 4.05 | 32.6% | 3 | None |
| Manning Gardens Care Center, Inc Fresno | 8.7 | 59 | 2.88 | 4.61 | 26.7% | 5 | $12,000 |
| Vineyard Care Center Reedley | 9.0 | 56 | 2.51 | 3.85 | 35.7% | 4 | None |
| Sierra View Homes Reedley · many days without an RN | 9.1 | 59 | 0.37 | 0.59 | — | 2 | 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.