Brookestone Acres: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Brookestone Acres is a 80-bed nonprofit nursing home in Columbus, Nebraska, part of Vetter Senior Living. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.16 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 20% above the Nebraska average of 2.64, and 26.3% nursing staff turnover (Nebraska average 48.7%).
Brookestone Acres
4715 38th StreetColumbus, NE 68601
Platte 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 Brookestone Acres, nurse aides logged 3.16 hours per resident per day, 20% above the Nebraska average. With about 75 residents a day, that works out to roughly 238 aide hours a day, or about 30 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 17% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Nebraska avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.16 | 2.64 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.49 | 3.98 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.73 | 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
26.3% of nursing staff at Brookestone Acres left over the year CMS measured, against a Nebraska average of 48.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 20.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 11, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (Nebraska average 7.2). 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. Brookestone Acres holds 5 of 5 overall; the Nebraska average is 2.8.
About Brookestone Acres
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Chain: Vetter Senior Living, 22 homes
- Legal name: VSL Columbus LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 18, 2014
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Brookestone Acres
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus Columbus | 0.7 | 145 | 2.51 | 3.57 | 60.9% | 1 | None |
| Genoa Community Hospital/LTC Genoa | 18.0 | 43 | 2.53 | 3.48 | 22.9% | 2 | None |
| St. Joseph's Villa, Inc. David City | 19.0 | 58 | 2.87 | 3.79 | 52.9% | 2 | $27,115 |
| Brookestone of David City David City | 19.7 | 86 | 2.92 | 4.20 | 30.6% | 5 | None |
| Good Samaritan Society - Osceola Osceola | 20.5 | 47 | 2.18 | 3.88 | 28.6% | 5 | None |
| Clarkson Community Care Center Inc Clarkson · many days without an RN | 23.0 | 51 | 0.94 | 1.43 | — | 1 | $15,593 |
| Midwest Covenant Home Stromsburg | 25.4 | 51 | 2.64 | 4.30 | 49.2% | 3 | None |
| Cloverlodge Care Center St Edward | 25.5 | 47 | 2.03 | 3.29 | 23.3% | 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.