Brookestone Gardens: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Brookestone Gardens is a 54-bed nonprofit nursing home in Kearney, Nebraska, part of Vetter Senior Living. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.29 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 25% above the Nebraska average of 2.64, and 35.2% nursing staff turnover (Nebraska average 48.7%).
Brookestone Gardens
2615 West 11th StreetKearney, NE 68845
Buffalo 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 Gardens, nurse aides logged 3.29 hours per resident per day, 25% above the Nebraska average. With about 52 residents a day, that works out to roughly 171 aide hours a day, or about 21 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Nebraska avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.29 | 2.64 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.51 | 0.67 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.98 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.79 | 3.98 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.03 | 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
35.2% of nursing staff at Brookestone Gardens left over the year CMS measured, against a Nebraska average of 48.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 23.1%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 16, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 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 Gardens holds 5 of 5 overall; the Nebraska average is 2.8.
About Brookestone Gardens
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Vetter Senior Living, 22 homes
- Legal name: VSL Kearney LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 21, 2019
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Brookestone Gardens
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Mt Carmel Home - Keens Memorial Kearney | 1.7 | 75 | 4.48 | 6.11 | 41.0% | 4 | None |
| Mother Hull Home Kearney | 2.2 | 58 | 3.26 | 4.85 | 97.2% | 2 | None |
| Good Samaritan Society - St John's Kearney | 2.5 | 56 | 2.31 | 3.40 | 51.1% | 2 | None |
| Good Samaritan Society - St Luke's Village Kearney | 3.7 | 60 | 2.48 | 3.52 | 64.7% | 1 | $11,654 |
| Bethany Home, Inc Minden | 15.6 | 64 | 2.90 | 4.21 | 40.0% | 2 | None |
| Holdrege Memorial Homes, Inc Holdrege | 20.9 | 94 | 2.56 | 3.86 | — | 2 | None |
| Christian Homes Health Care Center Holdrege | 22.9 | 86 | 2.44 | 3.72 | 58.3% | 1 | None |
| Accura HealthCare of Kenesaw Kenesaw | 24.5 | 76 | 1.90 | 2.86 | 47.8% | 1 | $71,975 |
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.