Buhler Sunshine Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Buhler Sunshine Home is a 55-bed nonprofit nursing home in Buhler, Kansas. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 4.27 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 58% above the Kansas average of 2.70, and 32.9% nursing staff turnover (Kansas average 48.1%).
Buhler Sunshine Home
400 S Buhler RoadBuhler, KS 67522
Reno 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 Buhler Sunshine Home, nurse aides logged 4.27 hours per resident per day, 58% above the Kansas average. With about 46 residents a day, that works out to roughly 197 aide hours a day, or about 25 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 6% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kansas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 4.27 | 2.70 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.31 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.22 | 4.07 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.89 | 3.60 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
32.9% of nursing staff at Buhler Sunshine Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Kansas average of 48.1% and a US average of 45.8%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 13, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 7 health deficiencies (Kansas average 9.5). 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. Buhler Sunshine Home holds 4 of 5 overall; the Kansas average is 3.1.
About Buhler Sunshine Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Church related
- Legal name: Buhler Sunshine Home, Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1997
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Buhler Sunshine Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Pleasant View Home Inman | 7.0 | 122 | 3.59 | 5.39 | 46.3% | 3 | None |
| Diversicare of Hutchinson Hutchinson | 7.9 | 73 | 2.22 | 3.30 | 38.5% | 4 | $8,376 |
| Good Samaritan - Hutchinson Village Hutchinson | 8.1 | 65 | 2.46 | 3.52 | 45.1% | 4 | None |
| Hutchinson Operator, LLC Hutchinson | 8.2 | 45 | 2.67 | 4.04 | 72.2% | 1 | $15,918 |
| Wesley Towers Inc Hutchinson | 9.4 | 52 | 2.39 | 4.00 | 41.9% | 5 | None |
| Mennonite Friendship Communities Inc South Hutchinson | 11.9 | 100 | 2.80 | 3.98 | 36.4% | 5 | $14,498 |
| Pine Village Moundridge | 14.5 | 74 | 3.54 | 5.07 | 54.5% | 3 | None |
| Moundridge Manor Moundridge | 14.9 | 78 | 3.53 | 4.86 | 19.8% | 5 | $20,295 |
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.