Chaffee Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Chaffee Nursing Center is a 71-bed for-profit nursing home in Chaffee, Missouri, part of Americare Senior Living. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.04 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 11% below the Missouri average of 2.29, and 31.7% nursing staff turnover (Missouri average 56.0%).
Chaffee Nursing Center
12273 State Highway 77Chaffee, MO 63740
Scott 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 Chaffee Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 2.04 hours per resident per day, 11% below the Missouri average. With about 62 residents a day, that works out to roughly 126 aide hours a day, or about 16 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 | Missouri avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.04 | 2.29 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.78 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.72 | 0.46 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.54 | 3.43 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.94 | 3.02 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
31.7% of nursing staff at Chaffee Nursing Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Missouri average of 56.0% 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 May 14, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 health deficiencies (Missouri average 11.5). 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. Chaffee Nursing Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Missouri average is 2.5.
About Chaffee Nursing Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Americare Senior Living, 23 homes
- Legal name: Chaffee Nursing, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 9, 1992
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Chaffee Nursing Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| The Lutheran Home Cape Girardeau | 9.3 | 274 | 2.89 | 4.54 | 34.9% | 5 | None |
| Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau | 9.8 | 120 | 1.84 | 3.53 | 68.5% | 1 | $149,578 |
| Chateau Girardeau Cape Girardeau | 9.9 | 75 | 2.51 | 4.26 | 65.7% | 3 | None |
| Fountainbleau Lodge Cape Girardeau | 11.3 | 33 | 3.16 | 4.99 | 48.7% | 5 | $8,827 |
| Ratliff Care Center Cape Girardeau | 11.7 | 46 | 2.26 | 3.24 | 72.1% | 3 | None |
| Heartland Care and Rehabilitation Center Cape Girardeau | 12.4 | 102 | 2.05 | 3.05 | 66.2% | 4 | None |
| Hubble Creek Jackson | 12.6 | 105 | 2.35 | 3.28 | — | 3 | None |
| Jackson Manor Jackson | 14.3 | 90 | 2.16 | 3.35 | 64.3% | 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.