Essentia Health Grace Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Essentia Health Grace Home is a 30-bed nonprofit nursing home in Graceville, Minnesota, part of Essentia Health. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.32 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 8% below the Minnesota average of 2.52, and 36.0% nursing staff turnover (Minnesota average 42.2%).
Essentia Health Grace Home
116 West Second StreetGraceville, MN 56240
Big Stone 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 Essentia Health Grace Home, nurse aides logged 2.32 hours per resident per day, 8% below the Minnesota average. With about 19 residents a day, that works out to roughly 44 aide hours a day, or about 6 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 21% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Minnesota avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.32 | 2.52 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.83 | 0.61 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.27 | 1.06 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.42 | 4.19 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.50 | 3.71 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
36.0% of nursing staff at Essentia Health Grace Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Minnesota average of 42.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 14.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 5, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 0 health deficiencies (Minnesota average 7.0). 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. Essentia Health Grace Home holds 5 of 5 overall; the Minnesota average is 3.2.
About Essentia Health Grace Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Essentia Health, 6 homes
- Legal name: Graceville Health Center
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 8, 1991
- Located inside a hospital
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Essentia Health Grace Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Traverse Care Center Wheaton | 16.8 | 44 | 2.65 | 4.10 | — | 5 | None |
| Fairway View Neighborhoods Ortonville · abuse citation | 17.1 | 51 | 3.24 | 4.84 | 28.1% | 2 | None |
| Browns Valley Health Center Browns Valley · abuse citation | 19.2 | 31 | 2.72 | 4.19 | 40.0% | 3 | $26,685 |
| Wilmot Care Center Inc Wilmot · SFF candidate | 23.2 | 26 | 2.77 | 4.20 | 60.5% | 1 | $28,028 |
| West Wind Village Morris | 24.5 | 45 | 2.35 | 3.77 | 36.4% | 5 | None |
| St William's Care Center Milbank | 25.3 | 60 | 2.02 | 3.11 | 39.1% | 2 | $132,723 |
| Avantara Milbank Milbank | 26.2 | 55 | 1.85 | 3.23 | 91.5% | 1 | $55,361 |
| Tekakwitha Living Center Sisseton | 30.7 | 40 | 1.55 | 2.67 | — | 2 | $37,079 |
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.