Good Shepherd Lutheran Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Good Shepherd Lutheran Home is a 146-bed nonprofit nursing home in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.27 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 30% above the Minnesota average of 2.52, and 38.6% nursing staff turnover (Minnesota average 42.2%).
Good Shepherd Lutheran Home
1115 4th Avenue NorthSauk Rapids, MN 56379
Benton 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 Good Shepherd Lutheran Home, nurse aides logged 3.27 hours per resident per day, 30% above the Minnesota average. With about 125 residents a day, that works out to roughly 409 aide hours a day, or about 51 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Minnesota avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.27 | 2.52 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.86 | 0.61 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.80 | 1.06 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.92 | 4.19 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.36 | 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
38.6% of nursing staff at Good Shepherd Lutheran 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 28.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 9, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 9 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. Good Shepherd Lutheran Home holds 5 of 5 overall; the Minnesota average is 3.2.
About Good Shepherd Lutheran Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Church related
- Legal name: Good Shepherd Lutheran Home of Sauk Rapids Minnesota
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 1984
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Good Shepherd Lutheran Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Country Manor Healthcare and Rehab Center Sartell | 1.2 | 131 | 3.65 | 5.63 | 44.4% | 5 | None |
| Sterling Park Health Care Center Waite Park | 3.9 | 40 | 2.42 | 4.19 | 65.3% | 2 | None |
| Edenbrook of St Cloud Saint Cloud | 4.4 | 77 | 2.27 | 3.90 | 46.9% | 3 | None |
| St Benedicts Care Center Saint Cloud | 4.9 | 75 | 2.54 | 4.46 | 62.3% | 4 | None |
| The Gardens at Foley LLC Foley | 13.2 | 78 | 2.08 | 3.62 | 56.4% | 2 | $8,824 |
| Assumption Home Cold Spring | 16.1 | 76 | 2.52 | 4.01 | 44.1% | 5 | $17,345 |
| Benedictine Living Community Mother of Mercy Albany | 19.6 | 76 | 3.27 | 4.71 | 50.0% | 2 | $97,996 |
| Cura of Watkins Watkins | 22.6 | 50 | 2.84 | 4.55 | 60.6% | 5 | 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.