Griggs County Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Griggs County Care Center is a 40-bed nonprofit nursing home in Cooperstown, North Dakota. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.93 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the North Dakota average of 2.97, and 48.7% nursing staff turnover (North Dakota average 48.8%).
Griggs County Care Center
107 12th St SCooperstown, ND 58425
Griggs 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 Griggs County Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.93 hours per resident per day, about the same as the North Dakota average. With about 38 residents a day, that works out to roughly 110 aide hours a day, or about 14 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 | North Dakota avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.93 | 2.97 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.62 | 0.52 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.84 | 0.93 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.39 | 4.42 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.70 | 3.80 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
48.7% of nursing staff at Griggs County Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a North Dakota average of 48.8% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 33.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 6, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 health deficiencies (North Dakota average 5.7). 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. Griggs County Care Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the North Dakota average is 3.2.
About Griggs County Care Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Griggs County Nursing Home
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 1, 1978
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Griggs County Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Aneta Parkview Health Ctr Aneta | 17.6 | 35 | 2.70 | 3.84 | 57.5% | 5 | None |
| Nelson County Health System Care Center McVille · abuse citation | 22.9 | 35 | 2.73 | 4.07 | 51.2% | 2 | $36,855 |
| Hatton Prairie Village Hatton | 33.9 | 38 | 2.81 | 3.97 | 26.0% | 5 | None |
| SMP Health - St Raphael Valley City | 35.4 | 170 | 3.41 | 4.71 | 38.5% | 5 | None |
| Luther Memorial Home Mayville | 37.8 | 62 | 3.70 | 5.25 | 51.4% | 4 | $5,814 |
| Good Samaritan Society - Larimore Larimore · Special Focus Facility | 39.7 | 40 | 1.99 | 3.44 | 78.9% | — | $119,935 |
| Good Samaritan Society - Lakota Lakota | 43.2 | 38 | 2.59 | 3.83 | 44.7% | 1 | $74,283 |
| SMP Health - Ave Maria Jamestown · abuse citation | 44.7 | 100 | 3.61 | 4.98 | 37.0% | 3 | $6,788 |
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.