Heritage Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Heritage Care Center is a 100-bed nonprofit nursing home in Fairbury, Nebraska, part of Vetter Senior Living. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.37 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 48% below the Nebraska average of 2.64, and 42.5% nursing staff turnover (Nebraska average 48.7%).
Heritage Care Center
909 17th StreetFairbury, NE 68352
Jefferson 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 Heritage Care Center, nurse aides logged 1.37 hours per resident per day, 48% below the Nebraska average. With about 48 residents a day, that works out to roughly 66 aide hours a day, or about 8 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 22% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Nebraska avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.37 | 2.64 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.82 | 0.67 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.51 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.70 | 3.98 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.12 | 3.49 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
42.5% of nursing staff at Heritage Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Nebraska average of 48.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 0.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 17, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (Nebraska average 7.2). 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. Heritage Care Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the Nebraska average is 2.8.
About Heritage Care Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Vetter Senior Living, 22 homes
- Legal name: VSL Fairbury LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 2004
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Heritage Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Jefferson Community Health & Life Gardenside Fairbury · many days without an RN | 0.4 | 39 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 53.3% | 4 | None |
| Blue Valley Lutheran Nursing Home Hebron · staffing data not validated | 22.1 | 64 | — | — | 40.0% | 3 | None |
| Good Samaritan Society - Beatrice Beatrice | 24.9 | 80 | 1.99 | 3.74 | 16.1% | 3 | None |
| Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation Beatrice | 25.0 | 87 | 2.45 | 3.80 | 43.5% | 4 | None |
| Wilber Care Center Wilber | 25.9 | 58 | 2.99 | 4.26 | 67.4% | 2 | None |
| Parkview Haven Nursing Home Deshler | 29.0 | 49 | 2.64 | 4.53 | 37.0% | 3 | None |
| Linn Community Nursing Home Linn | 32.8 | 42 | 2.08 | 3.38 | 51.1% | 3 | $10,036 |
| Belleville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Belleville | 33.6 | 62 | 2.04 | 3.09 | 50.9% | 2 | $20,323 |
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.