Heritage Estates: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Heritage Estates is a 102-bed nonprofit nursing home in Gering, Nebraska, part of Vetter Senior Living. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.02 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 14% above the Nebraska average of 2.64, and 51.5% nursing staff turnover (Nebraska average 48.7%).
Heritage Estates
2325 Lodge DriveGering, NE 69341
Scott Bluff 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 Estates, nurse aides logged 3.02 hours per resident per day, 14% above the Nebraska average. With about 96 residents a day, that works out to roughly 291 aide hours a day, or about 36 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Nebraska avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.02 | 2.64 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.53 | 0.67 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.89 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.44 | 3.98 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.84 | 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
51.5% of nursing staff at Heritage Estates left over the year CMS measured, against a Nebraska average of 48.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 19.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 25, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 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 Estates holds 4 of 5 overall; the Nebraska average is 2.8.
About Heritage Estates
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Vetter Senior Living, 22 homes
- Legal name: VSL Gering LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 20, 1985
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Heritage Estates
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Northfield Retirement Communities Care Center Scottsbluff · many days without an RN | 3.7 | 66 | 2.63 | 3.88 | 65.8% | 1 | None |
| Monument Healthcare and Nursing Center Scottsbluff | 4.4 | 160 | 2.64 | 3.95 | 63.0% | 1 | $28,182 |
| Mitchell Care Center Mitchell | 10.7 | 50 | 2.45 | 3.81 | 47.5% | 3 | None |
| Chimney Rock Villa Bayard | 18.9 | 49 | 2.46 | 3.47 | 50.0% | 1 | $110,988 |
| Cascades at Skyview Bridgeport · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 31.6 | 48 | 2.57 | 4.08 | 75.5% | 1 | $141,424 |
| Goshen Healthcare Community Torrington | 32.0 | 103 | 1.96 | 3.05 | 45.8% | 3 | $29,617 |
| Kimball County Manor Kimball | 40.7 | 49 | 2.59 | 3.57 | 57.1% | 1 | $27,606 |
| Highland Park Care Center Alliance | 46.3 | 60 | 3.69 | 4.79 | 15.5% | 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.