Heritage Nursing Center - Skilled Nursing by Ameri: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Heritage Nursing Center - Skilled Nursing by Ameri is a 72-bed for-profit nursing home in Kennett, Missouri, part of Americare Senior Living. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.70 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 18% above the Missouri average of 2.29, and 40.4% nursing staff turnover (Missouri average 56.0%).
Heritage Nursing Center - Skilled Nursing by Ameri
1802 St FrancisKennett, MO 63857
Dunklin 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 Nursing Center - Skilled Nursing by Ameri, nurse aides logged 2.70 hours per resident per day, 18% above the Missouri average. With about 47 residents a day, that works out to roughly 128 aide hours a day, or about 16 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 18% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Missouri avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.70 | 2.29 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.55 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.68 | 0.46 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.93 | 3.43 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.22 | 3.02 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
40.4% of nursing staff at Heritage Nursing Center - Skilled Nursing by Ameri left over the year CMS measured, against a Missouri average of 56.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 28.6%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 18, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (Missouri average 11.5). 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 Nursing Center - Skilled Nursing by Ameri holds 4 of 5 overall; the Missouri average is 2.5.
About Heritage Nursing Center - Skilled Nursing by Ameri
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Americare Senior Living, 23 homes
- Legal name: Heritage Nursing LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 22, 1993
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Heritage Nursing Center - Skilled Nursing by Ameri
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| NHC Healthcare, Kennett Kennett | 0.9 | 170 | 2.60 | 3.58 | 42.0% | 5 | None |
| Rector Nursing and Rehab Rector | 11.5 | 70 | 2.12 | 3.67 | 70.6% | 5 | $14,069 |
| Piggott Healthcare & Senior Living, LLC Piggott | 12.1 | 105 | 1.69 | 3.10 | 63.3% | 1 | $12,649 |
| Campbell Healthcare & Senior Living Campbell | 17.3 | 90 | 1.90 | 2.91 | 52.1% | 3 | None |
| Gideon Care Center Gideon | 17.3 | 72 | 2.30 | 3.33 | — | 4 | None |
| River Oaks Care Center Steele | 17.9 | 90 | 2.39 | 3.40 | 60.6% | 3 | $41,389 |
| Gosnell Health and Rehab Gosnell | 19.9 | 70 | 2.40 | 3.68 | 53.0% | 3 | $13,627 |
| Heritage Square Healthcare Center Blytheville | 23.0 | 86 | 2.61 | 3.76 | 47.9% | 4 | $7,913 |
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.