Highland Park Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Highland Park Care Center is a 60-bed nonprofit nursing home in Alliance, Nebraska, part of Vetter Senior Living. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.69 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 40% above the Nebraska average of 2.64, and 15.5% nursing staff turnover (Nebraska average 48.7%).
Highland Park Care Center
1633 SweetwaterAlliance, NE 69301
Box Butte 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 Highland Park Care Center, nurse aides logged 3.69 hours per resident per day, 40% above the Nebraska average. With about 57 residents a day, that works out to roughly 212 aide hours a day, or about 26 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 | Nebraska avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.69 | 2.64 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.58 | 0.67 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.51 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.79 | 3.98 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.02 | 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
15.5% of nursing staff at Highland Park 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 Aug 6, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (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. Highland Park Care Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Nebraska average is 2.8.
About Highland Park Care Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Vetter Senior Living, 22 homes
- Legal name: VSL Alliance LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 27, 1984
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Highland Park Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Hemingford Care Center Hemingford | 17.9 | 39 | 2.63 | 4.02 | 55.3% | 1 | None |
| Cascades at Skyview Bridgeport · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 32.7 | 48 | 2.57 | 4.08 | 75.5% | 1 | $141,424 |
| Chimney Rock Villa Bayard | 33.3 | 49 | 2.46 | 3.47 | 50.0% | 1 | $110,988 |
| Pioneer Manor Nursing Home Hay Springs | 40.7 | 57 | 2.39 | 3.99 | 44.8% | 5 | None |
| Northfield Retirement Communities Care Center Scottsbluff · many days without an RN | 43.4 | 66 | 2.63 | 3.88 | 65.8% | 1 | None |
| Monument Healthcare and Nursing Center Scottsbluff | 43.6 | 160 | 2.64 | 3.95 | 63.0% | 1 | $28,182 |
| Heritage Estates Gering | 46.3 | 102 | 3.02 | 4.44 | 51.5% | 4 | None |
| Oglala Sioux Lakota Nursing Home Rushville | 46.9 | 72 | 4.54 | 6.77 | 35.1% | 4 | 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.