Hillcrest Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Hillcrest Nursing Home is a 100-bed government-run nursing home in McCook, Nebraska. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.86 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 46% above the Nebraska average of 2.64, and 36.3% nursing staff turnover (Nebraska average 48.7%).
Hillcrest Nursing Home
309 West 7th StreetMcCook, NE 69001
Red Willow 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 Hillcrest Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 3.86 hours per resident per day, 46% above the Nebraska average. With about 64 residents a day, that works out to roughly 246 aide hours a day, or about 31 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Nebraska avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.86 | 2.64 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.53 | 0.67 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.49 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.88 | 3.98 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.23 | 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
36.3% of nursing staff at Hillcrest Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Nebraska average of 48.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 14.3%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 7, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 9 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. Hillcrest Nursing Home holds 2 of 5 overall; the Nebraska average is 2.8.
About Hillcrest Nursing Home
- Ownership: Government - County
- Legal name: Red Willow County Hillcrest Nursing Home
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 23, 1987
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Hillcrest Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Good Samaritan - Decatur County Oberlin | 26.6 | 45 | 2.38 | 4.35 | 60.9% | 2 | $20,207 |
| Good Samaritan - Atwood Atwood | 34.0 | 35 | 1.86 | 3.58 | 22.2% | 2 | $68,956 |
| Wauneta Care and Therapy Center Wauneta · many days without an RN | 41.7 | 36 | 2.32 | 3.11 | 59.5% | 1 | None |
| Beaver City Manor Beaver City | 43.1 | 30 | 2.67 | 4.43 | 29.0% | 3 | None |
| Andbe Home, Inc Norton | 46.8 | 50 | 3.17 | 4.36 | 36.1% | 2 | $30,947 |
| Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home Benkelman | 48.7 | 56 | 2.75 | 4.20 | 54.2% | 2 | None |
| Elwood Care Center Elwood | 49.0 | 43 | 2.60 | 4.01 | 39.4% | 5 | None |
| Bertrand Nursing Home Bertrand | 57.4 | 26 | 2.21 | 3.91 | 45.5% | 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.