Jefferson Community Health & Life Gardenside: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Jefferson Community Health & Life Gardenside is a 39-bed nonprofit nursing home in Fairbury, Nebraska. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 0.14 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 95% below the Nebraska average of 2.64, and 53.3% nursing staff turnover (Nebraska average 48.7%).
Jefferson Community Health & Life Gardenside
2200 North H 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 Jefferson Community Health & Life Gardenside, nurse aides logged 0.14 hours per resident per day, 95% below the Nebraska average. With about 30 residents a day, that works out to roughly 4 aide hours a day, or about 1 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 32% below the all-days figure.
CMS note: The facility reported a high number of days without a registered nurse on site.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Nebraska avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 0.14 | 2.64 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 0.14 | 3.98 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 0.10 | 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
53.3% of nursing staff at Jefferson Community Health & Life Gardenside left over the year CMS measured, against a Nebraska average of 48.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 60.0%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 8, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 0 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. Jefferson Community Health & Life Gardenside holds 4 of 5 overall; the Nebraska average is 2.8.
About Jefferson Community Health & Life Gardenside
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Jefferson Community Health Center Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 1, 2009
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Jefferson Community Health & Life Gardenside
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Heritage Care Center Fairbury | 0.4 | 100 | 1.37 | 2.70 | 42.5% | 3 | None |
| Blue Valley Lutheran Nursing Home Hebron · staffing data not validated | 22.0 | 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 | 25.6 | 58 | 2.99 | 4.26 | 67.4% | 2 | None |
| Parkview Haven Nursing Home Deshler | 28.9 | 49 | 2.64 | 4.53 | 37.0% | 3 | None |
| Linn Community Nursing Home Linn | 33.1 | 42 | 2.08 | 3.38 | 51.1% | 3 | $10,036 |
| Belleville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Belleville | 33.8 | 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.