Joplin Gardens: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Joplin Gardens is a 92-bed for-profit nursing home in Joplin, Missouri, part of James & Judy Lincoln. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.76 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 23% below the Missouri average of 2.29, and 61.9% nursing staff turnover (Missouri average 56.0%).
Joplin Gardens
2810 South Jackson AvenueJoplin, MO 64804
Jasper 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 Joplin Gardens, nurse aides logged 1.76 hours per resident per day, 23% below the Missouri average. With about 78 residents a day, that works out to roughly 138 aide hours a day, or about 17 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 7% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Missouri avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.76 | 2.29 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.10 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.21 | 0.46 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.08 | 3.43 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.85 | 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
61.9% of nursing staff at Joplin Gardens left over the year CMS measured, against a Missouri average of 56.0% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 23, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 13 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. Joplin Gardens holds 1 of 5 overall; the Missouri average is 2.5.
About Joplin Gardens
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: James & Judy Lincoln, 56 homes
- Legal name: N & R of Joplin LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 14, 2015
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Joplin Gardens
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Aspire Senior Living Joplin Joplin | 1.0 | 120 | 2.33 | 3.34 | — | 1 | None |
| NHC Healthcare, Joplin Joplin · staffing data not validated | 2.2 | 124 | — | — | 50.0% | 2 | None |
| Westgate Joplin | 3.6 | 120 | 2.41 | 3.74 | 54.2% | 2 | $70,134 |
| Communities of Wildwood Ranch Joplin | 3.6 | 120 | 3.26 | 4.81 | 42.1% | 4 | None |
| Galena Nursing & Rehab Center Galena · abuse citation | 5.8 | 45 | 2.57 | 3.81 | 66.0% | 2 | $21,645 |
| Aspire Senior Living Webb City Webb City | 7.2 | 120 | 1.85 | 2.68 | — | 1 | $25,454 |
| Quaker Hill Manor Baxter Springs | 9.8 | 53 | 2.57 | 3.78 | 42.9% | 4 | None |
| St Luke's Nursing and Rehabilitation Carthage | 14.1 | 95 | 2.30 | 3.50 | 29.0% | 3 | 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.