Kansas Soldiers Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Kansas Soldiers Home is a 56-bed government-run nursing home in Fort Dodge, Kansas. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 4.96 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 84% above the Kansas average of 2.70, and 27.6% nursing staff turnover (Kansas average 48.1%).
Kansas Soldiers Home
200 Custer, Unit 98Fort Dodge, KS 67801
Ford 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 Kansas Soldiers Home, nurse aides logged 4.96 hours per resident per day, 84% above the Kansas average. With about 47 residents a day, that works out to roughly 231 aide hours a day, or about 29 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 24% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kansas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 4.96 | 2.70 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.27 | 0.65 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.35 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 6.58 | 4.07 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.99 | 3.60 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
27.6% of nursing staff at Kansas Soldiers Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Kansas average of 48.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 9.1%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 7, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 12 health deficiencies (Kansas average 9.5). 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. Kansas Soldiers Home holds 3 of 5 overall; the Kansas average is 3.1.
About Kansas Soldiers Home
- Ownership: Government - State
- Legal name: State of Kansas-Accounting Services
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 17, 2009
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Kansas Soldiers Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Manor of the Plains Dodge City | 1.3 | 50 | 2.50 | 3.56 | 51.9% | 3 | None |
| Trinity Manor Dodge City | 1.6 | 46 | 2.43 | 3.69 | 40.5% | 4 | $29,773 |
| Sunporch of Dodge City Dodge City | 1.6 | 45 | 2.48 | 3.42 | 63.9% | 3 | None |
| Southwind at Spearville Spearville | 15.9 | 28 | 3.52 | 4.78 | 10.0% | 4 | None |
| The Shepherd's Center Cimarron · SFF candidate | 18.5 | 28 | 1.82 | 3.11 | 58.1% | 2 | $13,627 |
| Minneola District Hospital Ltcu Minneola | 21.8 | 20 | 5.02 | 7.16 | — | 1 | None |
| Hill Top House Bucklin | 25.4 | 29 | 3.10 | 4.38 | 29.0% | 5 | None |
| Bethel Home Montezuma | 25.6 | 56 | 3.35 | 4.58 | 28.6% | 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.