Kent County Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Kent County Nursing Home is a 60-bed government-run nursing home in Jayton, Texas. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.36 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 18% above the Texas average of 2.00, and 55.1% nursing staff turnover (Texas average 55.3%).
Kent County Nursing Home
1443 North MainJayton, TX 79528
Kent 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 Kent County Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 2.36 hours per resident per day, 18% above the Texas average. With about 51 residents a day, that works out to roughly 120 aide hours a day, or about 15 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Texas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.36 | 2.00 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.88 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.33 | 0.43 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.56 | 3.39 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.23 | 2.98 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
55.1% of nursing staff at Kent County Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Texas average of 55.3% 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 Dec 4, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 health deficiencies (Texas average 9.3). CMS lists 7 fines totaling $187,081 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2024 | Fine | $132,214 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | Fine | $10,915 |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Fine | $3,387 |
| Jan 2, 2024 | Fine | $2,797 |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Fine | $3,846 |
| Nov 6, 2023 | Fine | $1,747 |
| Oct 4, 2023 | Fine | $32,175 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Kent County Nursing Home holds 2 of 5 overall; the Texas average is 2.6.
About Kent County Nursing Home
- Ownership: Government - County
- Legal name: County of Kent
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 15, 2021
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Kent County Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Stonewall Living Center Aspermont · staffing data not validated | 21.0 | 53 | — | — | 55.8% | 4 | $8,281 |
| Homeplace Manor Healthcare Center Hamlin | 36.5 | 60 | 1.94 | 3.60 | — | 2 | None |
| Avir at Snyder Snyder · many days without an RN | 42.5 | 80 | 2.04 | 3.33 | 67.4% | 2 | $15,631 |
| Avir at Knox City Knox City | 45.0 | 66 | 2.15 | 3.24 | 39.3% | 3 | $8,018 |
| Post Nursing & Rehab Center Post | 47.1 | 65 | 1.51 | 2.54 | — | 3 | None |
| Crosbyton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Crosbyton · staffing data not validated | 47.7 | 53 | — | — | 42.3% | 2 | None |
| Avir at Haskell Haskell | 48.1 | 68 | 1.81 | 3.23 | 39.4% | 5 | None |
| Harmony Care at Stamford Stamford | 50.6 | 112 | 2.22 | 3.69 | 65.6% | 2 | $36,875 |
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.