Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center is a 74-bed nonprofit nursing home in Lenox, Massachusetts. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.32 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% above the Massachusetts average of 2.26, and 41.0% nursing staff turnover (Massachusetts average 38.2%).
Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center
40 Sunset AvenueLenox, MA 01240
Berkshire 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 Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.32 hours per resident per day, 3% above the Massachusetts average. With about 70 residents a day, that works out to roughly 162 aide hours a day, or about 20 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 18% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Massachusetts avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.32 | 2.26 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.22 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.87 | 0.65 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.42 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.63 | 3.48 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
41.0% of nursing staff at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Massachusetts average of 38.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 23.1%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 9, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (Massachusetts 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. Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Massachusetts average is 3.0.
About Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Berkshire Extended Care Services Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 6, 2002
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Mount Carmel Care Center Lenox | 2.7 | 69 | 2.10 | 4.10 | 73.3% | 3 | $46,410 |
| Lee Healthcare Lee | 2.7 | 88 | 1.93 | 3.18 | 62.3% | 1 | None |
| Springside Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center Pittsfield | 5.3 | 135 | 2.27 | 3.55 | 49.4% | 4 | None |
| Berkshire Place Pittsfield | 5.9 | 54 | 2.99 | 5.02 | 68.4% | 4 | None |
| Hillcrest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Pittsfield | 6.9 | 265 | 2.32 | 3.75 | 34.5% | 1 | $11,629 |
| Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility Pittsfield | 7.9 | 100 | 2.44 | 4.20 | 33.3% | 5 | None |
| Craneville Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center Dalton | 9.7 | 89 | 2.03 | 3.67 | 52.3% | 4 | None |
| Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Great Barrington | 10.8 | 146 | 2.19 | 3.73 | 56.0% | 1 | $74,354 |
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.