La Plata Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
La Plata Nursing Home is a 52-bed government-run nursing home in La Plata, Missouri. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.63 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 15% above the Missouri average of 2.29, and 30.0% nursing staff turnover (Missouri average 56.0%).
La Plata Nursing Home
100 Old Stagecoach RoadLa Plata, MO 63549
Macon 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 La Plata Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 2.63 hours per resident per day, 15% above the Missouri average. With about 44 residents a day, that works out to roughly 115 aide hours a day, or about 14 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Missouri avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.63 | 2.29 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.24 | 0.46 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.52 | 3.43 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.02 | 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
30.0% of nursing staff at La Plata Nursing Home 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 Nov 8, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 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. La Plata Nursing Home holds 3 of 5 overall; the Missouri average is 2.5.
About La Plata Nursing Home
- Ownership: Government - County
- Legal name: La Plata Nursing Home District
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 1, 2004
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near La Plata Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Twin Pines Adult Care Center Kirksville | 11.5 | 120 | 2.30 | 3.42 | 44.3% | 2 | None |
| Kirksville Manor Care Center Kirksville · many days without an RN | 11.5 | 119 | 2.98 | 4.08 | 57.4% | 1 | $250,823 |
| Macon Health Care Center Macon | 18.5 | 84 | 2.09 | 3.50 | 20.6% | 5 | None |
| Loch Haven Macon | 19.4 | 100 | 2.86 | 3.57 | 29.8% | 2 | $77,841 |
| Knox County Nursing Home District Edina | 20.6 | 60 | 2.65 | 3.83 | — | 1 | $93,280 |
| Clarence Care Center Clarence | 22.9 | 60 | 3.00 | 4.15 | 40.0% | 3 | None |
| La Belle Manor Care Center La Belle · many days without an RN | 30.4 | 94 | 3.23 | 3.83 | 68.6% | 1 | None |
| Schuyler County Nursing Home District Queen City | 31.4 | 60 | 2.89 | 4.08 | 38.3% | 1 | 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.