Letcher Manor: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Letcher Manor is a 142-bed for-profit nursing home in Whitesburg, Kentucky, part of Bluegrass Health Ky. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.23 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% below the Kentucky average of 2.36, and 46.2% nursing staff turnover (Kentucky average 46.4%).
Letcher Manor
73 Piedmont DriveWhitesburg, KY 41858
Letcher 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 Letcher Manor, nurse aides logged 2.23 hours per resident per day, 5% below the Kentucky average. With about 121 residents a day, that works out to roughly 271 aide hours a day, or about 34 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kentucky avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.23 | 2.36 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.42 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.47 | 3.95 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.13 | 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
46.2% of nursing staff at Letcher Manor left over the year CMS measured, against a Kentucky average of 46.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 37.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 27, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (Kentucky average 2.9). 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. Letcher Manor holds 2 of 5 overall; the Kentucky average is 3.0.
About Letcher Manor
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Bluegrass Health Ky, 15 homes
- Legal name: DJLM Operations LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 2, 1989
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Letcher Manor
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Norton Community Hospital SNF Unit Norton | 15.5 | 44 | 2.52 | 7.23 | 11.8% | 5 | $10,400 |
| Tri Cities Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Cumberland | 15.8 | 85 | 2.36 | 3.75 | 41.4% | 2 | $5,346 |
| Heritage Hall Big Stone Gap Big Stone Gap | 16.7 | 180 | 1.97 | 3.11 | 26.6% | 4 | $40,517 |
| Knott County Health & Rehabilitation Center Hindman | 16.8 | 92 | 3.28 | 4.88 | 34.7% | 3 | None |
| Heritage Hall Wise Wise | 17.0 | 97 | 2.20 | 3.58 | 37.9% | 4 | None |
| Heritage Hall Clintwood Clintwood | 19.5 | 100 | 2.24 | 3.67 | 40.9% | 4 | None |
| Paul E Patton Eastern KY Veterans Center Hazard | 22.8 | 120 | 3.56 | 5.49 | 13.0% | 5 | None |
| Hazard Health and Rehabilitation Center Hazard | 25.0 | 200 | 3.44 | 4.72 | 45.8% | 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.