Life Care Center of Casper: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Life Care Center of Casper is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Casper, Wyoming, part of Life Care Centers of America. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.25 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 7% below the Wyoming average of 2.43, and 44.2% nursing staff turnover (Wyoming average 51.8%).
Life Care Center of Casper
4041 South Poplar StCasper, WY 82601
Natrona 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 Life Care Center of Casper, nurse aides logged 2.25 hours per resident per day, 7% below the Wyoming average. With about 74 residents a day, that works out to roughly 167 aide hours a day, or about 21 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 | Wyoming avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.25 | 2.43 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.31 | 0.94 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.17 | 3.87 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.60 | 3.37 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
44.2% of nursing staff at Life Care Center of Casper left over the year CMS measured, against a Wyoming average of 51.8% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 36.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Oct 17, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (Wyoming average 7.6). 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. Life Care Center of Casper holds 5 of 5 overall; the Wyoming average is 2.9.
About Life Care Center of Casper
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Life Care Centers of America, 194 homes
- Legal name: Casper Operations LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 12, 1993
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
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| Casper Mountain Rehabilitation and Care Center Casper · SFF candidate | 0.1 | 120 | 2.01 | 2.80 | 64.8% | 1 | $62,647 |
| Shepherd of the Valley Rehabilitation and Wellness Casper | 3.1 | 192 | 2.27 | 3.26 | 47.4% | 1 | $97,031 |
| Summit Ridge Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Douglas · abuse citation | 49.4 | 60 | 2.11 | 3.37 | 33.3% | 1 | $34,646 |
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.