Little Sisters of the Poor: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Little Sisters of the Poor is a 35-bed nonprofit nursing home in Louisville, Kentucky. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.86 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 63% above the Kentucky average of 2.36, and 59.3% nursing staff turnover (Kentucky average 46.4%).
Little Sisters of the Poor
15 Audubon Plaza DriveLouisville, KY 40217
Jefferson 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 Little Sisters of the Poor, nurse aides logged 3.86 hours per resident per day, 63% above the Kentucky average. With about 29 residents a day, that works out to roughly 113 aide hours a day, or about 14 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) | 3.86 | 2.36 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.64 | 0.80 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.40 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.89 | 3.95 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 5.31 | 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
59.3% of nursing staff at Little Sisters of the Poor left over the year CMS measured, against a Kentucky average of 46.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 60.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 16, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 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. Little Sisters of the Poor holds 2 of 5 overall; the Kentucky average is 3.0.
About Little Sisters of the Poor
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Home for the Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 2, 1991
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Little Sisters of the Poor
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| Nazareth Home Louisville | 0.8 | 118 | 3.06 | 5.43 | 29.5% | 5 | None |
| Eastway Health & Rehabilitation Louisville | 0.8 | 252 | 2.04 | 3.63 | 56.4% | 1 | $10,868 |
| Highlands Nursing and Rehabilitation Louisville | 1.2 | 154 | 1.94 | 3.37 | 38.7% | 2 | $17,523 |
| Kindred Hospital - Louisville Louisville | 2.0 | 47 | 2.73 | 6.62 | 39.4% | 2 | $64,799 |
| Cherokee Park Rehabilitation Louisville | 2.2 | 104 | 1.81 | 3.34 | 58.2% | 2 | $12,054 |
| Treyton Oak Towers Louisville | 2.4 | 60 | 2.18 | 4.03 | 34.7% | 1 | $16,724 |
| Home of the Innocents Louisville | 2.7 | 76 | — | — | — | 2 | None |
| River Oaks Health & Rehabilitation Louisville | 2.7 | 122 | 2.25 | 3.88 | — | 1 | $6,380 |
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.