Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs is a 32-bed nonprofit nursing home in Ballwin, Missouri, part of Evertrue. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.60 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 14% above the Missouri average of 2.29, and 27.1% nursing staff turnover (Missouri average 56.0%).
Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs
50 Meramec Trails DriveBallwin, MO 63021
St. Louis 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 Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs, nurse aides logged 2.60 hours per resident per day, 14% above the Missouri average. With about 22 residents a day, that works out to roughly 57 aide hours a day, or about 7 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) | 2.60 | 2.29 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.13 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.52 | 0.46 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.25 | 3.43 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.52 | 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
27.1% of nursing staff at Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs left over the year CMS measured, against a Missouri average of 56.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 57.1%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Oct 9, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 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. Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs holds 5 of 5 overall; the Missouri average is 2.5.
About Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs
- Ownership: Non profit - Church related
- Chain: Evertrue, 5 homes
- Legal name: Lutheran Senior Services
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 2007
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
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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.