Mervyn Sharp Bennion Central Utah Veterans Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Mervyn Sharp Bennion Central Utah Veterans Home is a 108-bed government-run nursing home in Payson, Utah, part of Avalon Health Care. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.39 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 44% above the Utah average of 2.35, and 33.7% nursing staff turnover (Utah average 50.7%).
Mervyn Sharp Bennion Central Utah Veterans Home
1551 North Main StreetPayson, UT 84651
Utah 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 Mervyn Sharp Bennion Central Utah Veterans Home, nurse aides logged 3.39 hours per resident per day, 44% above the Utah average. With about 104 residents a day, that works out to roughly 352 aide hours a day, or about 44 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Utah avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.39 | 2.35 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.42 | 0.48 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.88 | 1.25 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.69 | 4.07 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 5.19 | 3.56 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
33.7% of nursing staff at Mervyn Sharp Bennion Central Utah Veterans Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Utah average of 50.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 22.9%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 13, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (Utah average 8.6). 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. Mervyn Sharp Bennion Central Utah Veterans Home holds 5 of 5 overall; the Utah average is 3.3.
About Mervyn Sharp Bennion Central Utah Veterans Home
- Ownership: Government - State
- Chain: Avalon Health Care, 16 homes
- Legal name: Avalon Care Center - VA Payson LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 21, 2013
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Mervyn Sharp Bennion Central Utah Veterans Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Rocky Mountain Care - Maple Dell Payson | 1.3 | 76 | 2.09 | 3.64 | 43.4% | 2 | None |
| Advanced Health Care of Salem Salem | 4.0 | 16 | 2.99 | 5.70 | 76.7% | 5 | None |
| Spanish Fork Rehabilitation and Nursing Spanish Fork | 5.7 | 45 | 1.60 | 2.74 | 69.6% | 3 | $47,509 |
| Stonehenge of Springville Springville | 8.5 | 50 | 2.03 | 3.64 | 52.7% | 5 | $4,938 |
| Provo Rehabilitation and Nursing Provo · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 13.6 | 220 | 2.15 | 3.88 | 54.5% | 1 | $73,003 |
| Aspen Ridge of Utah Valley Orem | 14.5 | 24 | 3.36 | 6.53 | 45.5% | 5 | None |
| Orem Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Orem | 15.2 | 120 | 2.10 | 3.45 | — | 3 | None |
| Stonehenge of Orem Orem | 16.8 | 34 | 2.03 | 3.93 | 47.7% | 5 | 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.