Morrow Memorial Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Morrow Memorial Home is a 80-bed nonprofit nursing home in Sparta, Wisconsin. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.90 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 13% above the Wisconsin average of 2.58, and 40.6% nursing staff turnover (Wisconsin average 46.9%).
Morrow Memorial Home
331 S Water StSparta, WI 54656
Monroe 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 Morrow Memorial Home, nurse aides logged 2.90 hours per resident per day, 13% above the Wisconsin average. With about 68 residents a day, that works out to roughly 197 aide hours a day, or about 25 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 | Wisconsin avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.90 | 2.58 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.52 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.91 | 0.99 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.33 | 4.21 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.88 | 3.77 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
40.6% of nursing staff at Morrow Memorial Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Wisconsin average of 46.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 25.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 4, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (Wisconsin average 9.5). 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. Morrow Memorial Home holds 5 of 5 overall; the Wisconsin average is 3.0.
About Morrow Memorial Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Church related
- Legal name: Morrow Memorial Home for the Aged
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 1, 2001
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Morrow Memorial Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Rolling Hills Rehab Ctr Sparta | 0.4 | 50 | 2.64 | 4.36 | 35.9% | 3 | None |
| Lakeview Health Center West Salem | 13.2 | 50 | 3.97 | 6.06 | 39.2% | 5 | None |
| Mulder Health Care Facility West Salem | 13.7 | 87 | 1.99 | 3.43 | 44.6% | 1 | $200,694 |
| Tomah Nursing and Rehab Tomah | 14.9 | 74 | 1.93 | 3.39 | 60.7% | 2 | None |
| Norseland Nursing Home Westby | 19.5 | 50 | 2.35 | 3.85 | 34.0% | 3 | None |
| Onalaska Care Center Onalaska | 20.5 | 80 | 2.67 | 4.41 | 42.9% | 5 | None |
| Hillview Health Care Ctr La Crosse | 22.6 | 37 | 2.79 | 4.61 | 40.7% | 5 | None |
| Bethany St Joseph Care Ctr La Crosse | 23.6 | 100 | 2.45 | 4.21 | 40.4% | 4 | 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.