Onalaska Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Onalaska Care Center is a 80-bed nonprofit nursing home in Onalaska, Wisconsin. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.67 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% above the Wisconsin average of 2.58, and 42.9% nursing staff turnover (Wisconsin average 46.9%).
Onalaska Care Center
1600 Main StOnalaska, WI 54650
La Crosse 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 Onalaska Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.67 hours per resident per day, 4% above the Wisconsin average. With about 53 residents a day, that works out to roughly 140 aide hours a day, or about 18 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) | 2.67 | 2.58 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.12 | 0.99 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.41 | 4.21 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.99 | 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
42.9% of nursing staff at Onalaska Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Wisconsin average of 46.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 18.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 16, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 0 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. Onalaska Care Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Wisconsin average is 3.0.
About Onalaska Care Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Bethany-St Joseph Corporation
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 1, 1989
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Onalaska Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| La Crescent Health Services La Crescent | 6.2 | 42 | 2.16 | 3.86 | 48.4% | 1 | None |
| Mulder Health Care Facility West Salem | 6.8 | 87 | 1.99 | 3.43 | 44.6% | 1 | $200,694 |
| Riverside La Crosse | 7.0 | 123 | 3.05 | 4.80 | 47.4% | 4 | $21,645 |
| Benedictine Manor of LaCrosse La Crosse | 7.2 | 80 | 2.22 | 3.56 | 49.4% | 1 | $90,784 |
| Hillview Health Care Ctr La Crosse | 7.2 | 37 | 2.79 | 4.61 | 40.7% | 5 | None |
| Lakeview Health Center West Salem | 7.3 | 50 | 3.97 | 6.06 | 39.2% | 5 | None |
| Bethany St Joseph Care Ctr La Crosse | 8.0 | 100 | 2.45 | 4.21 | 40.4% | 4 | None |
| Marinuka Manor Galesville | 15.7 | 50 | 2.35 | 3.85 | 7.9% | 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.