Pioneer Lodge: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Pioneer Lodge is a 25-bed nonprofit nursing home in Coldwater, Kansas. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.65 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 39% below the Kansas average of 2.70, and 58.3% nursing staff turnover (Kansas average 48.1%).
Pioneer Lodge
300 W 3rdColdwater, KS 67029
Comanche 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 Pioneer Lodge, nurse aides logged 1.65 hours per resident per day, 39% below the Kansas average. With about 23 residents a day, that works out to roughly 38 aide hours a day, or about 5 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 19% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kansas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.65 | 2.70 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.56 | 0.65 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.83 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.04 | 4.07 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.47 | 3.60 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
58.3% of nursing staff at Pioneer Lodge left over the year CMS measured, against a Kansas average of 48.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 33.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 23, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 14 health deficiencies (Kansas 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. Pioneer Lodge holds 2 of 5 overall; the Kansas average is 3.1.
About Pioneer Lodge
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Legal Business Name Not Available
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 18, 1992
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Pioneer Lodge
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| Protection Valley Manor Protection | 9.8 | 45 | 2.71 | 4.00 | 23.5% | 5 | None |
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| Western Skilled Nursing and Therapy Buffalo | 33.5 | 76 | 1.66 | 3.39 | 52.4% | 5 | None |
| Minneola District Hospital Ltcu Minneola | 39.2 | 20 | 5.02 | 7.16 | — | 1 | None |
| Pratt Health and Rehab Pratt | 42.7 | 45 | 2.37 | 3.76 | 47.5% | 4 | $14,901 |
| Grand Plains Skilled Nursing by Americare Pratt · abuse citation | 43.1 | 53 | 2.91 | 4.17 | 64.2% | 2 | $14,352 |
| Medicalodges Kinsley Kinsley | 45.6 | 42 | 4.39 | 6.00 | 53.8% | 2 | $53,580 |
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.