Platte County Legacy Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Platte County Legacy Home is a 50-bed nonprofit nursing home in Wheatland, Wyoming. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.13 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 12% below the Wyoming average of 2.43, and 52.3% nursing staff turnover (Wyoming average 51.8%).
Platte County Legacy Home
100 19th StWheatland, WY 82201
Platte 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 Platte County Legacy Home, nurse aides logged 2.13 hours per resident per day, 12% below the Wyoming average. With about 44 residents a day, that works out to roughly 94 aide hours a day, or about 12 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Wyoming avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.13 | 2.43 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.54 | 0.50 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.96 | 0.94 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.63 | 3.87 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.15 | 3.37 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
52.3% of nursing staff at Platte County Legacy Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Wyoming average of 51.8% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 30.0%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 20, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (Wyoming average 7.6). 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. Platte County Legacy Home holds 3 of 5 overall; the Wyoming average is 2.9.
About Platte County Legacy Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Legal name: Platte County Hospital District Board
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 1, 2010
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Platte County Legacy Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Goshen Healthcare Community Torrington | 40.1 | 103 | 1.96 | 3.05 | 45.8% | 3 | $29,617 |
| Summit Ridge Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Douglas · abuse citation | 52.5 | 60 | 2.11 | 3.37 | 33.3% | 1 | $34,646 |
| Laramie Health and Rehabilitation Laramie · abuse citation | 60.0 | 105 | 1.60 | 2.89 | 51.8% | 2 | $35,880 |
| Mitchell Care Center Mitchell | 61.0 | 50 | 2.45 | 3.81 | 47.5% | 3 | None |
| Life Care Center of Cheyenne Cheyenne | 62.0 | 160 | 1.99 | 3.56 | 41.0% | 5 | None |
| Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness Cheyenne | 63.9 | 146 | 1.88 | 3.51 | 44.3% | 2 | $15,548 |
| Polaris Rehabilitation and Care Center Cheyenne · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 64.1 | 105 | 2.21 | 3.49 | 69.0% | 1 | $62,647 |
| Heritage Estates Gering | 68.2 | 102 | 3.02 | 4.44 | 51.5% | 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.