Poplar Care Strategies: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Poplar Care Strategies is a 62-bed for-profit nursing home in Loogootee, Indiana. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.55 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 30% below the Indiana average of 2.23.
Poplar Care Strategies
313 Poplar StLoogootee, IN 47553
Martin 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 Poplar Care Strategies, nurse aides logged 1.55 hours per resident per day, 30% below the Indiana average. With about 34 residents a day, that works out to roughly 53 aide hours a day, or about 7 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Indiana avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.55 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.52 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.55 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.63 | 3.68 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.11 | 3.24 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for Poplar Care Strategies in this release. 2 administrators left over the same period.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 8, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 15 health deficiencies (Indiana average 7.2). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $8,021 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2024 | Fine | $8,021 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Poplar Care Strategies holds 1 of 5 overall; the Indiana average is 3.1.
About Poplar Care Strategies
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Pulaski Memorial Hospital
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 22, 1991
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Poplar Care Strategies
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Sycamore Care Strategies Loogootee | 10.7 | 56 | 1.54 | 2.76 | — | 1 | $45,306 |
| Bertha D Garten Ketcham Memorial Center Odon | 12.5 | 84 | 2.71 | 4.40 | 42.6% | 3 | None |
| Eastgate Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Washington | 12.8 | 62 | 1.89 | 3.49 | 35.3% | 5 | None |
| Hillside Manor Nursing Home Washington · SFF candidate | 13.6 | 48 | 2.20 | 3.18 | 51.9% | 1 | $12,740 |
| The Villages at Oak Ridge Washington | 14.0 | 58 | 2.14 | 3.66 | 50.8% | 3 | None |
| Prairie Village Nursing and Rehabilitation Washington | 14.0 | 65 | 2.08 | 3.87 | 23.3% | 4 | None |
| St Charles Health Campus Jasper | 17.6 | 68 | 2.03 | 3.77 | 40.3% | 5 | None |
| Timbers of Jasper the Jasper | 17.6 | 94 | 2.02 | 3.46 | 46.6% | 4 | $16,777 |
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.