Prairie Sunset Home Inc: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Prairie Sunset Home Inc is a 43-bed nonprofit nursing home in Pretty Prairie, Kansas. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.68 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 36% above the Kansas average of 2.70, and 20.8% nursing staff turnover (Kansas average 48.1%).
Prairie Sunset Home Inc
601 E Main StreetPretty Prairie, KS 67570
Reno 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 Prairie Sunset Home Inc, nurse aides logged 3.68 hours per resident per day, 36% above the Kansas average. With about 36 residents a day, that works out to roughly 133 aide hours a day, or about 17 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 20% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kansas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.68 | 2.70 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.80 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.09 | 4.07 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.09 | 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
20.8% of nursing staff at Prairie Sunset Home Inc left over the year CMS measured, against a Kansas average of 48.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 14.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 5, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 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. Prairie Sunset Home Inc holds 5 of 5 overall; the Kansas average is 3.1.
About Prairie Sunset Home Inc
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Prairie Sunset Home, Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 1, 2006
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Prairie Sunset Home Inc
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| The Wheatlands Health Care Center Kingman | 10.8 | 54 | 3.45 | 4.51 | 36.5% | 4 | None |
| Cheney Golden Age Home Cheney | 16.3 | 40 | 3.15 | 4.18 | 38.3% | 3 | None |
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| Diversicare of Hutchinson Hutchinson | 21.4 | 73 | 2.22 | 3.30 | 38.5% | 4 | $8,376 |
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| Wesley Towers Inc Hutchinson | 21.9 | 52 | 2.39 | 4.00 | 41.9% | 5 | None |
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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.