Riverside Valley of Journey: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Riverside Valley of Journey is a 90-bed for-profit nursing home in Saint Albans, West Virginia, part of Journey Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.96 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% below the West Virginia average of 2.04.
Riverside Valley of Journey
6500 Maccorkle Avenue SWSaint Albans, WV 25177
Kanawha 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 Riverside Valley of Journey, nurse aides logged 1.96 hours per resident per day, 4% below the West Virginia average. With about 86 residents a day, that works out to roughly 168 aide hours a day, or about 21 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | West Virginia avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.96 | 2.04 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.79 | 0.90 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.49 | 3.66 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.17 | 3.17 | 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 Riverside Valley of Journey in this release. No 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 Jul 8, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 12 health deficiencies (West Virginia average 11.6). 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. Riverside Valley of Journey holds 3 of 5 overall; the West Virginia average is 3.0.
About Riverside Valley of Journey
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Journey Healthcare, 32 homes
- Legal name: Riverside Valley of Journey, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 20, 1970
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
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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.