Sacred Heart Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sacred Heart Care Center is a 59-bed nonprofit nursing home in Austin, Minnesota. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.66 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 45% above the Minnesota average of 2.52.
Sacred Heart Care Center
1200 12th Street SouthwestAustin, MN 55912
Mower 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 Sacred Heart Care Center, nurse aides logged 3.66 hours per resident per day, 45% above the Minnesota average. With about 49 residents a day, that works out to roughly 178 aide hours a day, or about 22 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 15% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Minnesota avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.66 | 2.52 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.02 | 0.61 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.96 | 1.06 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.64 | 4.19 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.79 | 3.71 | 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 Sacred Heart Care Center in this release.
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 25, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (Minnesota average 7.0). 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. Sacred Heart Care Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Minnesota average is 3.2.
About Sacred Heart Care Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Sacred Heart Care Center, Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 1, 1987
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Sacred Heart Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| St Marks Living Austin | 0.7 | 45 | 3.31 | 4.70 | 51.8% | 1 | $127,000 |
| Good Samaritan Society - Comforcare Austin | 2.4 | 45 | 2.60 | 4.04 | 28.3% | 5 | $21,645 |
| Prairie Manor Care Center Blooming Prairie | 15.1 | 39 | 2.65 | 4.36 | 43.5% | 5 | $43,300 |
| Field Crest Care Center Hayfield | 17.8 | 35 | 3.50 | 5.29 | 36.8% | 5 | None |
| Thorne Crest Retirement Center Albert Lea | 18.2 | 52 | 2.35 | 3.76 | 72.7% | 1 | $43,082 |
| Lutheran Retirement Home Northwood | 18.3 | 42 | 3.06 | 4.57 | 41.9% | 3 | $24,922 |
| Stacyville Community Nursing Home Stacyville | 18.7 | 34 | 3.11 | 4.90 | 56.8% | 3 | $21,986 |
| Good Samaritan Society - Albert Lea Albert Lea | 18.7 | 80 | 2.72 | 4.64 | 23.8% | 4 | $17,345 |
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.