Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home is a 56-bed nonprofit nursing home in Benkelman, Nebraska. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.75 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% above the Nebraska average of 2.64, and 54.2% nursing staff turnover (Nebraska average 48.7%).
Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home
407 Dakota StreetBenkelman, NE 69021
Dundy 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 Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home, nurse aides logged 2.75 hours per resident per day, 4% above the Nebraska average. With about 32 residents a day, that works out to roughly 87 aide hours a day, or about 11 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 | Nebraska avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.75 | 2.64 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.97 | 0.67 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.49 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.20 | 3.98 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.67 | 3.49 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
54.2% of nursing staff at Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Nebraska average of 48.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 40.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 2, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (Nebraska average 7.2). 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. Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home holds 2 of 5 overall; the Nebraska average is 2.8.
About Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 1, 2001
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Cheyenne County Village Inc St Francis | 23.8 | 30 | 2.81 | 3.91 | 39.3% | 2 | $13,287 |
| Wauneta Care and Therapy Center Wauneta · many days without an RN | 26.6 | 36 | 2.32 | 3.11 | 59.5% | 1 | None |
| Good Samaritan - Atwood Atwood | 31.0 | 35 | 1.86 | 3.58 | 22.2% | 2 | $68,956 |
| Imperial Manor Nursing Home Imperial · staffing data not validated | 33.1 | 58 | — | — | 50.0% | 1 | $7,903 |
| Hillcrest Care Center Wray | 36.0 | 45 | 2.25 | 3.49 | 55.0% | 5 | $9,174 |
| Topside Manor Inc Goodland | 48.7 | 45 | 3.76 | 4.51 | 38.6% | 1 | $75,463 |
| Hillcrest Nursing Home McCook | 48.7 | 100 | 3.86 | 4.88 | 36.3% | 2 | None |
| Colby Operator, LLC Colby | 53.0 | 40 | 2.50 | 3.86 | 65.3% | 1 | $40,381 |
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.