Southwest Montana Veterans Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Southwest Montana Veterans Home is a 60-bed for-profit nursing home in Butte, Montana, part of Eduro Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.14 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 17% below the Montana average of 2.57, and 53.9% nursing staff turnover (Montana average 54.8%).
Southwest Montana Veterans Home
65 Veterans CircleButte, MT 59701
Silver Bow 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 Southwest Montana Veterans Home, nurse aides logged 2.14 hours per resident per day, 17% below the Montana average. With about 57 residents a day, that works out to roughly 122 aide hours a day, or about 15 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Montana avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.14 | 2.57 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.71 | 0.50 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.49 | 0.98 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.34 | 4.05 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.81 | 3.59 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
53.9% of nursing staff at Southwest Montana Veterans Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Montana average of 54.8% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 50.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 19, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 9 health deficiencies (Montana average 11.5). 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. Southwest Montana Veterans Home holds 5 of 5 overall; the Montana average is 2.9.
About Southwest Montana Veterans Home
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Eduro Healthcare, 34 homes
- Legal name: Butte Nursing and Rehab Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 6, 2021
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Southwest Montana Veterans Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Crest Nursing Home Butte | 3.1 | 103 | 2.10 | 3.33 | 53.2% | 5 | None |
| Continental Care and Rehabilitation Butte | 3.3 | 100 | 2.63 | 4.03 | 60.2% | 3 | None |
| Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center Butte | 3.3 | 186 | 1.98 | 3.33 | 45.8% | 4 | $9,311 |
| Community Nursing Home of Anaconda Anaconda | 24.0 | 62 | 3.32 | 5.25 | — | 3 | None |
| Ivy at Deer Lodge Deer Lodge | 32.2 | 60 | 2.25 | 3.67 | 56.8% | 1 | $103,309 |
| Tobacco Root Mountains Care Center Sheridan · abuse citation | 37.6 | 39 | 4.65 | 7.05 | 72.7% | 1 | $22,205 |
| Elkhorn Healthcare and Rehabilitation Clancy | 43.5 | 70 | 1.81 | 2.73 | 41.3% | 2 | None |
| Mount Ascension Transitional Care of Cascadia Helena · SFF candidate | 50.4 | 108 | 2.10 | 3.35 | 59.1% | 1 | $80,366 |
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.