St John Lutheran Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
St John Lutheran Home is a 65-bed nonprofit nursing home in Springfield, Minnesota. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.60 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% above the Minnesota average of 2.52, and 34.0% nursing staff turnover (Minnesota average 42.2%).
St John Lutheran Home
201 South County Road 5Springfield, MN 56087
Brown 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 St John Lutheran Home, nurse aides logged 2.60 hours per resident per day, 3% above the Minnesota average. With about 49 residents a day, that works out to roughly 126 aide hours a day, or about 16 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 7% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Minnesota avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.60 | 2.52 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.49 | 0.61 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.82 | 1.06 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.92 | 4.19 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.65 | 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
34.0% of nursing staff at St John Lutheran Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Minnesota average of 42.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 25.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 3, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 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. St John Lutheran Home holds 4 of 5 overall; the Minnesota average is 3.2.
About St John Lutheran Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Church related
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 1, 1988
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near St John Lutheran Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Gil-Mor Manor Morgan | 12.3 | 35 | 3.18 | 4.42 | — | 2 | None |
| Sleepy Eye Rehabilitati Center Sleepy Eye | 12.4 | 61 | 2.52 | 3.88 | 56.4% | 4 | None |
| Divine Providence Community Home Sleepy Eye | 12.9 | 50 | 2.25 | 3.42 | 34.1% | 2 | None |
| Valley View Manor HCC Lamberton · SFF candidate | 14.6 | 50 | 2.36 | 3.93 | — | 1 | $131,610 |
| Wabasso Restorative Care Center Wabasso · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 18.2 | 44 | 1.99 | 3.15 | 37.9% | 1 | $19,135 |
| Franklin Restorative Care Center Franklin · SFF candidate · many days without an RN | 20.0 | 40 | 1.99 | 3.19 | 64.8% | 1 | None |
| Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Lake Mountain Lake | 20.5 | 48 | 2.34 | 3.73 | 35.3% | 4 | $14,069 |
| River Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center LLC Redwood Falls | 21.9 | 43 | 2.02 | 3.62 | 83.7% | 3 | $14,310 |
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.