St Luke Living Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
St Luke Living Center is a 32-bed government-run nursing home in Marion, Kansas. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.79 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% above the Kansas average of 2.70.
St Luke Living Center
535 South FreebornMarion, KS 66861
Marion 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 Luke Living Center, nurse aides logged 2.79 hours per resident per day, 3% above the Kansas average. With about 29 residents a day, that works out to roughly 81 aide hours a day, or about 10 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 | Kansas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.79 | 2.70 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.32 | 0.65 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.08 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.19 | 4.07 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.66 | 3.60 | 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 St Luke Living 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 Oct 8, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 7 health deficiencies (Kansas average 9.5). 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. St Luke Living Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Kansas average is 3.1.
About St Luke Living Center
- Ownership: Government - Hospital district
- Legal name: Legal Business Name Not Available
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 31, 1974
- Located inside a hospital
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near St Luke Living Center
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| Chase County Care and Rehab Cottonwood Falls | 25.6 | 45 | 2.46 | 3.73 | 50.0% | 3 | None |
| Bethel Health Care Center North Newton | 25.9 | 65 | 3.41 | 4.91 | 31.3% | 5 | None |
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.