St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care is a 38-bed nonprofit nursing home in Mountain Home, Idaho. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.90 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 60% above the Idaho average of 2.44, and 34.5% nursing staff turnover (Idaho average 50.3%).
St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care
895 North 6th EastMountain Home, ID 83647
Elmore 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's Elmore Long Term Care, nurse aides logged 3.90 hours per resident per day, 60% above the Idaho average. With about 16 residents a day, that works out to roughly 64 aide hours a day, or about 8 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 18% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Idaho avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.90 | 2.44 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.85 | 0.74 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 2.25 | 0.86 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 6.99 | 4.04 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 5.73 | 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
34.5% of nursing staff at St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care left over the year CMS measured, against a Idaho average of 50.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 16.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 23, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (Idaho average 10.2). 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. St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care holds 5 of 5 overall; the Idaho average is 3.1.
About St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: St Lukes Regional Medical Center
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
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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.