St Lukes Lutheran Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
St Lukes Lutheran Care Center is a 64-bed nonprofit nursing home in Blue Earth, Minnesota. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.82 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 12% above the Minnesota average of 2.52, and 19.4% nursing staff turnover (Minnesota average 42.2%).
St Lukes Lutheran Care Center
1219 South RamseyBlue Earth, MN 56013
Faribault 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 Lukes Lutheran Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.82 hours per resident per day, 12% above the Minnesota average. With about 57 residents a day, that works out to roughly 159 aide hours a day, or about 20 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 17% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Minnesota avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.82 | 2.52 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.01 | 0.61 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.73 | 1.06 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.56 | 4.19 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.79 | 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
19.4% of nursing staff at St Lukes Lutheran Care Center 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 23, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 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 Lukes Lutheran Care Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Minnesota average is 3.2.
About St Lukes Lutheran Care Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: St Luke's Lutheran Care Center
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 1, 1986
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near St Lukes Lutheran Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Timely Mission Nursing Home Buffalo Center | 18.1 | 42 | 1.98 | 3.09 | 36.0% | 5 | None |
| Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center Fairmont | 18.9 | 72 | 3.15 | 4.77 | 36.5% | 5 | None |
| Parkview Care Center Wells | 20.0 | 30 | 2.59 | 4.89 | 54.8% | 3 | None |
| Truman Senior Living Truman | 21.7 | 30 | 2.86 | 4.77 | 45.5% | 5 | None |
| Mapleton Community Home Mapleton | 21.7 | 59 | 2.91 | 4.13 | 17.6% | 5 | None |
| Accura Healthcare of Bancroft Bancroft | 23.8 | 25 | 2.75 | 4.61 | 39.3% | 5 | None |
| Lake Mills Care Center Lake Mills | 24.1 | 61 | 2.23 | 3.62 | 25.0% | 4 | None |
| Valley Vue Care Center Armstrong | 25.2 | 40 | 2.43 | 3.86 | 35.0% | 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.