Summers Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Summers Healthcare Center is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Hinton, West Virginia, part of Communicare Health. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.84 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% below the West Virginia average of 2.04, and 43.5% nursing staff turnover (West Virginia average 44.1%).
Summers Healthcare Center
198 John Cook Nursing Home RoadHinton, WV 25951
Summers County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
Special Focus Facility candidate. CMS lists this home as a candidate for its Special Focus Facility program, which is for nursing homes with a history of serious quality issues.
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Summers Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 1.84 hours per resident per day, 10% below the West Virginia average. With about 115 residents a day, that works out to roughly 212 aide hours a day, or about 26 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | West Virginia avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.84 | 2.04 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.83 | 0.90 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.40 | 0.73 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.07 | 3.66 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.73 | 3.17 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
43.5% of nursing staff at Summers Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a West Virginia average of 44.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 66.7%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 20, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 27 health deficiencies (West Virginia average 11.6). CMS lists 2 fines totaling $179,295 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2025 | Fine | $144,018 |
| Oct 26, 2023 | Fine | $35,277 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Summers Healthcare Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the West Virginia average is 3.0.
About Summers Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Communicare Health, 110 homes
- Legal name: John Cook Leasing Co LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 23, 1999
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Summers Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Main Street Care Hinton · many days without an RN | 5.7 | 34 | 2.32 | 4.06 | 41.2% | 3 | None |
| Lindside Healthcare Center Lindside | 13.3 | 60 | 2.30 | 3.98 | 50.7% | 3 | None |
| Heritage Hall-Rich Creek Rich Creek | 17.7 | 120 | 2.18 | 3.58 | 38.4% | 4 | None |
| Lewisburg Healthcare Center Ronceverte | 18.9 | 90 | 2.07 | 3.65 | 45.7% | 4 | $16,149 |
| Raleigh Center Daniels | 19.2 | 68 | 1.66 | 3.36 | 49.2% | 3 | None |
| Seneca Trail Healthcare Center Lewisburg | 19.7 | 80 | 1.57 | 3.37 | 40.3% | 3 | $9,949 |
| Rainelle Healthcare Center Rainelle | 22.2 | 60 | 2.15 | 3.87 | 27.1% | 4 | None |
| Majestic Care of Beckley Beckley | 23.1 | 199 | 2.54 | 4.49 | — | 4 | $88,503 |
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.