Sumner Place: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sumner Place is a 104-bed nonprofit nursing home in Lincoln, Nebraska, part of Vetter Senior Living. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.88 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 9% above the Nebraska average of 2.64, and 27.8% nursing staff turnover (Nebraska average 48.7%).
Sumner Place
1750 South 20th StreetLincoln, NE 68502
Lancaster 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 Sumner Place, nurse aides logged 2.88 hours per resident per day, 9% above the Nebraska average. With about 79 residents a day, that works out to roughly 227 aide hours a day, or about 28 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Nebraska avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.88 | 2.64 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.64 | 0.67 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.14 | 3.98 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.73 | 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
27.8% of nursing staff at Sumner Place left over the year CMS measured, against a Nebraska average of 48.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 20.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 13, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (Nebraska average 7.2). 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. Sumner Place holds 4 of 5 overall; the Nebraska average is 2.8.
About Sumner Place
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Vetter Senior Living, 22 homes
- Legal name: VSL Lincoln Sumner LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Sumner Place
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Emerald Nursing & Rehab Lancaster LLC Lincoln · SFF candidate | 0.8 | 293 | 2.46 | 3.39 | 73.5% | 1 | $79,725 |
| Ambassador Health of Lincoln Lincoln | 1.8 | 122 | 3.04 | 5.36 | 40.2% | 2 | None |
| Eventide Lincoln Care Center Lincoln | 2.1 | 197 | 3.32 | 5.11 | 49.6% | 1 | None |
| St. Jane de Chantal Lincoln | 2.3 | 103 | 4.05 | 7.36 | 32.3% | 4 | None |
| Heartland Ridge Care Center Lincoln | 2.5 | 47 | 2.78 | 5.12 | 77.6% | 2 | None |
| Gateway Vista Lincoln | 2.9 | 80 | 2.42 | 4.69 | 64.3% | 3 | $8,659 |
| Holmes Lake Rehabilitation & Care Center Lincoln | 2.9 | 97 | 2.39 | 3.24 | 84.0% | 2 | None |
| Emerald Nursing & Rehab Brookside LLC Lincoln | 3.1 | 173 | 2.38 | 3.23 | 62.8% | 1 | $37,998 |
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.