The Lutheran Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
The Lutheran Home is a 274-bed nonprofit nursing home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.89 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 26% above the Missouri average of 2.29, and 34.9% nursing staff turnover (Missouri average 56.0%).
The Lutheran Home
2825 Bloomfield RoadCape Girardeau, MO 63703
Cape Girardeau 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 The Lutheran Home, nurse aides logged 2.89 hours per resident per day, 26% above the Missouri average. With about 176 residents a day, that works out to roughly 508 aide hours a day, or about 64 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Missouri avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.89 | 2.29 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.01 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.64 | 0.46 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.54 | 3.43 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.15 | 3.02 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
34.9% of nursing staff at The Lutheran Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Missouri average of 56.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 33.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 28, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 health deficiencies (Missouri average 11.5). 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. The Lutheran Home holds 5 of 5 overall; the Missouri average is 2.5.
About The Lutheran Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Lutheran Home for the Aged
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 11, 1989
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near The Lutheran Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau | 0.5 | 120 | 1.84 | 3.53 | 68.5% | 1 | $149,578 |
| Chateau Girardeau Cape Girardeau | 1.0 | 75 | 2.51 | 4.26 | 65.7% | 3 | None |
| Ratliff Care Center Cape Girardeau | 2.5 | 46 | 2.26 | 3.24 | 72.1% | 3 | None |
| Fountainbleau Lodge Cape Girardeau | 3.1 | 33 | 3.16 | 4.99 | 48.7% | 5 | $8,827 |
| Heartland Care and Rehabilitation Center Cape Girardeau | 3.9 | 102 | 2.05 | 3.05 | 66.2% | 4 | None |
| Hubble Creek Jackson | 6.9 | 105 | 2.35 | 3.28 | — | 3 | None |
| Chaffee Nursing Center Chaffee | 9.3 | 71 | 2.04 | 3.54 | 31.7% | 5 | None |
| Jackson Manor Jackson | 9.8 | 90 | 2.16 | 3.35 | 64.3% | 4 | 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.