Three Links Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Three Links Care Center is a 92-bed nonprofit nursing home in Northfield, Minnesota, part of St. Francis Health Services. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.58 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the Minnesota average of 2.52, and 38.8% nursing staff turnover (Minnesota average 42.2%).
Three Links Care Center
815 Forest AvenueNorthfield, MN 55057
Rice 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 Three Links Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.58 hours per resident per day, about the same as the Minnesota average. With about 78 residents a day, that works out to roughly 202 aide hours a day, or about 25 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 | Minnesota avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.58 | 2.52 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.00 | 1.06 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.16 | 4.19 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.72 | 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
38.8% of nursing staff at Three Links 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 36.4%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 31, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 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. Three Links Care Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Minnesota average is 3.2.
About Three Links Care Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: St. Francis Health Services, 14 homes
- Legal name: Three Links Health Services
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 1, 1987
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Three Links Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| The Emeralds at Fairbault LLC Faribault | 12.4 | 109 | 1.76 | 3.31 | 63.8% | 1 | None |
| Trinity Care Center Farmington | 12.8 | 80 | 3.14 | 5.11 | 19.8% | 5 | None |
| Apple Valley Village Health Care Center Apple Valley | 19.4 | 162 | 2.65 | 4.87 | 32.2% | 5 | None |
| Mala Strana Health Care, LLC New Prague | 20.9 | 69 | 2.14 | 3.79 | 75.3% | 4 | None |
| Ebenezer Ridges Geriatric Care Center Burnsville | 21.1 | 114 | 2.57 | 5.17 | — | 4 | None |
| Augustana Care Hastings Health and Rehabilitation Hastings | 24.2 | 72 | 2.63 | 4.60 | 33.3% | 5 | $21,645 |
| Benedictine Living Community Owatonna Owatonna | 24.2 | 79 | 2.51 | 4.07 | 50.0% | 1 | $36,638 |
| Regina Senior Living Hastings | 24.9 | 57 | 1.96 | 3.44 | 43.4% | 2 | $15,919 |
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.