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Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record

Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a 180-bed for-profit nursing home in Chilhowie, Virginia, part of Lifeworks Rehab. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.64 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 21% below the Virginia average of 2.07, and 35.6% nursing staff turnover (Virginia average 48.1%).

Certified for Medicare and Medicaid · CMS number 495133

Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

940 East Lee Highway
Chilhowie, VA 24319
Smyth County
Aide hours per resident a day
1.64
Virginia average 2.07
Nursing staff turnover
35.6%
Virginia average 48.1%
Certified beds
180
about 155 residents a day
Fines, last 3 years
0
none on record

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 Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 1.64 hours per resident per day, 21% below the Virginia average. With about 155 residents a day, that works out to roughly 253 aide hours a day, or about 32 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.

Staff hours per resident per day at Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Virginia average, and US average
Hours per resident per dayThis homeVirginia avgUS avg
Nurse aides (CNAs)1.642.072.32
Licensed practical nurses0.831.000.86
Registered nurses0.610.690.69
All nursing staff3.073.763.86
All nursing staff, weekends2.593.293.42

CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.

Staff turnover

35.6% of nursing staff at Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Virginia average of 48.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 34.8%. No administrators left over the same period.

Nursing staff turnover
35.6%
Virginia 48.1% · US 45.8%
Registered nurse turnover
34.8%
Virginia 48.2% · US 42.9%
Administrators who left
0
Virginia average 0.6

Inspections and penalties

State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 12, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (Virginia average 14.5). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.

Health deficiencies, latest cycle
8
From complaints
0
Infection-control citations
—
Payment denials, 3 years
0

CMS star ratings

CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Virginia average is 3.0.

Overall
4 of 5
Health inspections
4 of 5
Staffing
3 of 5
Quality measures
3 of 5

About Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

  • Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Chain: Lifeworks Rehab, 64 homes
  • Legal name: Valley Operator LLC
  • Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 11, 1982
  • Councils: resident council
  • Area: rural

Nursing homes near Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.

Nursing homes near Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Column headers sort the table.
SW VA M H Inst Geri TRT Ctr
Marion · staffing data not validated
9.425——19.6%4None
Francis Marion Manor Health & Rehabilitation
Marion
9.91092.825.0347.9%5None
Abingdon Health & Rehab Center
Abingdon
13.81202.163.6534.0%5None
Deer Meadows Rehabilitation and Nursing
Abingdon
16.71191.913.3063.6%1None
Clinch Valley Medical Center
Richlands
21.3240.998.03—5None
Mountain City Care & Rehabilitation Center
Mountain City
23.11201.763.4335.4%5None
Mountain Laurel Rehabilitation and Nursing
Rural Retreat · abuse citation
23.21201.633.1462.6%1$198,489
Maple Grove Nursing & Rehab Center
Lebanon
23.4602.313.9630.8%3$8,278

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.