Western Skilled Nursing and Therapy: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Western Skilled Nursing and Therapy is a 76-bed for-profit nursing home in Buffalo, Oklahoma, part of Bridges Health. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.66 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 34% below the Oklahoma average of 2.53, and 52.4% nursing staff turnover (Oklahoma average 55.5%).
Western Skilled Nursing and Therapy
111 Walnut DriveBuffalo, OK 73834
Harper 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 Western Skilled Nursing and Therapy, nurse aides logged 1.66 hours per resident per day, 34% below the Oklahoma average. With about 28 residents a day, that works out to roughly 46 aide hours a day, or about 6 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 3% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Oklahoma avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.66 | 2.53 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.16 | 0.92 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.57 | 0.34 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.39 | 3.79 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.28 | 3.44 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
52.4% of nursing staff at Western Skilled Nursing and Therapy left over the year CMS measured, against a Oklahoma average of 55.5% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 21, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 0 health deficiencies (Oklahoma average 6.6). 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. Western Skilled Nursing and Therapy holds 5 of 5 overall; the Oklahoma average is 2.7.
About Western Skilled Nursing and Therapy
- Ownership: For profit - Partnership
- Chain: Bridges Health, 33 homes
- Legal name: Western Nursing Home LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 1, 1996
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Western Skilled Nursing and Therapy
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Protection Valley Manor Protection | 25.5 | 45 | 2.71 | 4.00 | 23.5% | 5 | None |
| Woodward Skilled Nursing and Therapy Woodward | 32.5 | 80 | 2.46 | 4.07 | 78.7% | 4 | $8,278 |
| Pioneer Lodge Coldwater | 33.5 | 25 | 1.65 | 3.04 | 58.3% | 2 | None |
| Shattuck Nursing Center Shattuck · many days without an RN | 41.4 | 60 | 2.74 | 3.67 | — | 1 | None |
| Minneola District Hospital Ltcu Minneola | 46.4 | 20 | 5.02 | 7.16 | — | 1 | None |
| Fowler Residential Care Fowler | 48.4 | 20 | 3.18 | 5.50 | 37.0% | 5 | $8,021 |
| Hill Top House Bucklin | 48.6 | 29 | 3.10 | 4.38 | 29.0% | 5 | None |
| Beaver County Nursing Home Beaver | 48.8 | 62 | 2.73 | 3.63 | 66.7% | 2 | $15,642 |
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.