Willow Ridge Healthcare: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Willow Ridge Healthcare is a 83-bed for-profit nursing home in Amery, Wisconsin, part of Real Property Health Facilities. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.29 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 11% below the Wisconsin average of 2.58, and 32.4% nursing staff turnover (Wisconsin average 46.9%).
Willow Ridge Healthcare
400 Deronda StAmery, WI 54001
Polk 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 Willow Ridge Healthcare, nurse aides logged 2.29 hours per resident per day, 11% below the Wisconsin average. With about 24 residents a day, that works out to roughly 56 aide hours a day, or about 7 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Wisconsin avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.29 | 2.58 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.13 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.84 | 0.99 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.26 | 4.21 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.89 | 3.77 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
32.4% of nursing staff at Willow Ridge Healthcare left over the year CMS measured, against a Wisconsin average of 46.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 42.9%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 30, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (Wisconsin average 9.5). 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. Willow Ridge Healthcare holds 3 of 5 overall; the Wisconsin average is 3.0.
About Willow Ridge Healthcare
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Real Property Health Facilities, 9 homes
- Legal name: Willow Ridge Healthcare Facilities, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 1986
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Willow Ridge Healthcare
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Golden Age Manor Amery | 0.2 | 85 | 2.58 | 3.82 | — | 2 | None |
| Dove Healthcare - St Croix Falls St Croix Falls · staffing data not validated | 14.9 | 50 | — | — | 64.8% | 1 | $62,134 |
| St Croix Health Center New Richmond | 15.2 | 50 | 4.11 | 5.93 | 46.2% | 4 | None |
| Deerfield Care Center, LLC New Richmond | 15.7 | 50 | 2.43 | 4.12 | 20.4% | 5 | None |
| Christian Community Home of Osceola, Inc Osceola | 16.1 | 40 | 3.03 | 4.42 | 51.7% | 2 | None |
| United Pioneer Home Luck | 19.3 | 50 | 3.42 | 4.87 | 45.0% | 4 | None |
| Glenhaven Glenwood City | 19.6 | 44 | 2.90 | 4.65 | 53.8% | 3 | None |
| Hammond Health Services Hammond | 22.4 | 50 | 2.40 | 4.06 | 23.7% | 5 | 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.