Nursing Homes in Wisconsin: Staffing, Turnover, and Penalties
Wisconsin has 323 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes in 191 cities. On CMS's August 2026 figures, nurse aides there log 2.58 hours per resident per day, 11% above the US average of 2.32, and 46.9% of nursing staff leave in a year (US 45.8%).
Wisconsin averages
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
CMS Care Compare State and US Averages, August 2026 release
Nursing homes by city
The most nursing homes are in Milwaukee (17), Madison (7), Fond du Lac (6). Each city page compares every home on staffing, turnover, CMS stars, and fines.
- Abbotsford (1)
- Algoma (1)
- Altoona (2)
- Amery (2)
- Antigo (1)
- Appleton (5)
- Ashland (2)
- Augusta (1)
- Baldwin (1)
- Baraboo (1)
- Barron (1)
- Beaver Dam (2)
- Beloit (2)
- Berlin (1)
- Black River Falls (2)
- Blair (1)
- Bloomer (2)
- Boscobel (1)
- Brookfield (4)
- Burlington (1)
- Cedarburg (2)
- Chetek (1)
- Chippewa Falls (3)
- Clinton (1)
- Clintonville (2)
- Colby (1)
- Columbus (1)
- Cornell (1)
- Crivitz (1)
- Cumberland (1)
- Darlington (1)
- Delavan (1)
- De Pere (1)
- Dodgeville (1)
- Dousman (1)
- East Troy (1)
- Eau Claire (2)
- Edgerton (1)
- Elkhorn (2)
- Ellsworth (1)
- Elroy (1)
- Evansville (1)
- Fennimore (1)
- Florence (1)
- Fond du Lac (6)
- Fort Atkinson (1)
- Frederic (1)
- Friendship (1)
- Galesville (1)
- Germantown (1)
- Glendale (2)
- Glenwood City (1)
- Grantsburg (1)
- Green Bay (6)
- Greendale (1)
- Greenfield (2)
- Hales Corners (1)
- Hammond (1)
- Hayward (2)
- Hazel Green (1)
- Hudson (1)
- Hurley (2)
- Janesville (5)
- Jefferson (1)
- Juneau (2)
- Kaukauna (1)
- Kenosha (6)
- Kewaunee (1)
- King (2)
- La Crosse (4)
- Ladysmith (2)
- Lake Geneva (2)
- Lake Mills (1)
- Lancaster (2)
- Laona (1)
- Little Chute (1)
- Lodi (1)
- Lomira (1)
- Luck (1)
- Madison (7)
- Manawa (1)
- Manitowoc (5)
- Marinette (1)
- Markesan (1)
- Marshfield (3)
- Mauston (1)
- Mayville (1)
- Medford (1)
- Menasha (1)
- Menomonee Falls (2)
- Menomonie (4)
- Mequon (1)
- Merrill (1)
- Middleton (1)
- Milwaukee (17)
- Mineral Point (1)
- Minocqua (1)
- Mondovi (1)
- Monroe (2)
- Montello (1)
- Mount Horeb (1)
- Mukwonago (1)
- Muscoda (1)
- Muskego (2)
- New Berlin (1)
- New Glarus (1)
- New Holstein (2)
- New Lisbon (1)
- New London (1)
- New Richmond (2)
- Niagara (1)
- Oak Creek (1)
- Oconomowoc (2)
- Oconto (1)
- Oconto Falls (1)
- Omro (1)
- Onalaska (1)
- Oneida (1)
- Osceola (1)
- Oshkosh (5)
- Osseo (1)
- Owen (1)
- Park Falls (1)
- Peshtigo (2)
- Pigeon Falls (1)
- Platteville (1)
- Pleasant Prairie (1)
- Plum City (1)
- Plymouth (2)
- Port Edwards (1)
- Port Washington (1)
- Prairie Du Chien (1)
- Prescott (1)
- Racine (3)
- Randolph (1)
- Reedsburg (2)
- Rhinelander (2)
- Rib Lake (1)
- Rice Lake (2)
- Richland Center (2)
- Ripon (1)
- River Falls (1)
- Saint Francis (1)
- Sauk City (1)
- Seymour (1)
- Shawano (3)
- Sheboygan (6)
- Shell Lake (1)
- Sister Bay (1)
- Slinger (1)
- Soldiers Grove (1)
- South Milwaukee (2)
- South Range (1)
- Sparta (2)
- Spooner (1)
- Spring Green (1)
- Spring Valley (1)
- St Croix Falls (1)
- Stevens Point (2)
- Stoughton (2)
- Sturgeon Bay (2)
- Sun Prairie (2)
- Superior (3)
- Suring (1)
- Thorp (1)
- Tomah (1)
- Tomahawk (2)
- Two Rivers (1)
- Union Grove (2)
- Verona (2)
- Viroqua (1)
- Washburn (1)
- Watertown (2)
- Waukesha (4)
- Waunakee (1)
- Waupaca (1)
- Waupun (1)
- Wausau (4)
- Wauwatosa (2)
- West Allis (3)
- West Bend (2)
- Westby (1)
- Weston (2)
- West Salem (2)
- Weyauwega (1)
- Whitehall (1)
- Williams Bay (1)
- Wisconsin Dells (1)
- Wisconsin Rapids (2)
- Woodville (1)
- Wyocena (1)
Largest nursing home chains in Wisconsin
CMS links 159 of Wisconsin's homes to these 15 chains. A chain is a group of homes under common ownership or management, as CMS records it.
| Chain | Homes in WI | Homes nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| North Shore Healthcare | 53 | 59 |
| Champion Care | 13 | 22 |
| Complete Care | 13 | 85 |
| Eden Senior Care | 12 | 21 |
| Dove Healthcare | 11 | 11 |
| Avina Healthcare | 9 | 9 |
| Bedrock Healthcare | 7 | 9 |
| Rennes Group | 6 | 6 |
| Wisconsin Illinois Senior Housing, Inc. | 6 | 7 |
| Care & Rehab | 5 | 6 |
| Illuminus | 5 | 5 |
| Real Property Health Facilities | 5 | 9 |
| Synergy Senior Care | 5 | 5 |
| The Ensign Group | 5 | 342 |
| Atrium Centers | 4 | 26 |
Chain as recorded in the CMS Provider Information file, August 2026 release