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Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home

A Medicare-certified nursing home in Benkelman, NE, rated 2 of 5 stars by CMS.

407 Dakota Street
Benkelman, NE 69021

(308) 423-2179

Ownership: Non profit - Corporation

What Medicare publishes

2 of 5

CMS overall rating

Nebraska average 2.8 of 5 · U.S. average 3.0 of 5

Health inspection rating
3 of 5
Nebraska average 2.8 of 5 · U.S. average 2.8 of 5
Staffing rating
4 of 5
Nebraska average 3.2 of 5 · U.S. average 2.9 of 5
Quality measure rating
1 of 5
Nebraska average 3.0 of 5 · U.S. average 3.6 of 5
Certified beds
56
Average residents per day
31.8
Nebraska average 55.3 · U.S. average 86.0
Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day
4.20
Nebraska average 3.98 · U.S. average 3.86
Hours of nursing care per resident per day, counting nurse aides, LPNs and RNs together.
RN staffing hours per resident per day
0.49
Nebraska average 0.67 · U.S. average 0.69
Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day on the weekend
3.67
Nebraska average 3.48 · U.S. average 3.42
Total nursing staff turnover
54%
Nebraska average 49% · U.S. average 46%
The nursing home's annual turnover rate among nursing staff, including RNs, LPNs and nurse aides.
Registered nurse turnover
40%
Nebraska average 44% · U.S. average 43%
Most recent standard health inspection
April 2, 2026
Health deficiencies, most recent inspection
5
Nebraska average 7.4 · U.S. average 9.2
Number of fines
0
Nebraska average 0.4 · U.S. average 0.9
How many fines this nursing home received; CMS's penalties data covers fines and payment denials from the last three years.
Total fines
$0
Nebraska average $11,975 · U.S. average $30,972
The total amount of those fines in dollars, over the same three-year penalties window.
Payment denials
0
Total penalties
0
Changed ownership in the last 12 months
No

Source: CMS Care Compare, Nursing Home Provider Information, file dated September 30, 2026. Blank measures are ones CMS did not publish for this nursing home. State and U.S. averages are CMS's own, from the file State US Averages, dated September 30, 2026.

Where this data comes from

Ratings and quality measures on this page come from CMS Care Compare, Nursing Home Provider Information. They are Medicare's assessments, not ours. We report the federal figures as published, with the file's own date, and we do not compute a score of our own or rank one facility against another.

CMS suppresses some measures for small facilities, so a blank is missing data rather than a poor result. Ratings are refreshed each quarter from the source file. Confirm anything that matters directly with the facility before you act on it.

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