All 4 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Washington,
side by side on the things that separate them: how many nursing hours each resident gets, how much of the
staff leaves each year, and what inspectors found on their last visit.
Prairie Village runs on city/county money out in Daviess County, and the numbers tell a mixed story. Nurse staffing sits at 3.87 hours per resident day, essentially dead even with the national average, but weekends drop roughly 18% below what the home staffs on weekdays, so coverage thins out when families tend to visit. The standout figure is turnover: 23.3% against a national average of 45.8%, meaning aides and nurses here tend to stay put, which matters for familiarity and consistency of care. Seventeen deficiencies sit on the current record, none at harm or jeopardy level, though one is abuse-related. The last inspection was May 2025, so the picture is recent.
The Villages at Oak Ridge is county-owned, which usually means steadier oversight but not necessarily richer staffing, and that shows here. Nurses provide 3.66 hours per resident per day, about 5% under the national average, and weekends drop roughly 14% below what the home itself staffs on weekdays. Turnover sits at 50.8%, noticeably above the 45.8% national figure, so families should expect some churn in who's providing daily care. The current record shows 16 deficiencies, none at the harm or jeopardy level and none abuse-related, with the last inspection in April 2025. Quality measures score well; staffing and inspections land in the middle.
Eastgate Manor runs a tight ship on the clinical side. Its last inspection came in May 2025 with no deficiencies at the harm or jeopardy level and nothing abuse-related, and the federal government gives it top marks for both health inspections and quality measures. The catch is staffing: 3.49 nurse hours per resident day sits about 10 percent under the national average, and weekends run roughly 18 percent thinner than weekdays, so coverage gets stretched when it matters. Turnover of 35.3 percent is meaningfully better than the 45.8 percent national figure, which suggests workers tend to stay. On balance, a well-run home where you'll still want to ask how they staff Saturday and Sunday.
Hillside Manor runs on leaner staffing than most homes, 3.18 nurse hours per resident day against a national average of 3.86, with weekends even thinner than weekdays. That shortfall shows up in the CMS staffing rating of 2 out of 5, and 51.9% of staff left over the past year, higher than the 45.8% national figure. The inspection record is the bigger concern: 57 deficiencies on file, two of them serious enough to put residents in harm's way, a 1-out-of-5 health inspection rating, and a spot in Medicare's Special Focus Facility watch list. The quality measure score of 4 out of 5 stands out against all that, but it's built from reported data, not from what inspectors found on their December 2025 visit.