Nursing homes across Flathead County, Montana, graded on the federal inspection
record, nurse staffing and staff turnover. County rank is shown on each home's profile.
Immanuel Skilled Care Center runs on 4.37 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 13% above the national average, and CMS gives it top marks for staffing. Weekend coverage dips about 5% below its own weekday level, so ask how that plays out on a Saturday. Staff turnover sits at 40.2%, better than the 45.8% national figure but still meaning two in five caregivers left last year. The home carries 21 deficiencies, none at the harm level, though three are abuse-related, worth asking about directly. Inspections are current as of December 2025, and the nonprofit corporation behind it has no profit motive pushing census.
The Montana Veterans Home in Columbia Falls runs lean on turnover but heavy on care hours: 5.68 nurse staffing hours per resident day, roughly 47% above the national average, and its aide and nurse retention beats the typical U.S. facility. Weekends dip about 8% from weekday coverage, so families should ask who's on shift Saturday and Sunday. The trouble sits elsewhere. Fifteen deficiencies are on the current record, including one at the harm level and six tied to abuse, plus a single fine of $93,899. The last full inspection was July 2024, and the state runs the place. Strong staffing, real quality concerns, both are true here.
Brendan House runs a nonprofit home with 110 certified beds in Kalispell, and its staffing is the strongest thing it has going: 4.60 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 19% above the national average of 3.86. That cushion thins on weekends, which run about 9% below the home's own weekday level, and turnover sits at 56.1% against a national 45.8%, meaning many of the people providing that care are still new. The current record carries 31 deficiencies, including three at the harm or jeopardy level and three tied to abuse, plus two fines totaling $92,755. The most recent inspection was July 17, 2025.
Kalispell Rehabilitation and Nursing is a for-profit LLC with 140 beds, and its record is one a family should look at closely. The staffing numbers cut both ways: turnover at 38.7% is actually better than the 45.8% national average, but total nurse hours sit at 3.28 per resident day, roughly 15% under the national figure, and weekends run about 10% thinner than weekdays. The inspection history is the harder problem, 82 deficiencies, 10 of them at harm or jeopardy level, nine abuse-related, three fines totaling $114,755, and a spot in CMS's Special Focus Facility program, which is reserved for homes with a pattern of serious, repeated problems. The most recent inspection was March 2026.
If you're weighing Whitefish Care and Rehabilitation for someone you love, the staffing numbers are where to start. Nurses give about 3.34 hours of care per resident per day, roughly 13 percent under the national average, and weekends run about 15 percent thinner than weekdays. Annual turnover hits 82.1 percent, nearly double the national rate, so the people providing that care keep changing. The record shows 77 deficiencies, six serious enough to involve harm or jeopardy and six tied to abuse, plus four fines totaling $371,717. CMS has placed this home in its Special Focus Facility program, which is reserved for the homes with the most persistent problems.