Nursing homes across Mercer County, West Virginia, graded on the federal inspection
record, nurse staffing and staff turnover. County rank is shown on each home's profile.
Glenwood runs about 4.45 nurse hours per resident per day, roughly 15% above the national average of 3.86, a real staffing cushion, though weekends dip about 14% below its own weekday level, so coverage isn't perfectly even across the week. Turnover sits at 44.2%, essentially in line with the national 45.8%, so this isn't a home bleeding staff faster than everyone else. The 33 deficiencies on record include none at the harm level and none abuse-related. Three of four CMS star categories land at 4/5, and the most recent inspection was February 2025.
Princeton Health Care Center runs on more nursing hours than most homes in the country, 4.25 per resident day against a national mark of 3.86, and its staff tends to stay, with turnover at 25.2% versus 45.8% nationally. That continuity matters. Weekend coverage does thin out, roughly 19% below weekday levels, so ask how that plays out on a Saturday. The tradeoff shows in the quality measure score and in 39 deficiencies on record, two tied to abuse; none reached harm or jeopardy, and the last inspection was recent. A nonprofit with steady hands and a long paper trail is worth a visit, with questions ready.
Mercer Healthcare Center runs leaner on nurse staffing than most homes, 3.56 hours per resident day against a national average of 3.86, and weekends get thinner still, dropping about 13% below what the building manages Monday through Friday. The inspection record is where the real weight sits: 80 deficiencies, two of them serious enough to trigger harm or jeopardy findings, plus seven tied to abuse. State surveyors were last in the building in January 2025, and CMS has levied two fines totaling $28,060. Staff turnover, at 44.5%, is roughly in line with the national figure, so that's not the story here. The pattern that matters is a for-profit corporate home with a long, recent record of cited problems and below-average hands-on care.
Bluestone Health and Rehabilitation is a 60-bed for-profit home in Bluefield, and the numbers here deserve your full attention before you tour. Nurse staffing sits at 2.98 hours per resident per day, roughly a quarter below the national average, and weekends run about 12 percent thinner than weekdays, so the coverage gap widens exactly when families tend to visit. The inspection record is the harder problem: 77 deficiencies on file, including four at the harm or jeopardy level and four tied to abuse, with two fines totaling $76,979. CMS has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program, a designation reserved for homes with a persistent pattern of serious problems.