The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited November 2024 — isolated incident, actual harm.
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F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: G
Nursing home report
SHERIDAN COUNTY HOSPITAL LTCU
HOXIE, KS · Medicare-certified · 32 beds
In good standing
Non-profit
4 of 5 overall
Sheridan County Hospital LTCU in Hoxie, KS has a 4-star overall rating, with 4 stars for health inspections and 5 stars for staffing, but only 1 star for quality measures. It reports 5.19 nurse staffing hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, had $0 in fines in the last 24 months, and recent inspection issues included accident hazards/supervision, foot care, and registered nurse coverage/director requirements.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
5.1936 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: October 22, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 5.1936.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 1.33
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.41
- Nurse aides
- 3.46
- Weekend nursing
- 4.14
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 47%
Registered nurse turnover: 33%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
23.2%Steady
Residents with a fall causing major injury
4.8%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
9.3%Steady
Residents with a urinary tract infection
6.7%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
2%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
23.6%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
12.3%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
43%Improving
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
22.8%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
1.1%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
What the inspectors found
The home failed to provide appropriate foot care for residents. Cited July 2022 — isolated incident, actual harm.
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F-Tag 687 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: G
The home failed to have a registered nurse on duty enough hours each day and to keep a registered nurse as the full-time director of nursing. Cited October 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 727 — 42 CFR §483.35 — S/S: F
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited May 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: F
The nursing home failed to make sure its quality review group had the required members and met at least every three months. Cited July 2022 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 868 — 42 CFR §483.75 — S/S: F
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 7 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Other
- Occupancy
- 28.1 residents on an average day (88% of 32 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 48 years
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.