Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
The Lutheran Home
2825 Bloomfield Road, Cape Girardeau, MO 63703 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 274 certified beds
The Lutheran Home is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.60 hours per resident per day, above the Missouri average of 3.47. Its most recent inspection on Mar 28, 2025 cited 2 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How The Lutheran Home compares
This facility vs. the Missouri and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Missouri avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.60 | 3.47 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.73 | 0.46 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.08 | 2.32 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 40.4% | 57.0% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 2.0 | 12.0 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
What inspectors found at The Lutheran Home
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 28, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 28, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 9, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 9, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 9, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 8 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 21, 2022 - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 21, 2022 - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 21, 2022
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 2825 Bloomfield Road
Cape Girardeau, MO 63703 - CMS certification #
- 265359
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 274
- Avg residents/day
- 168.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1989-04-11
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, transportation
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What The Lutheran Home says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Licensed nursing staff are available 24/7 to manage medications safely and efficiently.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Library, fitness classes, beauty salon and transportation to appointments as needed.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room, cottage or villa.
Our campus occupies more than 40 acres and includes a variety of living options, from single-family cottages and duplexes to assisted living apartments and private or semi-private rooms in our skilled health center.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Saint Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau. 0.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Grace Reliant Health Services, LLC, Cape Girardeau. 2.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- MediCenter Pharmacy. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 63703 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Westbrook Dialysis, LLC, Cape Girardeau, 0.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Fmc - Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmc - Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 9 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 63703.
Providence Home Health & Hospice, office in Cape Girardeau, 0.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Saint Francis Hospice, office in Cape Girardeau, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Crown Hospice, Inc, office in Cape Girardeau, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Sarah Lahud Cuadra, MD, Carbondale. 36.1 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very high. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively low, tornado very high, heat wave relatively high, earthquake very high. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is The Lutheran Home a good nursing home?
CMS gives The Lutheran Home an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is The Lutheran Home staffed?
The Lutheran Home reports 4.60 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Missouri average of 3.47.
Has The Lutheran Home had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.
How many beds does The Lutheran Home have?
The Lutheran Home is certified for 274 beds.