Nursing home
Avera Creighton Care Centre
1603 Main Street, Creighton, NE 68729 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Avera Health (12 facilities) · 47 certified beds
Avera Creighton Care Centre is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Creighton, Nebraska. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.85 hours per resident per day, above the Nebraska average of 4.17. Its most recent inspection on Dec 3, 2025 cited 4 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Avera Creighton Care Centre compares
This facility vs. the Nebraska and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Nebraska avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.85 | 4.17 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.81 | 0.71 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.68 | 2.76 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 50.0% | 49.3% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 6.7 | 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.
- Every deficiency from the December 3, 2025 inspection was corrected by January 30, 2026
What inspectors found at Avera Creighton Care Centre
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 · Dec 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 24, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 11 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Sep 24, 2024 · 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 · Sep 5, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2023 - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2023 - Potential for harm
Not hire anyone with a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2023
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
- 1603 Main Street
Creighton, NE 68729 - CMS certification #
- 285284
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 47
- Avg residents/day
- 39.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2010-08-01
- Chain
- Avera Health (12 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Avera Health
Avera Health operates 12 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Avera Health facilities →
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
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Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Avera Creighton Hospital, Creighton. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Plainview Manor, Plainview. 10.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Chi Health Health At Home Plainview, Plainview. 10.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Wanek's. 24.0 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 68729 as rural (rural area).
- Hospice
- 4 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 68729.
- Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Unmc Physicians, Omaha. 122.9 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)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Creighton, NE, risk to homes is greater than 63% of communities in Nebraska and 67% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado very high, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake very low. 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 | Only cases that look tied to an earlier operator (not shown) |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Avera Creighton Care Centre a good nursing home?
CMS gives Avera Creighton Care Centre an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Avera Creighton Care Centre staffed?
Avera Creighton Care Centre reports 4.85 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Nebraska average of 4.17.
Has Avera Creighton Care Centre had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Avera Creighton Care Centre have?
Avera Creighton Care Centre is certified for 47 beds.