Nursing home
Good Shepherd Lutheran Home
2242 Wright Street, Blair, NE 68008 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · 84 certified beds
Good Shepherd Lutheran Home is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Blair, Nebraska. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.11 hours per resident per day, below the Nebraska average of 4.17. Its most recent inspection on May 1, 2025 cited 11 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Good Shepherd Lutheran Home 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) | 3.11 | 4.17 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.42 | 0.71 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.99 | 2.76 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 64.0% | 49.3% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 11.0 | 6.7 | 9.5 | above 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 Good Shepherd 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 3, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 3, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 3, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · May 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · May 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have enough outside ventilation via a window or mechanical ventilation, or both.
Environmental Deficiencies · May 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · May 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · May 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · May 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · May 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · May 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
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
- 2242 Wright Street
Blair, NE 68008 - CMS certification #
- 285148
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 84
- Avg residents/day
- 70.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1994-06-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says 3 meals a day, pets allowed
- Staff pay 3 federal wage cases with violations found, since 2003
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Good Shepherd 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.
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Aug 7, 2016 to Aug 6, 2018. Violations found: Overtime, Child labor. Back wages: $114 owed to 2 employees. Civil money penalties assessed: $5,295. Employer as DOL recorded it: Good Shepherd Lutheran Community. Case 1859052.
- Findings for Nov 1, 2005 to Oct 31, 2007. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $1,010 owed to 1 employee. DOL marked the employer as a repeat violator. Employer as DOL recorded it: Good Shepherd Lutheran Home (Good Shepherd Luthern Community). Case 1496551.
- Findings for Jan 1, 2003 to Jan 1, 2005. Violations found: Overtime, Child labor. Back wages: $5,186 owed to 63 employees. Civil money penalties assessed: $990. Employer as DOL recorded it: Good Shepherd Lutheran Community. Case 1384327.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Apr 30, 2022.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Memorial Community Hospital & Health System, Blair. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Crowell Memorial Home, Blair. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Love Thy Neighbor Senior Care, Omaha. 17.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 68008 as small town (small town core).
- Hospice
- 13 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 68008.
Methodist Fremont Health Hospice, office in Fremont, 19.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Peaceful Hearts Hospice, LLC, office in Elkhorn, 19.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
St. Croix Hospice, office in Omaha, 19.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Physicians Clinic Inc, Omaha. 20.8 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 Blair, NE, risk to homes is greater than 75% of communities in Nebraska and 74% 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 low. By hazard: inland flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado relatively high, heat wave very low, 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 | See above |
| 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Good Shepherd Lutheran Home a good nursing home?
CMS gives Good Shepherd Lutheran Home an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Good Shepherd Lutheran Home staffed?
Good Shepherd Lutheran Home reports 3.11 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Nebraska average of 4.17.
Has Good Shepherd Lutheran Home had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 11 deficiencies.
How many beds does Good Shepherd Lutheran Home have?
Good Shepherd Lutheran Home is certified for 84 beds.