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Pierz Villa INC

119 Faust Street Southeast, Pierz, MN 56364 · 45 beds · For profit - Corporation

Worth a closer look: weekend nurse coverage drops 61%.

Everything here comes from Medicare's own inspection and payroll records. We don't rank facilities or take payment from them.

Medicare overall rating
★★★★
Above average · 4 of 5
All nursing staff, hours / resident
5.24
RNs, LPNs and aides · state average 4.83
Weekend RN coverage
−61%
vs weekdays
Staff turnover
state average 42%
Weekend nurse coverage drops 61%
Some weekend drop is normal across the industry; a fall this size is at the steep end. Try to visit on a weekend.
No citations involving resident harm
Findings over the past three years were all at levels where inspectors recorded no actual harm.

These are drawn straight from Medicare's records. We report what the record says — we don't rate facilities or judge the care given in them.

Who's actually on the floor

Staffing is the thing most closely tied to day-to-day quality of care, and it's the number families most often never see. This is registered nurses only — a smaller figure than the all-staff total above, because it counts the most highly qualified staff on their own — per resident, per day, comparing an average weekday against an average weekend.

Weekdays
0.92 hrs
Weekends
0.36 hrs
MN average
1.21 hrs

Registered nurses only — hours per resident per day. Longer is better.

Registered nurse coverage drops about 61% at weekends.

Staff turnover: not reported

High turnover matters because continuity does — a nurse who knows your mother notices when something is different about her. Someone on their second shift doesn't have that baseline.

What inspectors found

State inspectors visit at least once a year and after complaints. Over the last three years this facility received 7 citations. Raw counts mislead, though — a paperwork slip and a resident being harmed both count as one. Here they are by how serious inspectors judged them.

SeverityCitations
Potential for harm
No one harmed yet, but conditions could allow it
7
No harm
Rule and paperwork findings
0

0 of these came from someone filing a complaint rather than a routine visit — worth weighing differently, because it means a person picked up the phone. All findings are recorded as corrected.

Disclosed affiliations

Medicare requires every facility to disclose the people and companies connected to it. Most names below are not owners — they are officers, directors, managers, trustees, and what Medicare calls “additional disclosable parties.” The role beside each name is the one Medicare recorded. This is worth reading because operators tend to run their facilities alike: where the same group stands behind a dozen homes, the record across all twelve tells you more than any single inspection does.

NameRole recorded by MedicareSince
Gr Partner Companies, INC
100% ownership interest
Direct owner (5% or more), Additional disclosable party 01/01/2018
Gruber, Kari
25% ownership interest
Indirect owner (5% or more), Governing body, Corporate officer 01/01/2009
Gruber, Nathan
25% ownership interest
Indirect owner (5% or more) 01/01/2018
Rocheleau, Dean
25% ownership interest
Indirect owner (5% or more) 01/01/2018
Rocheleau, Paula
25% ownership interest
Indirect owner (5% or more), Governing body, Corporate officer, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2009
Mckenzie, Shannon Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 06/01/2020
Partners Senior Living Options LLC Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 12/01/2017
Rocheleau, Kimberly Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 06/01/2021
Watkins, Douglas Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2023
Alvarado, Megan Additional disclosable party 11/01/2024

Of the 10 parties disclosed here, 5 hold an ownership interest; the rest are recorded in a management, officer, financial, or other disclosable capacity. A percentage is shown only where Medicare published one — for most disclosed parties it publishes none.

Other options nearby

Most families are choosing between whatever is close enough to visit often — and visiting often is itself one of the better protections a resident has. These are the closest 8 facilities.

FacilityMilesRating Nurse hrsWeekend
Little Falls Care Center
Little Falls
11.7 2 0.70 −43%
St Ottos Care Center
Little Falls
12.5 5 1.39 −54%
Cura of Onamia
Onamia
21.9 2 1.55 −52%
The Gardens at Foley LLC
Foley
23.8 3 0.90 −67%
Good Samaritan Society - Woodland
Brainerd
24.9 5 1.00 −59%
Good Samaritan Society - Bethany
Brainerd
25.2 5 1.69 −32%
Country Manor Health & Rehab Ctr
Sartell
25.3 5 0.91 −52%
Good Shepherd Lutheran Home
Sauk Rapids
26.2 5 0.93 −70%

Weekend column shows the change in registered-nurse coverage at weekends compared with weekdays.

Worth asking on a visit

Records only tell you so much. These are the questions this facility's particular numbers suggest you ask — go on a weekend if you possibly can.

  1. Can I visit on a Sunday rather than a weekday? How many registered nurses are on duty then, and for how many residents?
  2. Who will actually be caring for my relative at 3am on a Saturday — an agency nurse or someone on staff?

Where these numbers come from

All figures are published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Different measures cover different periods — some are considerably older than others, so each is dated separately below rather than under one "last updated" stamp.

Staffing hours
Jan–Mar 2026
Staff turnover
calendar year 2025
Inspections & citations
Jul 2023 – Jun 2026
Fines & penalties
last 3 years
Ownership
as reported to Medicare
Star rating & file release
CMS file dated 1 July 2026

We report what the records say and don't draw conclusions about care quality. If you believe something on this page is wrong — email a correction. It reaches a person, not a form. We check every report, fix what is wrong, and say so on the page; see how we handle corrections. If you work at this facility and our figures disagree with your own records, we want to hear that too.