Where They Care · plain answers about nursing homes

Bethany St Joseph Care Ctr

2501 Shelby Rd, La Crosse, WI 54601 · 100 beds · Non profit - Corporation

The records flag: 1 citation where a resident was harmed.

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
4.95
RNs, LPNs and aides · state average 4.30
Weekend RN coverage
−34%
vs weekdays
Staff turnover
40%
state average 47%
1 citation where a resident was harmed
Harm was found, without immediate danger to life.
Registered nurse staffing above the state average
1.84 hours per resident per day, against a state average of 1.01.

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
1.84 hrs
Weekends
1.21 hrs
WI average
1.01 hrs

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

Registered nurse coverage drops about 34% at weekends.

Staff turnover: 40%

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 13 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
Actual harm
A resident was harmed, without immediate danger to life
1
Potential for harm
No one harmed yet, but conditions could allow it
11
No harm
Rule and paperwork findings
1

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.

Medicare has issued $3,145 in fines here over the past three years.

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
Barton, Scott Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 08/09/1999
Bennett, Tisha Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 11/18/2015
Berra, Kay Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Trustee, Additional disclosable party 03/28/2023
Braley, Matthew Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 03/01/2022
Feirtag, Megan Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/31/2017
Gochanour, Kimberly Corporate officer, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 03/25/2024
Hanson, Charles Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Trustee, Additional disclosable party 03/01/2022
Kite, Cindi Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Trustee, Additional disclosable party 03/01/2018
Kutt, Dawn Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Trustee, Additional disclosable party 03/26/2024
Maki, Erick Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Trustee, Additional disclosable party 03/26/2024
Malone, Edward Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 12/31/2024
Martin, Sean Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Trustee, Additional disclosable party 03/28/2023
Passe, Nicholas Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Trustee, Additional disclosable party 03/01/2019
Pedace, Terri Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Trustee, Additional disclosable party 03/01/2021
Sacie, Bonita Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Trustee, Additional disclosable party 03/01/2022
Schatzke, Paige Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 11/03/2015
Spilde, Steve Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Trustee, Additional disclosable party 03/01/2017
White, Karlie Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2016
White, Michelle Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 12/02/2024
Wipfli LLP Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/23/2025

Of the 20 parties disclosed here, 0 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
Hillview Health Care Ctr
La Crosse
1.0 5 2.31 −45%
Benedictine Manor of Lacrosse
La Crosse
1.1 3 1.13 −28%
Riverside
La Crosse
1.8 4 1.34 −39%
La Crescent Health Services
La Crescent
6.2 1 1.38 −33%
Onalaska Care Center
Onalaska
8.0 5 1.10 −29%
Mulder Health Care Facility
West Salem
11.7 1 1.26 −36%
Lakeview Health Center
West Salem
11.7 5 1.56 −36%
Valley View Healthcare & Rehab
Houston
17.2 5 1.25 −60%

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.