Ridgewood Rehabilitation & Care Center
624 Pinewood Avenue, Seward, NE, 68434
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CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation · Chain: Vetter Senior Living
- Certified beds
- 82 · avg 60 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 35.9% — lower than most Nebraska nursing homesNebraska avg: 48.7% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 28.6% — lower than most Nebraska nursing homesNebraska avg: 43.9% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Nebraska averageNebraska avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 285279
- Certified beds
- 82 beds · avg 60 residents/day
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Vsl Seward Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Vetter Senior Living
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Vetter Senior Living chain — 22 facilities across 2 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 4.3 / 5.
Disclosed owners (9 on record)
- Aaron j Dunlap
Other · since 2017
- Brian w Stuhr
Contracted Managing Employee · since 2017
- Eldora d Vetter
Contracted Managing Employee · since 2017
- Glenn a Vanekeren
Contracted Managing Employee · since 2017
- Jack d Vetter
Operational/managerial Control · since 2017
- Jeanne Schoen
Contracted Managing Employee · since 2017
+ 3 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 11)
- F0947·Jan 22, 2025
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
- D0880·Jan 22, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0813·Jan 22, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
- E0812·Jan 22, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0760·Jan 22, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- D0758·Jan 22, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is li…
- D0695·Jan 22, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- E0880·Feb 13, 2024
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Fire-safety citations
12 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Jan 22, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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