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title: Nursing homes in Iowa — CMS safety record
source: CMS Nursing Home Care Compare
sourceUrl: https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
state: IA
facilities: 390
---

# Nursing homes in Iowa

All **390** Medicare-certified nursing homes in Iowa, with the safety record CMS publishes.

## Before the brochure: look at staffing

The best-evidenced predictor of safe care is **nurse hours per resident per day** — hands-on nursing time per resident, measured by CMS from payroll. About **4.1 total nurse hours/resident/day** is a staffing-adequacy reference (not a pass/fail line).

In Iowa, the median home reports **3.71 hours/resident/day**, and **105 of 372** meet the 4.1-hour reference. A high overall star does not guarantee high staffing.

## CMS Special Focus facilities (12)

CMS places its most seriously and persistently underperforming homes on the Special Focus Facility program (or names them candidates). This is CMS's own designation — recorded, not an Atlas verdict.

- **Aspire of Perry** (Perry) — SFF candidate
- **Azria Health Park Place** (Des Moines) — SFF candidate
- **Bishop Drumm Retirement Center** (Johnston) — SFF candidate
- **Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center** (Anita) — SFF candidate
- **Chapters Living of Council Bluffs** (Council Bluffs) — SFF candidate
- **Greater Southside Health and Rehabilitation** (Des Moines) — SFF candidate
- **Harmony West Des Moines** (West Des Moines) — SFF candidate
- **Ivy at Davenport** (Davenport) — SFF candidate
- **Northgate Care Center** (Waukon) — SFF candidate
- **Pioneer Valley Living And Rehab** (Sergeant Bluff) — SFF candidate
- **Garden View Care Center** (Shenandoah) — Special Focus Facility
- **Pine Acres Rehabilitation and Care Center** (West Des Moines) — Special Focus Facility

## What this is — and is not

This is published CMS Nursing Home Care Compare data — the same facts CMS shows the public, sorted to compare. It **informs and compares**; it does **not** rate, rank, or recommend a home for an individual's needs, and no figure is a guarantee. Shortlist a few, visit in person, ask about the most recent inspection, and call your state Long-Term Care Ombudsman (theconsumervoice.org/get_help).

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