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Here are 4 Nursing Homes in Cedar County, IA

Nursing homes across Cedar County, Iowa, graded on the federal inspection record, nurse staffing and staff turnover. County rank is shown on each home's profile.

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A

94/100

Clarence Nursing Home

Clarence, IA · Cedar County

CMS 5/546 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
Nurse hours
3.58 /day
Staff turnover
30%
Serious cites
0

Clarence Nursing Home runs 46 certified beds under corporate for-profit ownership, and its recent inspection history is genuinely clean, a July 2025 survey with seven deficiencies on record, none of them rising to harm or jeopardy. The two abuse-related citations are worth asking about directly, since those tend to describe how the home handles incidents rather than the incidents themselves. Staffing sits at 3.58 nurse hours per resident day, about 7% under the national average, and weekends run roughly 10% thinner than weekdays, so coverage isn't perfectly even. What offsets that is retention: 30% turnover against a national 45.8% means aides and nurses here tend to stay.

B

83/100

Mechanicsville Specialty Care

Mechanicsville, IA · Cedar County

CMS 5/539 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
Nurse hours
3.07 /day
Staff turnover
38%
Serious cites
0

Mechanicsville Specialty Care runs on a nonprofit model with 39 beds, and the numbers show a place that inspection-wise is doing a lot right. Its last survey was in September 2025, and of the 12 deficiencies on record, none rose to harm or jeopardy level and none involved abuse. Nurse staffing sits at 3.07 hours per resident day, roughly 20 percent under the national average of 3.86, and weekends dip about 3 percent below weekdays, so coverage is thinner than you'd like. Turnover, though, is 38.2 percent against a national 45.8, which suggests people tend to stay. Quality measures scored at the top of the scale.

B

77/100

Cedar Manor Nursing Home

Tipton, IA · Cedar County

CMS 3/554 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
Nurse hours
4.16 /day
Staff turnover
44%
Serious cites
0

Cedar Manor sits in Tipton with 54 certified beds and a nonprofit owner, and its day-to-day staffing is genuinely better than most, 4.16 nurse hours per resident, roughly 8 percent above the national average, with turnover at 43.6 percent, a bit under the national figure. The catch is weekends, when coverage drops about 14 percent below the home's own weekday level, and that gap matters when falls and infections don't check the calendar. The inspection record is where the concerns concentrate: 15 deficiencies, four of them serious enough to put residents at risk of harm, plus one abuse-related finding and $32,289 in fines. The most recent inspection was November 2025, so the picture is current rather than stale.

C

62/100

Crestview Specialty Care

West Branch, IA · Cedar County

CMS 1/565 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
Nurse hours
3.67 /day
Staff turnover
63%
Serious cites
0

Crestview Specialty Care runs 65 certified beds in West Branch under nonprofit corporate ownership, and the numbers tell a mixed story. Nurse staffing sits at 3.67 hours per resident day, about 5% under the national average, and weekends drop roughly 11% below its own weekday level, so coverage thins out exactly when families tend to visit. Annual turnover of 62.7% is well above the 45.8% national figure, meaning the people caring for residents are cycling through fast. What stands out most is the inspection record: 28 deficiencies, six of them serious enough to cause harm or jeopardy, and three fines totaling $216,061. The most recent inspection was December 2025. No abuse citations appear on file. Staffing and quality measures both land mid-range, but that deficiency history is the real weight here.

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