★★★☆☆CMS 3/579 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.20 /day
- Staff turnover
- 31%
- Serious cites
- 0
Northern Mahaska Specialty Care runs leaner on nursing hours than most homes, 3.20 per resident day against a national average of 3.86, and weekends dip about 13% below its own weekday coverage, so Saturday and Sunday shifts are where you'd feel that most. The trade-off is stability: staff turnover sits at 31.3%, well under the national 45.8%, and the nonprofit owner isn't cycling through administrators the way some for-profits do. What pulls the record down is the inspection side. Ten deficiencies, including one at the harm level and one tied to abuse, plus a $39,033 fine, with the most recent inspection in late 2025. The care measures land middle of the pack.
★☆☆☆☆CMS 1/583 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.66 /day
- Staff turnover
- 63%
- Serious cites
- 0
Oskaloosa Care Center runs 83 certified beds under corporate for-profit ownership, and the numbers raise real questions. Nurse staffing sits at 3.66 hours per resident day, about 5% under the national average, and weekends drop roughly another 10% below the home's own weekday levels, so the thinnest coverage lands when families tend to visit. Staff turnover is 62.6% against a national average of 45.8%, meaning most of the people caring for residents are relatively new to the building. The inspection record shows 30 deficiencies, including two at the harm or jeopardy level and three tied to abuse, plus a $45,354 fine. The most recent inspection was June 19, 2025.
★★★☆☆CMS 3/572 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.07 /day
- Staff turnover
- 64%
- Serious cites
- 0
Crystal Heights runs lean on nursing staff, 3.07 hours per resident per day against a national average of 3.86, and weekends dip about 16% below its own weekday coverage. That's a gap families feel on Saturday afternoons, not on a tour. Annual turnover sits at 63.5% versus 45.8% nationally, so the aide who knows your mother may not be there in six months. Sixteen deficiencies are on the current record, none at harm or jeopardy level and none abuse-related, and the last inspection was June 2025. A corporate owner took over within the past year and has paid $10,489 in fines. The pattern reads as a building in transition, not crisis.