Riceville, IA · Mitchell County
★★★★★CMS 5/534 bedsGovernmentMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.48 /day
- Staff turnover
- 26%
- Serious cites
- 0
Riceville Family Care and Therapy Center is city/county owned, which is unusual, most Iowa nursing homes are for-profit, and that shows up in how it's run. Weekend nursing coverage drops about 14% below its own weekday level, and overall nurse staffing sits around 3.48 hours per resident day, roughly 10% under the national average. What stands out is retention: 25.9% turnover against a national 45.8% means aides and nurses tend to stay, which matters more for daily care than a staffing number alone. Five deficiencies on record, none involving harm or abuse, and a March 2026 inspection rounds out a record with real consistency behind it.
Saint Ansgar, IA · Mitchell County
★★★★★CMS 5/542 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 2.94 /day
- Staff turnover
- 28%
- Serious cites
- 0
Good Samaritan, Saint Ansgar runs on a leaner nursing crew than most homes nationally, 2.94 nurse hours per resident day against a 3.86 average, and weekends dip about 15% below its own weekday coverage. The offset is stability: staff turnover sits at 27.8%, well under the 45.8% national figure, so the people there tend to stay. Its inspection record is clean where it counts, with four deficiencies on file and none involving harm, jeopardy, or abuse, and the most recent state visit came in April 2025. For a 42-bed nonprofit, that mix of low turnover and no-harm findings is doing more work than the raw staffing number suggests.
Stacyville, IA · Mitchell County
★★★☆☆CMS 3/534 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 4.90 /day
- Staff turnover
- 57%
- Serious cites
- 0
Stacyville Community Nursing Home runs high on nurse staffing, 4.90 hours per resident day, roughly 27% above the national average, and CMS gives it its top staffing rating. That's real, but look at how the hours land: weekends run about 16% thinner than weekdays. Staff turnover sits at 56.8%, well above the 45.8% national figure, which matters more in a 34-bed home where residents know their caregivers by name. The inspection record is the bigger concern. There are 39 deficiencies on file, including two at the harm or jeopardy level and two tied to abuse, plus one fine of $21,986. The last inspection was June 2025.
Osage, IA · Mitchell County
★★★★☆CMS 4/550 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 4.06 /day
- Staff turnover
- 56%
- Serious cites
- 0
Faith Lutheran Home runs on a church-affiliated nonprofit model with 50 beds in Osage, and the numbers mostly hold up. Nurse staffing sits at 4.06 hours per resident day, roughly 5% above the national average, and the home carries just two deficiencies on its current record, none at the harm level, none tied to abuse, with a fresh inspection from July 2025. The catch is retention: annual turnover of 56.1% runs well ahead of the 45.8% national figure, and weekend coverage drops about 13% below weekday levels. That churn is worth asking about directly, since steady caregivers matter as much as raw staffing hours.
Osage, IA · Mitchell County
★☆☆☆☆CMS 1/546 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.06 /day
- Staff turnover
- 56%
- Serious cites
- 0
Osage Rehab runs 46 beds under for-profit LLC ownership, and the staffing numbers are where I'd start: 3.06 nurse hours per resident per day against a national average of 3.86, with weekends about 12% thinner than weekdays. Turnover sits at 56.3%, well above the 45.8% national figure, so the people caring for residents keep changing. The inspection record is heavier still, 44 deficiencies, two at harm or jeopardy level and three tied to abuse, plus a $14,433 fine. That inspection was recent, December 2025. If you're weighing this one, ask about weekend coverage and how abuse-related findings were resolved.