Sanborn, IA · Obrien County
★★★★★CMS 5/555 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.49 /day
- Staff turnover
- 26%
- Serious cites
- 0
Prairie View Home runs on a smaller crew than most places, 3.49 nurse hours per resident day against a national average of 3.86, and weekends drop roughly 12% below what the home staffs during the week. That's the tradeoff worth watching if your family member needs help on a Saturday. What offsets it is stability: turnover here sits at 25.6%, well under the 45.8% national figure, so the people showing up are likely to keep showing up. The inspection record backs that up, five deficiencies on file, none at the harm level, none abuse-related, and the most recent survey was in July 2025.
Hartley, IA · Obrien County
★★★☆☆CMS 3/562 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 4.02 /day
- Staff turnover
- 41%
- Serious cites
- 0
Staffing is the strong point at Community Memorial Health Center: 4.02 nurse hours per resident day, a bit above the national average, with turnover at 41.1% that's actually lower than the typical nursing home. But weekends run about 13% thinner than weekdays, so coverage isn't even across the week. The trouble sits on the inspection side, 19 deficiencies on the current record, including two at harm or jeopardy level and four tied to abuse, plus $44,528 in fines. The most recent inspection was January 2026. Nonprofit ownership and good weekday staffing don't cancel out that record; they just mean the problems aren't about money or raw hours.
Sheldon, IA · Obrien County
★☆☆☆☆CMS 1/570 bedsNon-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.43 /day
- Staff turnover
- 59%
- Serious cites
- 0
Sanford Senior Care Sheldon runs 3.43 nursing hours per resident per day, roughly 11 percent under the national average, and weekends drop another 11 percent below its own weekday level. That thinner coverage adds up when you consider turnover: 58.9 percent of staff left over the past year, well above the 45.8 percent national rate. The inspection record is the harder part. Twenty deficiencies are on file, four of them serious enough to put residents at harm or jeopardy, including one tied to abuse. The last inspection was November 2025, so the picture is current, and a $11,872 fine is attached. This is a nonprofit home with 70 beds, and the numbers show a building struggling with both care quality and keeping people.