The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited March 2023 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — S/S: D
Nursing home report
Bethany Home
Dubuque, IA · Medicare-certified · 66 beds
In good standing
For-profit
5 of 5 overall
Bethany Home in Dubuque has an overall 5-star rating, with 5 stars for health inspections and staffing and 4 stars for quality measures. Reported nurse staffing is 4.37 hours per resident per day, above the federal benchmark of 4.1, and there were no fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.3663 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: May 1, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.3663.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.94
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.42
- Nurse aides
- 3.00
- Weekend nursing
- 3.83
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 29%
Registered nurse turnover: 0%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
19%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
4.4%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
6.7%Steady
Residents with a urinary tract infection
1.2%Steady
Residents who lost too much weight
3.8%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
15.6%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
10.9%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
15.1%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
1.3%Worsening
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
30.8%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
0%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
95.5%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
5%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
What the inspectors found
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited March 2023 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Occupancy
- 65.2 residents on an average day (99% of 66 beds)
- Medicare history
- Certified for 17 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.