Nursing home report
Johnston, IA · Medicare-certified · 36 beds
Brio of Johnston, LLC has an overall 5-star rating, with 4 stars for health inspections and staffing and 5 stars for quality measures. It reports 4.59 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, above the 4.1 federal benchmark, and had no fines in the last 24 months; recent inspection citations included accident hazards, staffing competencies, and medication storage/labeling.
Health inspections
Staffing
4.5869 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.5869.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited September 2023 — limited pattern, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: K
The home failed to have enough qualified staff to meet residents’ behavioral health needs. Cited March 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 741 — 42 CFR §483.40 — S/S: D
The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited March 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited April 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — S/S: D
The home failed to have a registered nurse on duty enough hours each day and to keep a registered nurse as the full-time director of nursing. Cited April 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 727 — 42 CFR §483.35 — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
On record with Medicare: 1 fine · $6,923 in total fines.
Federal fine
Sep 14, 2023
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
