The home failed to provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who needed it. Cited September 2025 — isolated incident, actual harm.
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F-Tag 697 — 42 CFR §483.25(k) — S/S: G
Nursing home report
Chautauqua Guest Home #2
Charles City, IA · Medicare-certified · 53 beds
In good standing
For-profit
5 of 5 overall
Chautauqua Guest Home #2 has an overall 5-star rating, with strong staffing (5 stars; 4.27 hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark) and no fines in the last 24 months. Its health inspection rating is 4 stars and quality measures are 3 stars, with recent inspection citations related to pain management and food handling.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.2687 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: September 18, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.2687.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.88
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.42
- Nurse aides
- 2.96
- Weekend nursing
- 3.97
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 36%
Registered nurse turnover: 13%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
22.3%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
3.2%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
2.4%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0%Steady
Residents who lost too much weight
8%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
32.8%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
16.4%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
32.4%Steady
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
1.4%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
30.7%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
1.3%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
97.7%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
83%Steady
What the inspectors found
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited September 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
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
- 38.8 residents on an average day (73% of 53 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 59 years
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.