The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited May 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
Nursing home report
Cornell Area Care
Registered name: CORNELL HEALTH SERVICES
CORNELL, WI · Medicare-certified · 50 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
Data as of July 1, 2026
5 of 5 overall
Cornell Area Care in Cornell, WI has an overall 5-star rating, with 4 stars for health inspections and staffing and 5 stars for quality measures. It reported 3.31 nurse staffing hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, had $0 in fines in the last 24 months, and recent inspection citations included food handling, infection control, and record privacy.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.3113 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: May 7, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.3113.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.74
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.53
- Nurse aides
- 2.04
- Weekend nursing
- 2.95
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 33%
Registered nurse turnover: 38%
Resident outcomes
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Negative outcomes
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
4.5%12.5%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
0%5.1%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
0%3.7%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0%2.7%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
7.4%3.3%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%0%No change
Residents needing more help with daily activities
24.1%18.8%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
19.7%18.7%Improving
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
20%25%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%0%No change
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%0%No change
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
26.9%19.8%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
0%20%Worsening
Positive outcomes
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
—100%—
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%100%No change
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
—80%—
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
86.8%89.3%Improving
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited September 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to keep residents’ personal and medical records private and confidential. Cited April 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 583 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
Recent ownership change · Oct 1, 2017
Now operated by Cornell Health Services, previously Cornell Area Care Center.
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- Part of NORTH SHORE HEALTHCARE · 59 homes · 2.7 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 40.6 residents on an average day (81% of 50 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 28 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.