The home failed to make food and drinks appealing and served them at a safe, appetizing temperature. Cited October 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 804 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: E
Nursing home report
Gracewell, An Eventide Community
Denison, IA · Medicare-certified · 84 beds
In good standing
Non-profit
5 of 5 overall
5 out of 5 stars overall. Gracewell, An Eventide Community in Denison, IA has 5-star health inspection and staffing ratings, 4-star quality measures, $0 in recent fines, and reported nurse staffing of 3.45 hours per resident per day versus the federal benchmark of 4.1.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.4465 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: August 28, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.4465.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.81
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.49
- Nurse aides
- 2.14
- Weekend nursing
- 3.07
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 20%
Registered nurse turnover: 7%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
23.3%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
4.6%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
6%Steady
Residents with a urinary tract infection
2.9%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
2.4%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
11.7%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
9.7%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
24.3%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0.3%Worsening
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
22.2%Steady
Residents with depressive symptoms
0.4%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
83.3%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
98.8%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 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to have enough qualified staff to properly provide food and nutrition services. Cited September 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 801 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: E
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited September 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited October 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 578 — 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 4 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Occupancy
- 73.5 residents on an average day (88% of 84 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 22 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.