The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited November 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: E
Nursing home report
Green Hills Health Care Center
Ames, IA · Medicare-certified · 56 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
5 of 5 overall
Green Hills Health Care Center in Ames, IA has a 5 out of 5 overall rating, with strong staffing and a health inspection rating of 4 out of 5, though quality measures are lower at 3 out of 5. It reports 4.75 nurse staffing hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, with no fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.7522 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: January 22, 2026Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.7522.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 1.28
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.06
- Nurse aides
- 3.41
- Weekend nursing
- 3.94
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 49%
Registered nurse turnover: 39%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
4.2%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
7.7%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
1.8%Steady
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0.7%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
4.7%Steady
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
22.4%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
19.6%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
12%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
2.9%Worsening
Residents with a long-term catheter
0.6%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
34.7%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
0%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
97.9%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 November 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to create and carry out a timely plan to meet a new resident’s most immediate needs after admission. Cited November 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 655 — 42 CFR §483.21 — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to develop and carry out a complete care plan that met each resident’s needs with clear steps and timelines. Cited November 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 656 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(1) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited November 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 7 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- Part of LIFE CARE SERVICES · 45 homes · 4.1 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 44.8 residents on an average day (80% of 56 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 16 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.