The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited May 2024 — isolated incident, actual harm.
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F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: G
Nursing home report
Marian Home
Fort Dodge, IA · Medicare-certified · 90 beds
In good standing
Non-profit
5 of 5 overall
Marian Home in Fort Dodge, IA has an overall 5-star rating, with 5 stars for health inspections and staffing, and 3 stars for quality measures. It has $0 in fines over the last 24 months, and reported nurse staffing is 4.02 hours per resident per day, just below the federal benchmark of 4.1.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.0249 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: April 24, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.0249.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.71
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.44
- Nurse aides
- 2.88
- Weekend nursing
- 3.59
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 37%
Registered nurse turnover: 0%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
11.4%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
7.4%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
7.6%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
5.8%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
5.5%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
13.7%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
5.2%Worsening
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
14.8%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
4%Worsening
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
28.5%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
0%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99.6%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
80.6%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
95%Improving
What the inspectors found
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- PENALTY
A federal payment denial was recorded.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Penalties & enforcement
On record with Medicare: 1 payment denial.
- 2 days
Medicare/Medicaid payment denial
May 16, 2024
Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Church related
- Occupancy
- 71.9 residents on an average day (80% of 90 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.