The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited April 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
Nursing home report
Mount Ayr Health Care Center
Mount Ayr, IA · Medicare-certified · 46 beds
In good standing
For-profit
5 of 5 overall
Mount Ayr Health Care Center has an overall 5-star rating, with strong staffing (5 stars) and health inspections (4 stars), but a low quality-measures rating (2 stars). It reported 3.72 nurse hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, with no fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.7214 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: April 9, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.7214.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 1.09
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.28
- Nurse aides
- 2.36
- Weekend nursing
- 3.33
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 46%
Registered nurse turnover: 14%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
23.3%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
5%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
2.4%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
6.6%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
6.6%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
15.1%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
13.4%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
29.2%Improving
Residents with a long-term catheter
1.6%Improving
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
20.1%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
0%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99.2%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to develop and follow policies to make sure residents received flu and pneumonia vaccinations. Cited April 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 883 — 42 CFR §483.80 — S/S: E
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 June 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
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 April 2025 — 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 appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited April 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — 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 2 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Occupancy
- 24 residents on an average day (52% of 46 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 31 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.