Nursing home report
Cedar Falls, IA · Medicare-certified · 112 beds
Newaldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls has an overall 4-star rating, with strong staffing and quality scores (both 5 stars) and nurse staffing above the federal benchmark at 4.56 hours per resident per day versus 4.1. The main concerns are a 2-star health inspection rating, $132,074 in fines over the last 24 months, and a recent federal penalty.
Health inspections
Staffing
4.5564 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.5564.
Hours per resident per day.
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to assess bed rail safety, review the risks and benefits, get informed consent, or properly install and maintain the rail. Cited June 2024 — limited pattern, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 700 — 42 CFR §483.25(n) — S/S: K
The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited May 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — S/S: D
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 May 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: D
The home failed to make sure residents fully understood their health status, care, and treatments. Cited February 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 552 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited June 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
A federal fine of $132,074 was recorded.
Health inspection found 9 health deficiencies.
On record with Medicare: 1 fine · $132,074 in total fines.
Federal fine
Jun 27, 2024
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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.
