The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited April 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
Nursing home report
Sunnycrest Manor
Dubuque, IA · Medicare-certified · 77 beds
In good standing
Government-run
3 of 5 overall
Sunnycrest Manor in Dubuque has a 3-star overall rating, with 3 stars for health inspections, 4 stars for staffing, and 2 stars for quality measures. It reports 4.34 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, above the federal benchmark of 4.1, and had $0 in fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.3393 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: September 2, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.3393.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.61
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.61
- Nurse aides
- 3.12
- Weekend nursing
- 3.86
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 41%
Registered nurse turnover: 46%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
38.5%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
2.4%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
2.1%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
1.4%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
3.3%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
2.1%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
19.3%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
20.1%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
39.4%Improving
Residents with a long-term catheter
5%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
20.3%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
1.5%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99%Worsening
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
65.7%Steady
What the inspectors found
The home failed to have a plan for how it would carry out quality improvement and oversight activities. Cited February 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 865 — 42 CFR §483.75 — S/S: E
The home failed to make sure each resident got a nourishing, balanced diet that met daily nutrition and special dietary needs. Cited April 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 800 — 42 CFR §483.60 — 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 December 2022 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited September 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Government - County
- Occupancy
- 72.5 residents on an average day (94% of 77 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 21 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.