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West Ridge Care Center

Cedar Rapids, IA · Medicare-certified · 60 beds

In good standing
For-profit
5 of 5 overall

West Ridge Care Center in Cedar Rapids has an overall 5-star rating, with 5 stars for health inspections and staffing and 4 stars for quality measures. It reported 4.12 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, slightly above the federal benchmark of 4.1, with $0 in fines in the last 24 months.

Facility ratings

Health inspections

Staffing

4.1196 hrs/resident/day

Quality measures

Last inspection: January 29, 2026Penalties, last 24 months: $0

Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.1196.

Staffing detail

Registered nurses
0.78
Licensed practical nurses
0.67
Nurse aides
2.67
Weekend nursing
3.65

Hours per resident per day.

Total staff turnover: 37%
Registered nurse turnover: 10%

Resident outcomes

How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.

Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication

8.5%Improving

Residents with a fall causing major injury

4.6%Worsening

Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)

7.7%Worsening

Residents with a urinary tract infection

4.1%Improving

Residents who lost too much weight

3.1%Improving

Residents who were physically restrained

0%Steady

Residents needing more help with daily activities

24%Worsening

Residents whose ability to walk got worse

23.7%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication

3%Improving

Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic

0%Steady

Residents with a long-term catheter

5.5%Worsening

Residents with new or worsening incontinence

6.8%Improving

Residents with depressive symptoms

2.2%Worsening

Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

100%Steady

Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

99.3%Steady

Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

94.3%Steady

Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

90.9%Worsening

What the inspectors found

The home failed to complete and keep the resident’s care plan properly prepared, reviewed, and updated by the right health professionals. Cited November 2023 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

View the original federal record

F-Tag 657 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(2) — S/S: D

Recent history

  1. STAFFING

    Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.

  2. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.

    See what inspectors found

Operator & ownership

Ownership
For profit - Corporation
Occupancy
51.7 residents on an average day (86% of 60 beds)
Resident voice
Resident council
Medicare history
Certified for 20 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.