Bethany Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Bethany Home is a 66-bed nonprofit nursing home in Dubuque, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.17 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 26% above the Iowa average of 2.51, and 32.1% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Bethany Home
1005 Lincoln AvenueDubuque, IA 52001
Dubuque County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Bethany Home, nurse aides logged 3.17 hours per resident per day, 26% above the Iowa average. With about 63 residents a day, that works out to roughly 200 aide hours a day, or about 25 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.17 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.45 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.88 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.50 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.91 | 3.37 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
32.1% of nursing staff at Bethany Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 7.1%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 18, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (Iowa average 6.5). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Bethany Home holds 5 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Bethany Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 17, 2009
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Bethany Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Sunnycrest Manor Dubuque | 0.9 | 77 | 3.13 | 4.34 | 38.4% | 4 | None |
| Stonehill Care Center Dubuque | 1.0 | 185 | 3.04 | 4.31 | — | 4 | None |
| Harmony Dubuque Dubuque | 1.8 | 75 | 2.17 | 3.39 | 72.4% | 2 | $19,371 |
| Dubuque Specialty Care Dubuque | 2.4 | 84 | 1.79 | 2.89 | 57.1% | 2 | $53,372 |
| Luther Manor at Hillcrest Dubuque | 2.9 | 103 | 3.45 | 4.49 | 54.3% | 1 | $42,406 |
| Mount Carmel Bluffs Dubuque | 3.0 | 60 | 3.04 | 4.32 | 29.0% | 5 | None |
| Ennoble Nursing and Rehab Dubuque | 3.1 | 85 | 2.28 | 3.60 | 40.0% | 5 | None |
| Grand Meadows Senior Living & Health Care Asbury · staffing data not validated | 4.7 | 32 | — | — | — | 1 | $16,448 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.