Chautauqua Guest Home #3: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Chautauqua Guest Home #3 is a 57-bed for-profit nursing home in Charles City, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.89 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 15% above the Iowa average of 2.51, and 23.8% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Chautauqua Guest Home #3
302 Ninth StreetCharles City, IA 50616
Floyd 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 Chautauqua Guest Home #3, nurse aides logged 2.89 hours per resident per day, 15% above the Iowa average. With about 43 residents a day, that works out to roughly 125 aide hours a day, or about 16 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.89 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.59 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.98 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.66 | 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
23.8% of nursing staff at Chautauqua Guest Home #3 left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 16.7%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 3, 2025. 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. Chautauqua Guest Home #3 holds 5 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Chautauqua Guest Home #3
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Chautauqua Guest Homes Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1995
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Chautauqua Guest Home #3
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Chautauqua Guest Home #2 Charles City | 0.2 | 53 | 2.70 | 4.02 | 41.3% | 5 | None |
| AMS Memorial-Greene Greene · no staffing data submitted | 13.1 | 31 | — | — | — | 1 | None |
| Faith Lutheran Home Osage | 16.7 | 50 | 2.48 | 4.06 | 56.1% | 4 | None |
| Osage Rehab and Health Care Center Osage | 16.8 | 46 | 1.68 | 3.06 | 56.3% | 1 | $14,433 |
| Colonial Manor of Elma Elma · abuse citation | 17.4 | 40 | 2.46 | 3.56 | 62.2% | 2 | $44,768 |
| Accura Healthcare of New Hampton New Hampton | 18.1 | 52 | 3.75 | 6.02 | 21.4% | 4 | None |
| Nora Springs Care Center Nora Springs | 18.2 | 50 | 2.03 | 3.11 | 40.4% | 4 | None |
| Clarksville Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center Clarksville | 18.7 | 42 | 2.62 | 3.87 | 33.3% | 4 | None |
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.