Cherokee Specialty Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Cherokee Specialty Care is a 62-bed nonprofit nursing home in Cherokee, Iowa, part of Care Initiatives. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.63 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% above the Iowa average of 2.51, and 41.3% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Cherokee Specialty Care
1011 North RooseveltCherokee, IA 51012
Cherokee 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 Cherokee Specialty Care, nurse aides logged 2.63 hours per resident per day, 5% above the Iowa average. With about 38 residents a day, that works out to roughly 99 aide hours a day, or about 12 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 6% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.63 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.69 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.35 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.67 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.45 | 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
41.3% of nursing staff at Cherokee Specialty Care left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 22, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (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. Cherokee Specialty Care holds 3 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Cherokee Specialty Care
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Care Initiatives, 43 homes
- Legal name: Care Initiatives
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 23, 1997
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Cherokee Specialty Care
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Careage Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Cherokee | 0.5 | 44 | 1.90 | 3.15 | 59.3% | 2 | None |
| Accura Healthcare of Cherokee, LLC Cherokee | 0.6 | 44 | 2.28 | 3.69 | 42.9% | 3 | $8,021 |
| Accura Healthcare of Aurelia, LLC Aurelia | 6.2 | 41 | 2.65 | 3.79 | 37.8% | 3 | None |
| Heartland Care Center Marcus | 13.7 | 38 | 1.92 | 4.45 | 35.5% | 5 | None |
| Methodist Manor Retirement Community Storm Lake | 18.6 | 93 | 2.75 | 4.26 | 25.7% | 4 | None |
| Good Samaritan - Holstein Holstein | 18.9 | 60 | 2.02 | 3.35 | 33.3% | 3 | $99,103 |
| Happy Siesta Health Care Center Remsen | 21.7 | 62 | 2.22 | 3.30 | 52.5% | 4 | None |
| Correctionville Specialty Care Correctionville | 22.6 | 39 | 2.12 | 3.31 | 51.6% | 1 | $60,316 |
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.