Cottage Grove Place: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Cottage Grove Place is a 64-bed nonprofit nursing home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, part of Life Care Services. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.11 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 24% above the Iowa average of 2.51, and 38.6% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Cottage Grove Place
2115 First Avenue SECedar Rapids, IA 52402
Linn 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 Cottage Grove Place, nurse aides logged 3.11 hours per resident per day, 24% above the Iowa average. With about 54 residents a day, that works out to roughly 169 aide hours a day, or about 21 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) | 3.11 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.56 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.23 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.89 | 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
38.6% of nursing staff at Cottage Grove Place left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 45.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 1, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 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. Cottage Grove Place holds 1 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Cottage Grove Place
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Chain: Life Care Services, 43 homes
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 7, 1997
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Cottage Grove Place
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Harmony Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids | 0.3 | 96 | 2.50 | 3.70 | 74.0% | 1 | $10,509 |
| Living Center West Cedar Rapids | 1.4 | 94 | 1.84 | 2.82 | 61.4% | 2 | $72,070 |
| St Luke's Helen G Nassif Transitional Care Center Cedar Rapids | 2.3 | 46 | 2.65 | 4.21 | 36.6% | 5 | None |
| Linn Manor Care Center Marion | 2.4 | 38 | 2.54 | 3.62 | 40.5% | 2 | None |
| Meth-Wick Health Center Cedar Rapids | 2.9 | 69 | 3.64 | 4.92 | 40.5% | 5 | None |
| Northbrook Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Cedar Rapids | 3.3 | 130 | 2.18 | 3.14 | 56.8% | 1 | $38,787 |
| Silver Oak Nursing and Rehabilitation Center LLC Marion | 3.8 | 91 | 2.33 | 3.55 | 55.4% | 1 | $29,107 |
| Oakview Nursing & Rehablitation - Marion Marion | 4.0 | 40 | 2.45 | 3.95 | 22.5% | 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.