Eastern Star Masonic Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Eastern Star Masonic Home is a 76-bed nonprofit nursing home in Boone, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.77 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% above the Iowa average of 2.51, and 39.5% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Eastern Star Masonic Home
715 West Mamie EisenhowerBoone, IA 50036
Boone 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 Eastern Star Masonic Home, nurse aides logged 2.77 hours per resident per day, 10% above the Iowa average. With about 70 residents a day, that works out to roughly 195 aide hours a day, or about 24 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) | 2.77 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.74 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.62 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.13 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.61 | 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
39.5% of nursing staff at Eastern Star Masonic 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 46.2%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 21, 2026. 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. Eastern Star Masonic Home holds 3 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Eastern Star Masonic Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 1, 2002
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Eastern Star Masonic Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Westhaven Community Boone | 0.4 | 100 | 2.71 | 4.10 | 96.1% | 3 | None |
| Accura Healthcare of Ogden, LLC Ogden | 6.3 | 46 | 2.02 | 3.21 | 29.0% | 4 | None |
| Northridge Village Ames | 12.5 | 38 | 2.93 | 4.37 | 54.7% | 5 | None |
| Madrid Home for the Aged Madrid | 13.1 | 64 | 2.67 | 3.70 | 46.8% | 3 | None |
| Green Hills Health Care Center Ames | 13.8 | 56 | 3.35 | 4.53 | 47.1% | 5 | None |
| Accura Healthcare of Ames, LLC Ames | 14.4 | 75 | 1.96 | 2.96 | 39.7% | 3 | None |
| Stratford Specialty Care Stratford | 14.6 | 53 | 1.99 | 3.32 | 55.0% | 2 | None |
| Grandview Healthcare Center Dayton | 16.6 | 40 | 1.62 | 2.84 | 52.0% | 2 | $33,598 |
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.