Evans Senior Living Community: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Evans Senior Living Community is a 43-bed nonprofit nursing home in Cresco, Iowa, part of Edgewood Convalescent Home. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.17 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 14% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 28.9% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Evans Senior Living Community
1010 North Elm StreetCresco, IA 52136
Howard 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 Evans Senior Living Community, nurse aides logged 2.17 hours per resident per day, 14% below the Iowa average. With about 33 residents a day, that works out to roughly 72 aide hours a day, or about 9 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.17 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.80 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.70 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.66 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.07 | 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
28.9% of nursing staff at Evans Senior Living Community left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 20.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 14, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 0 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. Evans Senior Living Community holds 5 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Evans Senior Living Community
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Chain: Edgewood Convalescent Home, 5 homes
- Legal name: Evans Memorial Home for the Aged, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 2003
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Evans Senior Living Community
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Gundersen Harmony Care Center Harmony | 12.4 | 42 | 1.94 | 3.38 | 51.4% | 5 | $12,649 |
| Green Lea Senior Living Mabel · many days without an RN | 15.0 | 41 | 1.72 | 2.37 | — | 1 | None |
| The Highlands Decorah | 16.8 | 86 | 2.79 | 3.90 | 53.3% | 2 | $93,839 |
| Colonial Manor of Elma Elma · abuse citation | 19.3 | 40 | 2.46 | 3.56 | 62.2% | 2 | $44,768 |
| Wellington Place Decorah | 19.5 | 56 | 2.30 | 3.47 | 48.1% | 3 | None |
| Riceville Family Care and Therapy Center Riceville | 22.2 | 34 | 2.22 | 3.48 | 25.9% | 5 | None |
| Ostrander Care and Rehab Ostrander | 22.4 | 25 | 1.92 | 3.55 | 37.5% | 5 | None |
| Ossian Care Center Ossian | 24.0 | 46 | 3.15 | 4.63 | 40.7% | 2 | 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.