Gracewell, An Eventide Community: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Gracewell, An Eventide Community is a 84-bed nonprofit nursing home in Denison, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.32 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 7% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 18.5% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Gracewell, An Eventide Community
114 South 20th StreetDenison, IA 51442
Crawford 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 Gracewell, An Eventide Community, nurse aides logged 2.32 hours per resident per day, 7% below the Iowa average. With about 73 residents a day, that works out to roughly 171 aide hours a day, or about 21 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.32 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.42 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.89 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.64 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.26 | 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
18.5% of nursing staff at Gracewell, An Eventide 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 7.1%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 28, 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. Gracewell, An Eventide Community holds 5 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Gracewell, An Eventide Community
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Eventide
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 1, 2004
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Gracewell, An Eventide Community
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Denison Care Center Denison | 1.3 | 46 | 2.16 | 3.63 | 28.6% | 4 | None |
| Dunlap Specialty Care Dunlap | 17.0 | 46 | 2.58 | 3.58 | 35.5% | 4 | $10,062 |
| Odebolt Specialty Care Odebolt | 20.7 | 38 | 2.18 | 3.73 | 31.0% | 3 | $14,433 |
| Twilight Acres Wall Lake | 22.1 | 39 | 2.44 | 4.07 | 34.5% | 5 | None |
| Willow Dale Wellness Village Battle Creek | 24.5 | 40 | 2.68 | 3.93 | 33.3% | 4 | None |
| Regency Park Nursing & Rehab Center of Carroll Carroll | 24.8 | 46 | 2.19 | 3.48 | — | 5 | None |
| Accura Healthcare of Carroll Carroll | 24.8 | 65 | 1.71 | 2.93 | 44.2% | 1 | None |
| St Anthony Senior Services Carroll · abuse citation | 25.1 | 79 | 2.69 | 3.87 | — | 1 | $12,038 |
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.