Heritage House: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Heritage House is a 61-bed nonprofit nursing home in Atlantic, Iowa, part of Wesleylife. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.60 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% above the Iowa average of 2.51, and 33.3% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Heritage House
1200 Brookridge CircleAtlantic, IA 50022
Cass 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 Heritage House, nurse aides logged 2.60 hours per resident per day, 4% above the Iowa average. With about 59 residents a day, that works out to roughly 152 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.60 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.70 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.67 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.96 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.54 | 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
33.3% of nursing staff at Heritage House left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 40.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 11, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 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. Heritage House holds 5 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Heritage House
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Wesleylife, 10 homes
- Legal name: Wesley Retirement Services Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 1, 2005
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Heritage House
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Atlantic Specialty Care Atlantic | 0.5 | 90 | 2.17 | 2.96 | 28.3% | 3 | None |
| Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center Anita · SFF candidate | 12.3 | 41 | 2.07 | 3.60 | 73.3% | 1 | $51,773 |
| Salem Lutheran Home Elk Horn | 13.8 | 64 | 2.58 | 3.86 | 63.0% | 1 | None |
| Exira Care Center Exira | 14.4 | 60 | 2.42 | 3.74 | 50.0% | 2 | $22,880 |
| Oakland Manor Oakland · abuse citation | 21.0 | 61 | 1.68 | 3.05 | — | 1 | $15,593 |
| Avoca Specialty Care Avoca | 21.3 | 46 | 1.87 | 3.01 | 63.9% | 1 | None |
| Friendship Home Association Audubon | 22.2 | 46 | 2.66 | 3.92 | 60.5% | 4 | $11,536 |
| Elm Crest Retirement Community Harlan | 24.1 | 50 | 2.69 | 3.99 | 71.7% | 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.