Lake Mills Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Lake Mills Care Center is a 61-bed for-profit nursing home in Lake Mills, Iowa, part of Legacy Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.23 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 11% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 25.0% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Lake Mills Care Center
406 South Tenth Avenue EastLake Mills, IA 50450
Winnebago 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 Lake Mills Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.23 hours per resident per day, 11% below the Iowa average. With about 41 residents a day, that works out to roughly 92 aide hours a day, or about 11 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.23 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.04 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.35 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.62 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.19 | 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
25.0% of nursing staff at Lake Mills Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 15, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 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. Lake Mills Care Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Lake Mills Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Legacy Healthcare, 89 homes
- Legal name: Lake Mills Ia Skilled Nursing Facility LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 1, 1997
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Lake Mills Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Good Samaritan - Forest City Forest City | 16.7 | 43 | 2.12 | 3.49 | 31.0% | 4 | $25,945 |
| Parkview Care Center Wells | 16.7 | 30 | 2.59 | 4.89 | 54.8% | 3 | None |
| Timely Mission Nursing Home Buffalo Center | 17.0 | 42 | 1.98 | 3.09 | 36.0% | 5 | None |
| St Johns on Fountain Lake Albert Lea | 17.7 | 84 | 2.74 | 4.55 | 29.4% | 3 | $16,448 |
| Thorne Crest Retirement Center Albert Lea | 18.5 | 52 | 2.35 | 3.76 | 72.7% | 1 | $43,082 |
| Good Samaritan Society - Albert Lea Albert Lea | 20.2 | 80 | 2.72 | 4.64 | 23.8% | 4 | $17,345 |
| Lutheran Retirement Home Northwood | 21.9 | 42 | 3.06 | 4.57 | 41.9% | 3 | $24,922 |
| St Lukes Lutheran Care Center Blue Earth | 24.1 | 64 | 2.82 | 4.56 | 19.4% | 5 | 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.