Laporte City Specialty Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Laporte City Specialty Care is a 46-bed nonprofit nursing home in La Porte City, Iowa, part of Care Initiatives. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.94 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 23% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 25.7% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Laporte City Specialty Care
1100 Hwy 218 NLa Porte City, IA 50651
Black Hawk 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 Laporte City Specialty Care, nurse aides logged 1.94 hours per resident per day, 23% below the Iowa average. With about 45 residents a day, that works out to roughly 87 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) | 1.94 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.53 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.24 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.84 | 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
25.7% of nursing staff at Laporte City Specialty Care left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 0.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 26, 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. Laporte City Specialty Care holds 4 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Laporte City Specialty Care
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Care Initiatives, 43 homes
- Legal name: Care Initiatives
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 17, 1997
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Laporte City Specialty Care
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Virginia Gay Nursing & Rehab, LLC Vinton · many days without an RN | 12.7 | 40 | 3.25 | 4.37 | 65.9% | 5 | None |
| The Vinton Lutheran Home Vinton | 13.0 | 61 | 2.97 | 4.12 | 40.0% | 2 | None |
| Ravenwood Specialty Care Waterloo | 13.6 | 176 | 2.17 | 3.35 | 30.2% | 1 | None |
| Friendship Village Retirement Waterloo | 13.9 | 72 | 3.09 | 4.78 | 28.3% | 5 | None |
| Harmony Waterloo Waterloo · abuse citation | 14.5 | 88 | 2.04 | 3.24 | 48.8% | 1 | $95,440 |
| Harmony House Health Care Center Waterloo · SFF candidate | 15.1 | 65 | 2.73 | 3.84 | 61.5% | 1 | $48,825 |
| Sunrise Hill Care Center Traer | 15.4 | 76 | 2.29 | 3.26 | 10.3% | 4 | None |
| Northcrest Specialty Care Waterloo | 16.3 | 94 | 1.96 | 3.29 | 46.7% | 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.