Lyon Specialty Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Lyon Specialty Care is a 45-bed nonprofit nursing home in Rock Rapids, Iowa, part of Care Initiatives. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.49 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 41% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 50.0% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Lyon Specialty Care
1010 South UnionRock Rapids, IA 51246
Lyon 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 Lyon Specialty Care, nurse aides logged 1.49 hours per resident per day, 41% below the Iowa average. With about 36 residents a day, that works out to roughly 54 aide hours a day, or about 7 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.49 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.71 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.57 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.77 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.52 | 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
50.0% of nursing staff at Lyon 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 40.0%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 19, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 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. Lyon Specialty Care holds 4 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Lyon Specialty Care
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Care Initiatives, 43 homes
- Legal name: Care Initiatives
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 18, 1994
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Lyon Specialty Care
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Good Samaritan - George George | 10.3 | 36 | 1.85 | 3.34 | 37.9% | 5 | $18,142 |
| Parkview Manor Nursing Home Ellsworth | 10.6 | 37 | 2.29 | 3.37 | 24.0% | 1 | None |
| Tuff Memorial Home Hills · staffing data not validated | 11.4 | 48 | — | — | 39.5% | 4 | $40,240 |
| Fellowship Village Inwood | 15.0 | 40 | 3.96 | 5.44 | — | 4 | None |
| Hegg Memorial Health Center Rock Valley | 16.0 | 60 | 2.92 | 4.02 | 21.1% | 5 | None |
| Good Samaritan Society - Mary Jane Brown Luverne | 16.3 | 51 | 2.40 | 3.88 | 60.0% | 1 | $57,045 |
| Pleasant Acres Care Center Hull | 16.3 | 46 | 1.28 | 3.02 | 31.0% | 3 | None |
| MN Veterans Home-Luverne Luverne | 17.2 | 85 | 3.10 | 5.24 | 20.9% | 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.