Mount Ayr Health Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Mount Ayr Health Care Center is a 46-bed for-profit nursing home in Mount Ayr, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.38 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 37.0% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Mount Ayr Health Care Center
1504 East South StreetMount Ayr, IA 50854
Ringgold 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 Mount Ayr Health Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.38 hours per resident per day, 5% below the Iowa average. With about 24 residents a day, that works out to roughly 57 aide hours a day, or about 7 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) | 2.38 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.32 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.98 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.68 | 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
37.0% of nursing staff at Mount Ayr Health Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 14.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 14, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 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. Mount Ayr Health Care Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Mount Ayr Health Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: R.M.H. Incorporated
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 15, 1994
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Mount Ayr Health Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Clearview Home Mount Ayr | 0.8 | 82 | 2.32 | 3.25 | 43.8% | 4 | None |
| Lamoni Specialty Care Lamoni | 16.6 | 43 | 2.25 | 3.63 | 32.3% | 5 | None |
| Worth County Convalescent Center Grant City | 18.2 | 50 | 2.12 | 3.07 | 15.0% | 3 | None |
| Lenox Care Center Lenox | 21.0 | 36 | 2.83 | 4.63 | 31.6% | 3 | None |
| Accura Healthcare of Creston Creston | 25.0 | 31 | 2.33 | 3.80 | 68.4% | 2 | $16,801 |
| Westview Acres Care Center Leon | 25.4 | 46 | 2.21 | 3.62 | 55.8% | 4 | None |
| Creston Specialty Care Creston | 26.0 | 74 | 1.75 | 3.26 | 48.1% | 2 | $19,663 |
| Bedford Specialty Care Bedford | 26.1 | 39 | 2.34 | 3.72 | 27.6% | 4 | 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.