Panora Specialty Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Panora Specialty Care is a 46-bed nonprofit nursing home in Panora, Iowa, part of Care Initiatives. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.61 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 36% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 50.0% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Panora Specialty Care
805 East MainPanora, IA 50216
Guthrie 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 Panora Specialty Care, nurse aides logged 1.61 hours per resident per day, 36% below the Iowa average. With about 41 residents a day, that works out to roughly 65 aide hours a day, or about 8 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) | 1.61 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.77 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.53 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.90 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.63 | 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 Panora 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 50.0%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 5, 2026. 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. Panora Specialty Care holds 3 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Panora Specialty Care
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Care Initiatives, 43 homes
- Legal name: Care Initiatives
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 1, 1995
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Panora Specialty Care
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| The New Homestead Care Center Guthrie Center | 6.8 | 58 | 2.58 | 3.47 | 56.3% | 3 | None |
| Community Care Center Stuart | 13.6 | 65 | 2.42 | 3.48 | 20.4% | 5 | None |
| Perry Lutheran Home Perry | 16.9 | 70 | 2.74 | 3.86 | 49.3% | 1 | $16,351 |
| Adel Acres Adel · SFF candidate | 17.4 | 50 | 1.98 | 3.02 | — | 1 | $58,014 |
| Perry Lutheran Homes Eden Acres Campus Perry · abuse citation | 17.6 | 57 | 2.66 | 3.43 | 36.2% | 2 | $9,110 |
| Spurgeon Manor Dallas Center | 20.4 | 55 | 3.42 | 5.21 | 36.6% | 5 | None |
| Thomas Rest Haven Coon Rapids | 20.7 | 57 | 3.25 | 4.71 | 46.5% | 2 | $11,190 |
| Regency Park Nursing & Rehab Center of Jefferson Jefferson | 21.5 | 46 | 1.97 | 3.04 | 97.5% | 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.