Ravenwood Specialty Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Ravenwood Specialty Care is a 176-bed nonprofit nursing home in Waterloo, Iowa, part of Care Initiatives. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.17 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 14% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 30.2% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Ravenwood Specialty Care
2651 St Francis DriveWaterloo, IA 50702
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 Ravenwood Specialty Care, nurse aides logged 2.17 hours per resident per day, 14% below the Iowa average. With about 131 residents a day, that works out to roughly 284 aide hours a day, or about 35 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.17 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.54 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.64 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.35 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.07 | 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
30.2% of nursing staff at Ravenwood 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 14.3%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 17, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 13 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. Ravenwood Specialty Care holds 1 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Ravenwood Specialty Care
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Care Initiatives, 43 homes
- Legal name: Care Initiatives
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 27, 1995
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Ravenwood Specialty Care
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Friendship Village Retirement Waterloo | 0.4 | 72 | 3.09 | 4.78 | 28.3% | 5 | None |
| Harmony Waterloo Waterloo · abuse citation | 0.9 | 88 | 2.04 | 3.24 | 48.8% | 1 | $95,440 |
| Northcrest Specialty Care Waterloo | 3.9 | 94 | 1.96 | 3.29 | 46.7% | 2 | None |
| Harmony House Health Care Center Waterloo · SFF candidate | 3.9 | 65 | 2.73 | 3.84 | 61.5% | 1 | $48,825 |
| Pinnacle Specialty Care Cedar Falls | 5.0 | 100 | 2.15 | 3.31 | 27.4% | 2 | $8,362 |
| The Suites at Western Home Communities Cedar Falls | 5.2 | 72 | 3.10 | 4.56 | 43.6% | 5 | None |
| Newaldaya Lifescapes Cedar Falls | 6.4 | 112 | 3.13 | 4.52 | 41.6% | 2 | $132,074 |
| Martin Health Center, INC Cedar Falls | 6.9 | 50 | 2.97 | 4.21 | 39.7% | 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.