Rockwell Community Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Rockwell Community Nursing Home is a 40-bed for-profit nursing home in Rockwell, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.39 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 47.1% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Rockwell Community Nursing Home
707 Elm StreetRockwell, IA 50469
Cerro Gordo 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 Rockwell Community Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 2.39 hours per resident per day, 5% below the Iowa average. With about 21 residents a day, that works out to roughly 49 aide hours a day, or about 6 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 15% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.39 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.04 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.94 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.38 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.72 | 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
47.1% of nursing staff at Rockwell Community Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 4, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (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. Rockwell Community Nursing Home holds 5 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Rockwell Community Nursing Home
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Rockwell Community Nursing Home Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1999
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Rockwell Community Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Sheffield Care Center Sheffield | 6.9 | 45 | 2.89 | 3.79 | 36.1% | 2 | None |
| I O O F Home and Community Therapy Center Mason City | 10.3 | 82 | 3.02 | 4.42 | 20.0% | 1 | $8,984 |
| Heritage Care And Rehabilitation Center Mason City | 11.0 | 71 | 2.23 | 3.33 | — | 2 | None |
| Good Shepherd Health Center Mason City | 11.5 | 170 | 2.59 | 3.65 | 68.7% | 1 | $87,458 |
| Nora Springs Care Center Nora Springs | 13.7 | 50 | 2.03 | 3.11 | 40.4% | 4 | None |
| Oakwood Care Center Clear Lake | 15.0 | 76 | 2.38 | 3.42 | 40.3% | 3 | None |
| Franklin General Hospital Hampton | 17.0 | 52 | 2.62 | 4.33 | 30.6% | 5 | None |
| Rehabilitation Center of Hampton Hampton | 17.4 | 52 | 2.26 | 3.27 | 46.4% | 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.