Ruthven Community Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Ruthven Community Care Center is a 46-bed nonprofit nursing home in Ruthven, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.23 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 11% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 35.0% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Ruthven Community Care Center
2701 Mitchell Street Box 0Ruthven, IA 51358
Palo Alto 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 Ruthven Community Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.23 hours per resident per day, 11% below the Iowa average. With about 41 residents a day, that works out to roughly 90 aide hours a day, or about 11 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.23 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.62 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.47 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.33 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.99 | 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
35.0% of nursing staff at Ruthven Community Care Center 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 Oct 2, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 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. Ruthven Community Care Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Ruthven Community Care Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Ruthven Community Care Center Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 1, 2003
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Ruthven Community Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Palo Alto County Hospital Emmetsburg | 10.6 | 22 | 1.57 | 3.07 | 17.6% | 4 | None |
| Lakeside Lutheran Home Emmetsburg | 11.0 | 55 | 3.00 | 4.11 | 37.2% | 3 | None |
| Emmetsburg Care Center Emmetsburg | 11.2 | 46 | 2.67 | 3.66 | 56.9% | 1 | $25,695 |
| St Luke Lutheran Nursing Home Spencer | 11.5 | 79 | 2.50 | 3.71 | 44.1% | 2 | $90,076 |
| Spencer Post Acute Rehabilitation Center Spencer | 13.0 | 82 | 2.26 | 3.38 | — | 1 | $24,706 |
| Accura Healthcare of Milford Milford | 18.9 | 46 | 2.23 | 3.53 | 30.2% | 4 | None |
| Estherville Community Care Center Estherville | 19.2 | 46 | 1.88 | 3.38 | 46.2% | 2 | None |
| Good Samaritan - Estherville Estherville | 19.4 | 62 | 2.18 | 3.57 | 49.1% | 2 | 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.