Scenic Manor: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Scenic Manor is a 77-bed for-profit nursing home in Iowa Falls, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.31 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 8% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 26.9% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Scenic Manor
1409 Fremont StreetIowa Falls, IA 50126
Hardin 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 Scenic Manor, nurse aides logged 2.31 hours per resident per day, 8% below the Iowa average. With about 64 residents a day, that works out to roughly 148 aide hours a day, or about 19 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) | 2.31 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.73 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.68 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.71 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.29 | 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
26.9% of nursing staff at Scenic Manor left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 11.1%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 25, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 0 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. Scenic Manor holds 5 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Scenic Manor
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Scenic Living Communities Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 2003
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Scenic Manor
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| The Village of Ackley Ackley | 11.0 | 38 | 2.33 | 3.72 | 66.7% | 3 | $47,149 |
| Eldora Specialty Care Eldora · abuse citation | 14.0 | 46 | 2.14 | 3.56 | 38.5% | 3 | None |
| Rehabilitation Center of Hampton Hampton | 14.6 | 52 | 2.26 | 3.27 | 46.4% | 4 | None |
| Franklin General Hospital Hampton | 15.1 | 52 | 2.62 | 4.33 | 30.6% | 5 | None |
| Hubbard Care Center Hubbard | 15.8 | 60 | 2.38 | 3.84 | 50.0% | 5 | $46,101 |
| Maple Manor Village Aplington | 20.1 | 42 | 2.11 | 3.02 | 52.6% | 4 | None |
| Sheffield Care Center Sheffield | 25.1 | 45 | 2.89 | 3.79 | 36.1% | 2 | None |
| Zearing Health Care, LLC Zearing | 25.4 | 40 | 2.30 | 3.68 | — | 2 | $22,205 |
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.