Sibley Specialty Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sibley Specialty Care is a 46-bed nonprofit nursing home in Sibley, Iowa, part of Care Initiatives. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.13 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 15% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 27.0% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Sibley Specialty Care
700 Ninth Avenue NorthSibley, IA 51249
Osceola 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 Sibley Specialty Care, nurse aides logged 2.13 hours per resident per day, 15% below the Iowa average. With about 41 residents a day, that works out to roughly 86 aide hours a day, or about 11 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.13 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.34 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.92 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.40 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.84 | 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
27.0% of nursing staff at Sibley 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 0.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 8, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 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. Sibley Specialty Care holds 5 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Sibley Specialty Care
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Care Initiatives, 43 homes
- Legal name: Care Initiatives
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 1, 1999
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Sibley Specialty Care
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Osceola Senior Living Sibley | 1.2 | 46 | 2.67 | 3.98 | — | 5 | None |
| Good Samaritan - George George | 12.4 | 36 | 1.85 | 3.34 | 37.9% | 5 | $18,142 |
| Parkview Manor Nursing Home Ellsworth | 15.3 | 37 | 2.29 | 3.37 | 24.0% | 1 | None |
| Sanford Senior Care Sheldon Sheldon | 15.3 | 70 | 2.15 | 3.43 | 58.9% | 1 | $11,872 |
| Prairie View Home Sanborn | 15.9 | 55 | 2.24 | 3.49 | 25.6% | 5 | None |
| The Shores of Worthington Worthington · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 16.4 | 69 | 2.31 | 3.76 | 57.9% | 1 | $156,790 |
| Community Memorial Health Center Hartley | 20.4 | 62 | 2.52 | 4.02 | 41.1% | 3 | $44,528 |
| Lyon Specialty Care Rock Rapids | 20.8 | 45 | 1.49 | 2.77 | 50.0% | 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.