Story Medical Senior Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Story Medical Senior Care is a 60-bed government-run nursing home in Nevada, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.34 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 33% above the Iowa average of 2.51, and 29.3% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Story Medical Senior Care
710 S 19th STNevada, IA 50201
Story 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 Story Medical Senior Care, nurse aides logged 3.34 hours per resident per day, 33% above the Iowa average. With about 58 residents a day, that works out to roughly 194 aide hours a day, or about 24 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 18% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.34 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.34 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.12 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.79 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.91 | 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
29.3% of nursing staff at Story Medical Senior 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 26.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 30, 2026. 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. Story Medical Senior Care holds 5 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Story Medical Senior Care
- Ownership: Government - County
- Legal name: Legal Business Name Not Available
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 31, 1974
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Story Medical Senior Care
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Rolling Green Village Care Center Nevada | 1.2 | 58 | 3.02 | 4.23 | 65.0% | 3 | $9,347 |
| Accura Healthcare of Ames, LLC Ames | 10.2 | 75 | 1.96 | 2.96 | 39.7% | 3 | None |
| Green Hills Health Care Center Ames | 10.7 | 56 | 3.35 | 4.53 | 47.1% | 5 | None |
| Northridge Village Ames | 12.0 | 38 | 2.93 | 4.37 | 54.7% | 5 | None |
| Zearing Health Care, LLC Zearing | 13.2 | 40 | 2.30 | 3.68 | — | 2 | $22,205 |
| State Center Specialty Care State Center | 13.5 | 39 | 2.34 | 3.41 | 40.0% | 5 | None |
| Bethany Life Story City | 14.7 | 126 | 2.99 | 4.11 | 38.5% | 2 | $52,329 |
| Mill-Pond Ankeny | 20.7 | 60 | 3.26 | 4.58 | 37.1% | 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.