Strawberry Point Lutheran Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Strawberry Point Lutheran Home is a 16-bed nonprofit nursing home in Strawberry Point, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.22 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 28% above the Iowa average of 2.51, and 56.0% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Strawberry Point Lutheran Home
313 Elkader StreetStrawberry Point, IA 52076
Clayton 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 Strawberry Point Lutheran Home, nurse aides logged 3.22 hours per resident per day, 28% above the Iowa average. With about 16 residents a day, that works out to roughly 51 aide hours a day, or about 6 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 17% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.22 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.58 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.33 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.13 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.28 | 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
56.0% of nursing staff at Strawberry Point Lutheran Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 66.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 17, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 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. Strawberry Point Lutheran Home holds 4 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Strawberry Point Lutheran Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Strawberry Point Lutheran Home for the Aged
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 18, 1986
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Strawberry Point Lutheran Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Edgewood Convalescent Home Edgewood | 7.4 | 56 | 2.24 | 3.39 | 29.4% | 5 | None |
| Elkader Care Center Elkader | 12.8 | 40 | 2.07 | 3.73 | 54.5% | 4 | None |
| Good Neighbor Home Manchester | 14.8 | 112 | 2.81 | 4.33 | 27.2% | 3 | None |
| Maple Crest Manor Fayette | 17.5 | 46 | 2.67 | 3.85 | 43.2% | 4 | None |
| Grandview Healthcare Center Oelwein | 18.8 | 72 | 3.06 | 4.15 | 27.0% | 4 | None |
| Oelwein Health Care Center Oelwein | 18.9 | 61 | 2.26 | 3.07 | 32.5% | 3 | None |
| Guttenberg Care Center Guttenberg | 22.7 | 46 | 2.29 | 3.65 | 40.0% | 5 | None |
| Rehabilitation Centers of Independence West Campus Independence | 22.9 | 70 | 2.11 | 3.18 | 60.4% | 3 | $22,740 |
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.