Sunny Hill Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sunny Hill Care Center is a 57-bed for-profit nursing home in Tama, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.11 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 16% below the Iowa average of 2.51.
Sunny Hill Care Center
1708 Harding StreetTama, IA 52339
Tama 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 Sunny Hill Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.11 hours per resident per day, 16% below the Iowa average. With about 52 residents a day, that works out to roughly 110 aide hours a day, or about 14 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) | 2.11 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.10 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.79 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.00 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.70 | 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
CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for Sunny Hill Care Center in this release. No administrators left over the same period.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 5, 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 2 fines totaling $24,756 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 2024 | Fine | $13,787 |
| Oct 3, 2023 | Fine | $10,969 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Sunny Hill Care Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Sunny Hill Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Tama Health Care Enterprises LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 1, 2002
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Sunny Hill Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Accura Healthcare of Toledo Toledo | 0.8 | 55 | 2.31 | 2.89 | 56.5% | 3 | None |
| Westbrook Acres Gladbrook | 16.0 | 54 | 2.21 | 3.51 | 32.4% | 2 | None |
| Sunrise Hill Care Center Traer | 16.0 | 76 | 2.29 | 3.26 | 10.3% | 4 | None |
| Harmony Marshalltown Marshalltown | 16.6 | 72 | 2.97 | 4.01 | 50.7% | 1 | $78,878 |
| Belle Plaine Specialty Care Belle Plaine | 17.1 | 46 | 2.07 | 3.02 | 54.8% | 4 | None |
| St Francis Manor Grinnell | 17.3 | 78 | 3.25 | 4.85 | 27.6% | 5 | None |
| Southridge Specialty Care Marshalltown | 17.4 | 82 | 2.46 | 3.65 | 29.2% | 2 | $45,406 |
| Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown Marshalltown · abuse citation · many days without an RN | 17.4 | 84 | 2.59 | 3.60 | 42.3% | 1 | $9,350 |
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.