Sunny View Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sunny View Care Center is a 94-bed for-profit nursing home in Ankeny, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.21 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 12% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 44.4% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Sunny View Care Center
410 N W Ash DriveAnkeny, IA 50023
Polk 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 View Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.21 hours per resident per day, 12% below the Iowa average. With about 88 residents a day, that works out to roughly 193 aide hours a day, or about 24 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 15% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.21 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.59 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.53 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.34 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.82 | 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
44.4% of nursing staff at Sunny View Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 33.3%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 14, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 9 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. Sunny View Care Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Sunny View Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Ankeny Healthcare Enterprises, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 3, 2002
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Sunny View Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| The Bridges at Ankeny Ankeny | 0.0 | 100 | 2.23 | 3.55 | 99.1% | 3 | $9,110 |
| On With Life Ankeny | 1.6 | 28 | — | — | — | 4 | None |
| Mill-Pond Ankeny | 2.2 | 60 | 3.26 | 4.58 | 37.1% | 5 | None |
| Bishop Drumm Retirement Center Johnston · SFF candidate | 5.3 | 150 | 2.54 | 3.64 | 34.9% | 1 | $258,177 |
| Childserve Habilitation Center Johnston | 5.6 | 74 | 4.94 | 10.30 | 33.9% | 5 | None |
| On With Life Long Term Care Polk City | 6.2 | 40 | — | — | — | 5 | None |
| Brio of Johnston, LLC Johnston | 6.7 | 36 | 2.70 | 4.57 | 55.1% | 3 | $6,923 |
| Trinity Center at Luther Park Des Moines | 6.9 | 120 | 2.69 | 3.83 | 26.3% | 1 | $162,205 |
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.