Sunrise Hill Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sunrise Hill Care Center is a 76-bed for-profit nursing home in Traer, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.29 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 9% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 10.3% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Sunrise Hill Care Center
909 6th StreetTraer, IA 50675
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 Sunrise Hill Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.29 hours per resident per day, 9% below the Iowa average. With about 59 residents a day, that works out to roughly 134 aide hours a day, or about 17 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.29 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.61 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.36 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.26 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.92 | 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
10.3% of nursing staff at Sunrise Hill Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 4, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (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. Sunrise Hill Care Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Sunrise Hill Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Traer Nursing Care Center Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 15, 1996
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Sunrise Hill Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Parkview Manor Care Center Reinbeck | 12.0 | 28 | 2.75 | 4.15 | 47.1% | 1 | $23,813 |
| Westbrook Acres Gladbrook | 13.3 | 54 | 2.21 | 3.51 | 32.4% | 2 | None |
| Accura Healthcare of Toledo Toledo | 15.4 | 55 | 2.31 | 2.89 | 56.5% | 3 | None |
| Laporte City Specialty Care La Porte City | 15.4 | 46 | 1.94 | 3.24 | 25.7% | 4 | None |
| Sunny Hill Care Center Tama | 16.0 | 57 | 2.11 | 3.00 | — | 1 | $24,756 |
| Harmony House Health Care Center Waterloo · SFF candidate | 17.7 | 65 | 2.73 | 3.84 | 61.5% | 1 | $48,825 |
| Keystone Nursing Care Center INC Keystone | 18.5 | 55 | 2.76 | 3.75 | 38.6% | 5 | None |
| Creekside Grundy Center | 19.1 | 55 | 2.64 | 4.12 | 33.3% | 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.