Thornton Manor Nursing and Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Thornton Manor Nursing and Care Center is a 40-bed nonprofit nursing home in Lansing, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.37 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 38.5% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Thornton Manor Nursing and Care Center
1329 Main StreetLansing, IA 52151
Allamakee 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 Thornton Manor Nursing and Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.37 hours per resident per day, 5% below the Iowa average. With about 31 residents a day, that works out to roughly 75 aide hours a day, or about 9 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.37 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.70 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.80 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.88 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.52 | 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
38.5% of nursing staff at Thornton Manor Nursing and 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 0.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 3, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 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. Thornton Manor Nursing and Care Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Thornton Manor Nursing and Care Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Lansing Housing Corporation
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 1, 1995
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Thornton Manor Nursing and Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Northgate Care Center Waukon · SFF candidate | 13.6 | 50 | 2.04 | 2.97 | 34.3% | 1 | $87,160 |
| Good Samaritan - Waukon Waukon | 13.6 | 60 | 1.81 | 3.17 | 43.5% | 2 | $8,281 |
| Prairie Maison Prairie Du Chien | 22.4 | 50 | 2.92 | 4.48 | 32.8% | 2 | $152,525 |
| Vernon Manor Viroqua | 22.7 | 80 | 2.96 | 4.59 | 45.5% | 4 | $12,649 |
| Soldiers Grove Health Services Soldiers Grove | 23.5 | 50 | 2.22 | 3.65 | 8.8% | 2 | None |
| Great River Care Center Mc Gregor | 23.7 | 39 | 2.07 | 3.42 | 63.0% | 4 | $8,281 |
| Tweeten Lutheran Health Care Center Spring Grove · SFF candidate · many days without an RN | 24.1 | 49 | 0.53 | 0.95 | 81.0% | 1 | None |
| Wellington Place Decorah | 25.9 | 56 | 2.30 | 3.47 | 48.1% | 3 | 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.