Timely Mission Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Timely Mission Nursing Home is a 42-bed nonprofit nursing home in Buffalo Center, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.98 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 21% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 36.0% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Timely Mission Nursing Home
109 Mission DriveBuffalo Center, IA 50424
Winnebago 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 Timely Mission Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 1.98 hours per resident per day, 21% below the Iowa average. With about 36 residents a day, that works out to roughly 71 aide hours a day, or about 9 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.98 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.63 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.48 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.09 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.59 | 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
36.0% of nursing staff at Timely Mission Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 25, 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. Timely Mission Nursing Home holds 5 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Timely Mission Nursing Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 14, 2008
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Timely Mission Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Titonka Care Center Titonka | 11.5 | 26 | 2.53 | 4.15 | 25.0% | 5 | None |
| Accura Healthcare of Bancroft Bancroft | 14.5 | 25 | 2.75 | 4.61 | 39.3% | 5 | None |
| Lake Mills Care Center Lake Mills | 17.0 | 61 | 2.23 | 3.62 | 25.0% | 4 | None |
| Good Samaritan - Forest City Forest City | 18.0 | 43 | 2.12 | 3.49 | 31.0% | 4 | $25,945 |
| St Lukes Lutheran Care Center Blue Earth | 18.1 | 64 | 2.82 | 4.56 | 19.4% | 5 | None |
| Westview Care Center Britt | 21.6 | 67 | 2.38 | 3.56 | 34.4% | 5 | None |
| Algona Manor Care Center Algona | 25.7 | 46 | 2.64 | 3.62 | 33.3% | 5 | None |
| Parkview Care Center Wells | 26.5 | 30 | 2.59 | 4.89 | 54.8% | 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.