Valley Vue Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Valley Vue Care Center is a 40-bed for-profit nursing home in Armstrong, Iowa, part of Legacy Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.43 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 35.0% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Valley Vue Care Center
108 Second AveArmstrong, IA 50514
Emmet 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 Valley Vue Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.43 hours per resident per day, 3% below the Iowa average. With about 35 residents a day, that works out to roughly 84 aide hours a day, or about 10 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) | 2.43 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.69 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.86 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.43 | 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
35.0% of nursing staff at Valley Vue 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 28.6%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 12, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 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. Valley Vue Care Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Valley Vue Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Legacy Healthcare, 89 homes
- Legal name: Armstrong Ia Skilled Nursing Facility LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 1, 1997
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Valley Vue Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Accura Healthcare of Bancroft Bancroft | 15.7 | 25 | 2.75 | 4.61 | 39.3% | 5 | None |
| Estherville Community Care Center Estherville | 16.5 | 46 | 1.88 | 3.38 | 46.2% | 2 | None |
| Good Samaritan - Estherville Estherville | 16.9 | 62 | 2.18 | 3.57 | 49.1% | 2 | None |
| Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center Fairmont | 17.1 | 72 | 3.15 | 4.77 | 36.5% | 5 | None |
| Lakeside Lutheran Home Emmetsburg | 21.6 | 55 | 3.00 | 4.11 | 37.2% | 3 | None |
| Palo Alto County Hospital Emmetsburg | 21.7 | 22 | 1.57 | 3.07 | 17.6% | 4 | None |
| Emmetsburg Care Center Emmetsburg | 22.6 | 46 | 2.67 | 3.66 | 56.9% | 1 | $25,695 |
| Titonka Care Center Titonka | 24.8 | 26 | 2.53 | 4.15 | 25.0% | 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.