Wellington Place: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Wellington Place is a 56-bed nonprofit nursing home in Decorah, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.30 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 8% below the Iowa average of 2.51, and 48.1% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Wellington Place
2479 River RoadDecorah, IA 52101
Winneshiek 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 Wellington Place, nurse aides logged 2.30 hours per resident per day, 8% below the Iowa average. With about 51 residents a day, that works out to roughly 117 aide hours a day, or about 15 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) | 2.30 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.62 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.47 | 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
48.1% of nursing staff at Wellington Place left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 30.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 7, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 0 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. Wellington Place holds 3 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Wellington Place
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Legal name: Oneota Riverview Care Facility, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 10, 2003
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Wellington Place
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| The Highlands Decorah | 2.9 | 86 | 2.79 | 3.90 | 53.3% | 2 | $93,839 |
| Ossian Care Center Ossian | 10.6 | 46 | 3.15 | 4.63 | 40.7% | 2 | None |
| Northgate Care Center Waukon · SFF candidate | 13.3 | 50 | 2.04 | 2.97 | 34.3% | 1 | $87,160 |
| Good Samaritan - Waukon Waukon | 13.7 | 60 | 1.81 | 3.17 | 43.5% | 2 | $8,281 |
| Green Lea Senior Living Mabel · many days without an RN | 15.7 | 41 | 1.72 | 2.37 | — | 1 | None |
| Tweeten Lutheran Health Care Center Spring Grove · SFF candidate · many days without an RN | 18.9 | 49 | 0.53 | 0.95 | 81.0% | 1 | None |
| Evans Senior Living Community Cresco | 19.5 | 43 | 2.17 | 3.66 | 28.9% | 5 | None |
| Gundersen Harmony Care Center Harmony | 21.7 | 42 | 1.94 | 3.38 | 51.4% | 5 | $12,649 |
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.