Nursing Homes in Waterloo, IA: Staffing and Turnover Compared
Waterloo has 6 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes with 609 beds. The median home logs 2.10 nurse aide hours per resident per day (Iowa average 2.51). 2 of 6 have at least one CMS fine in the last three years.
Every nursing home in Waterloo
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
| Friendship Village Retirement | 72 | 3.09 | 4.78 | 28.3% | 5 | None |
| Harmony House Health Care Center SFF candidate | 65 | 2.73 | 3.84 | 61.5% | 1 | $48,825 |
| Harmony Waterloo abuse citation | 88 | 2.04 | 3.24 | 48.8% | 1 | $95,440 |
| Northcrest Specialty Care | 94 | 1.96 | 3.29 | 46.7% | 2 | None |
| Pillar of Cedar Valley | 114 | 1.90 | 2.92 | 32.7% | 1 | None |
| Ravenwood Specialty Care | 176 | 2.17 | 3.35 | 30.2% | 1 | 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.
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release · Iowa averages: aide hrs 2.51, turnover 44.0%
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