Iowa has 390 Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing homes on federal record. Below is the current landscape from the CMS Care Compare database (August 2026 release) — the same data ClearPath decodes and ranks in every family report.
93 Iowa facilities hold a 5-star overall rating — more than fit this list. The ten shown lead within that group on CMS health-inspection, staffing, and quality-measure ratings.
| Facility | City | Overall | Staffing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield Health Care Center | Urbandale | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Iowa Veterans Home | Marshalltown | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Meth-Wick Health Center | Cedar Rapids | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| St Francis Manor | Grinnell | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Chautauqua Guest Home #3 | Charles City | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Gracewell, An Eventide Community | Denison | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Kanawha Community Home, Inc. | Kanawha | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Mercyone Dyersville Senior Care | Dyersville | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| The Suites At Western Home Communities | Cedar Falls | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| West Ridge Care Center | Cedar Rapids | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
Ranked by CMS overall and staffing star ratings. A ClearPath report goes deeper — inspection citations, fines, staffing turnover, review analysis, and safety-flag screening for every facility in your search area.
CMS currently flags 18 Iowa facilities with an abuse icon and lists 13 in the Special Focus program for persistent quality problems. These designations appear automatically in every ClearPath report and cap a facility’s ranking regardless of its star rating.
| Facility | City | Federal Flag |
|---|---|---|
| Adel Acres | Adel | Special Focus |
| Aspire Of Perry | Perry | Special Focus |
| Azria Health Park Place | Des Moines | Special Focus |
| Bishop Drumm Retirement Center | Johnston | Special Focus |
| Caring Acres Nursing And Rehab Center | Anita | Special Focus |
| Chapters Living Of Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs | Special Focus |
| Garden View Care Center | Shenandoah | Special Focus Abuse Flag |
| Greater Southside Health And Rehabilitation | Des Moines | Special Focus Abuse Flag |
| Harmony House Health Care Center | Waterloo | Special Focus |
| Ivy At Davenport | Davenport | Special Focus |
Star ratings are only the surface. ClearPath reads the full federal record for every certified facility in your Iowa search area — abuse citations, inspection failures, fines, staffing collapse — and hands you a ranked, plain-English report in minutes. Nursing home reports from $47 · Assisted living from $29 in 11 states. One-time, no subscription. Paid by families, never by facilities.
Get Your Ranked Report →See a free sample report firstSource: CMS Care Compare (data.cms.gov), August 2026 monthly release. Ratings and flags change monthly — ClearPath refreshes automatically. ClearPath Senior Guide is independent and accepts no referral fees or placement incentives from any facility.