Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Chautauqua Guest Home #2
602 Eleventh Street, Charles City, IA 50616 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 53 certified beds
Chautauqua Guest Home #2 is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Charles City, Iowa. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.23 hours per resident per day, above the Iowa average of 3.83. Its most recent inspection on Sep 18, 2025 cited 2 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Chautauqua Guest Home #2 compares
This facility vs. the Iowa and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Iowa avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.23 | 3.83 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.85 | 0.73 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.02 | 2.53 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 38.3% | 43.9% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 2.0 | 6.2 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the September 18, 2025 inspection was corrected by October 15, 2025
What inspectors found at Chautauqua Guest Home #2
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Sep 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 602 Eleventh Street
Charles City, IA 50616 - CMS certification #
- 165019
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 53
- Avg residents/day
- 38.7
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1967-01-01
- Setting
- Rural
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Chautauqua Guest Home #2 using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says A memory care unit, respite stays, works with hospice
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Chautauqua Guest Home #2 says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Has a separate memory care unit, wing or neighborhood.
Built in 1964, 11th Street Chautauqua is licensed for 61 beds and includes a secured memory care unit.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers respite or short-term stays.
At Chautauqua Guest Homes we provide multiple levels of care including assisted living at Riverside Senior Living, skilled and intermediate care at 11th Street and 9th Street Chautauqua, a secure dementia unit at 11th Street Chautauqua, and hospice and respite care at all three facilities.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
At Chautauqua Guest Homes we provide multiple levels of care including assisted living at Riverside Senior Living, skilled and intermediate care at 11th Street and 9th Street Chautauqua, a secure dementia unit at 11th Street Chautauqua, and hospice and respite care at all three facilities.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Jan 4, 2005.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Floyd County Medical Center, Charles City. 0.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Chautauqua Guest Home #3, Charles City. 0.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Floyd County Public Health/ Home Health Care, Charles City. 0.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Hy-Vee Pharmacy. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 50616 as small town (small town core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc - Charles City, Charles City, 0.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 4 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 50616.
St Croix Hospice, office in Charles City, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Mayo Clinic Health System-Southeast Minnesota Region, Austin. 45.5 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding very high, wildfire relatively low, tornado very high, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Chautauqua Guest Home #2 a good nursing home?
CMS gives Chautauqua Guest Home #2 an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Chautauqua Guest Home #2 staffed?
Chautauqua Guest Home #2 reports 4.23 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Iowa average of 3.83.
Has Chautauqua Guest Home #2 had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.
How many beds does Chautauqua Guest Home #2 have?
Chautauqua Guest Home #2 is certified for 53 beds.