Nursing home
Clearview Home
406 West Washington, Mount Ayr, IA 50854 · Map
For profit - Partnership · 82 certified beds
Clearview Home is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Mount Ayr, Iowa. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.24 hours per resident per day, below the Iowa average of 3.83. Its most recent inspection on Jul 24, 2025 cited 0 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $47,996In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Clearview Home 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) | 3.24 | 3.83 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.60 | 0.73 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.35 | 2.53 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 54.4% | 43.9% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 0.0 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $47,996, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Clearview Home
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 2, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · May 2, 2023 - Potential for harm
Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · May 2, 2023 - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 2, 2023
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
- 406 West Washington
Mount Ayr, IA 50854 - CMS certification #
- 165269
- Ownership
- For profit - Partnership
- Certified beds
- 82
- Avg residents/day
- 72.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1996-05-03
- Setting
- Rural
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Clearview Home using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, works with hospice
- Staff pay 2 federal wage cases with violations found, since 2005
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Clearview Home says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
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.
- Findings for May 18, 2008 to May 15, 2010. Violations found: Overtime, Child labor. Back wages: $5,150 owed to 39 employees. Civil money penalties assessed: $2,420. Employer as DOL recorded it: Clearview Home (Clearview - Routh L.P.). Case 1572489.
- Findings for Jul 1, 2005 to Jun 30, 2007. Violations found: Overtime, Child labor. Back wages: $1,115 owed to 9 employees. Civil money penalties assessed: $2,475. Employer as DOL recorded it: Clearview Home (CLEARVIEW HOMES). Case 1476153.
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
- Ringgold County Hospital, Mount Ayr. 3.0 miles away, straight line. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Mount Ayr Health Care Center, Mount Ayr. 0.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Everystep, Creston. 24.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Hy-Vee Clinic Pharmacy. 17.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 50854 as rural (rural area).
- Hospice
- 3 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 50854.
- Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Ch Specialty Services Ia PC, Osceola. 32.5 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors 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 relatively low, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively high, heat wave very high, 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 Clearview Home a good nursing home?
CMS gives Clearview Home an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Clearview Home staffed?
Clearview Home reports 3.24 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Iowa average of 3.83.
Has Clearview Home had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 0 deficiencies.
How many beds does Clearview Home have?
Clearview Home is certified for 82 beds.