Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Creekside
503 Wical Way, Grundy Center, IA 50638 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 55 certified beds
Creekside is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Grundy Center, Iowa. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.35 hours per resident per day, above the Iowa average of 3.83. Its most recent inspection on Dec 18, 2025 cited 1 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Creekside 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) | 4.35 | 3.83 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.10 | 0.73 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.63 | 2.53 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 37.1% | 43.9% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 1.0 | 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.
What inspectors found at Creekside
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
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 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
- 503 Wical Way
Grundy Center, IA 50638 - CMS certification #
- 165623
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 55
- Avg residents/day
- 37.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2018-05-15
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, secured outdoor area
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Creekside says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Grundy County Memorial Hospital, Grundy Center. 0.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Grundy Care Center, Grundy Center. 0.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Greenbelt Home Care, Eldora. 18.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- NuCara. 11.0 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 50638 as rural (rural area).
- Hospice
- 9 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 50638.
Care Initiatives Hospice - Cedar Falls, office in Cedar Falls, 17.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Cedar Valley Hospice, office in Waterloo, 20.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Unitypoint Hospice, office in Waterloo, 20.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Joseph Hoagbin, MD, Marshalltown. 23.0 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 low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively high, heat wave very 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 Creekside a good nursing home?
CMS gives Creekside an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Creekside staffed?
Creekside reports 4.35 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Iowa average of 3.83.
Has Creekside had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 1 deficiencies.
How many beds does Creekside have?
Creekside is certified for 55 beds.