Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Evans Senior Living Community
1010 North Elm Street, Cresco, IA 52136 · Map
Non profit - Other · Part of Healthcare Of Iowa (8 facilities) · 43 certified beds
Evans Senior Living Community is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Cresco, Iowa. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.62 hours per resident per day, below the Iowa average of 3.83. Its most recent inspection on Aug 14, 2025 cited 0 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Evans Senior Living Community 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) | 3.62 | 3.83 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.66 | 0.73 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.18 | 2.53 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 35.1% | 43.9% | 46.4% | below 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.
- No health deficiencies cited at the last 2 standard inspections (September 2024 to August 2025)
What inspectors found at Evans Senior Living Community
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
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 15, 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
- 1010 North Elm Street
Cresco, IA 52136 - CMS certification #
- 165491
- Ownership
- Non profit - Other
- Certified beds
- 43
- Avg residents/day
- 30.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2003-07-01
- Chain
- Healthcare Of Iowa (8 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Healthcare Of Iowa
Healthcare Of Iowa operates 8 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Healthcare Of Iowa facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Evans Senior Living Community using Google Maps.
Other public records
Full public records, with dates and sources
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 14, 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
- Regional Health Services Of Howard County, Cresco. 0.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Accura Healthcare of Cresco, Cresco. 1.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Community Health Services, Cresco. 0.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Towncrest Pharmacy New Hampton. 24.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 52136 as rural (rural area).
- Hospice
- 4 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 52136.
Howard County Community Hospice, office in Cresco, 0.9 miles away, straight line
Winnmed Hospice, office in Decorah, 18.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Mayo Clinic Health System-Southeast Minnesota Region, Austin. 47.7 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 very low, tornado relatively 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 very 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Evans Senior Living Community a good nursing home?
CMS gives Evans Senior Living Community an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Evans Senior Living Community staffed?
Evans Senior Living Community reports 3.62 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Iowa average of 3.83.
Has Evans Senior Living Community had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 0 deficiencies.
How many beds does Evans Senior Living Community have?
Evans Senior Living Community is certified for 43 beds.