Nursing home
Ruthven Community Care Center, Mitchell Street Box 0
2701 Mitchell Street Box 0, Ruthven, IA 51358 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 46 certified beds
Ruthven Community Care Center, Mitchell Street Box 0 is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Ruthven, Iowa. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.38 hours per resident per day, below the Iowa average of 3.83. Its most recent inspection on Oct 2, 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 Ruthven Community Care Center, Mitchell Street Box 0 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) | 3.38 | 3.83 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.51 | 0.73 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.16 | 2.53 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 43.9% | 46.4% | — |
| 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 October 2, 2025 inspection was corrected by November 25, 2025
What inspectors found at Ruthven Community Care Center, Mitchell Street Box 0
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 that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Sep 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 19, 2024 · 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 · Jun 22, 2023
Show all 6 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 22, 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
- 2701 Mitchell Street Box 0
Ruthven, IA 51358 - CMS certification #
- 165486
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 46
- Avg residents/day
- 42.4
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2003-04-01
- Setting
- Rural
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Ruthven Community Care Center, Mitchell Street Box 0 using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, transportation, 3 meals a day, pets allowed
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Ruthven Community Care Center, Mitchell Street Box 0 says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24 Hour skilled nursing care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Transportation
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
3 Meals a day.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Pet friendly, new carpets, appliances like new!
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Private & Semi Private rooms offered
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Palo Alto County Hospital, Emmetsburg. 10.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Palo Alto County Hospital, Emmetsburg. 10.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Palo Alto Community Health, Emmetsburg. 10.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Hy-Vee Pharmacy. 12.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 51358 as rural (rural area).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Warner Dialysis Center Spencer, Spencer, 13.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 51358.
Hospice Of Palo Alto County, office in Emmetsburg, 10.6 miles away, straight line
Avera @ Home Of Spencer Hospital, office in Spencer, 12.3 miles away, straight line
Avera At Home, office in Estherville, 19.5 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Mayo Clinic Health System-Southeast Minnesota Region, Austin. 103.5 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 moderate. By hazard: inland flooding very low, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively moderate, 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 Ruthven Community Care Center, Mitchell Street Box 0 a good nursing home?
CMS gives Ruthven Community Care Center, Mitchell Street Box 0 an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Ruthven Community Care Center, Mitchell Street Box 0 staffed?
Ruthven Community Care Center, Mitchell Street Box 0 reports 3.38 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Iowa average of 3.83.
Has Ruthven Community Care Center, Mitchell Street Box 0 had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.
How many beds does Ruthven Community Care Center, Mitchell Street Box 0 have?
Ruthven Community Care Center, Mitchell Street Box 0 is certified for 46 beds.