Nursing home
Wesley Park Centre
500 First Street North, Newton, IA 50208 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Wesleylife (11 facilities) · 66 certified beds
Wesley Park Centre is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Newton, Iowa. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.17 hours per resident per day, above the Iowa average of 3.83. Its most recent inspection on Jan 28, 2025 cited 6 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $17,345In 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 Wesley Park Centre 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) | 4.17 | 3.83 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.00 | 0.73 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.47 | 2.53 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 33.3% | 43.9% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 6.0 | 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 $17,345, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Wesley Park Centre
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 28, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 28, 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 · Jan 28, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jan 28, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Jan 28, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 8 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 28, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 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
- 500 First Street North
Newton, IA 50208 - CMS certification #
- 165543
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 66
- Avg residents/day
- 61.4
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2004-07-12
- Chain
- Wesleylife (11 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Wesleylife
Wesleylife operates 11 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Wesleylife facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Wesley Park Centre using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Works with hospice, diabetes care
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2005
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Wesley Park Centre says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Hospice
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers diabetes care.
Diabetes management
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Entrance fee: charged.
The entrance fee is money paid upfront to secure a place in a retirement community.
(page, checked Oct 12, 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.
- Findings for Jun 1, 2005 to May 30, 2007. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours), Child labor. Civil money penalties assessed: $8,250. Employer as DOL recorded it: Park Centre Retirement Services (Wesley Retirement Services, Inc.). Case 1475121.
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
- Mercyone Newton Medical Center, Newton. 0.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Newton Village Health Care Center, Newton. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Pella Regional Home Health Agency, Pella. 21.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 50208 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Newton Dialysis, Newton, 0.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 15 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 50208.
Hospice Of Pella, The Comfort House, office in Pella, 21.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Iowa River Hospice, office in Marshalltown, 23.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Joseph Hoagbin, MD, Marshalltown. 25.0 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 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 Wesley Park Centre a good nursing home?
CMS gives Wesley Park Centre an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Wesley Park Centre staffed?
Wesley Park Centre reports 4.17 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Iowa average of 3.83.
Has Wesley Park Centre had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Wesley Park Centre have?
Wesley Park Centre is certified for 66 beds.