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Appanoose County, Iowa

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County inventory for Appanoose County, Iowa is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Licensed-bed capacity signature

111 licensed beds keep Appanoose County in the lower licensed-bed tercile (≤131) across 3 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Iowa medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet IA-APPANOOSE-IOWA · Appanoose, IA

NH-SMALL · BEDS-FEW · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 111 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,008/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,381/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 1/1 HH

Stamps lead with licensed-bed capacity tercile (low) plus nursing-home count, Five-Star county average, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What a smaller bed book shows for Appanoose County

Licensed capacity is thin in Appanoose County: 111 licensed beds across 3 nursing homes land in the lower bed tercile (≤131). CMS overall average on rated homes is 3.0/5. 1 home-health agency is mapped in.

CareScout 2025 Iowa medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $5,381/mo, semi-private nursing $9,277/mo, private nursing $10,038/mo, home health aide $7,836/mo, adult day $1,614/mo. Local Appanoose County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts across Appanoose County break as 1 at 2★, 1 at 3★, 1 at 4★. Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (33% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Centerville Specialty Care. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.

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0
2★
1
3★
1
4★
1
5★
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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$5,381
Assisted Living / mo
$9,277
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$7,836
Home Care / mo
3.0
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Appanoose, IA

Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.

  1. 1
    Centerville Specialty Care
    4★
  2. 2
    Golden Age Care Center
    3★
  3. 3
    MercyOne Centerville Medical Center
    2★

Nursing Homes in Appanoose County

3 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Centerville Specialty Care Centerville 4/5 46 Non profit - Corporation
Golden Age Care Center Centerville 3/5 46 For profit - Limited Liability company
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville 2/5 19 Non profit - Church related

Home Health Agencies in Appanoose County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Elara Caring Centerville 4.0

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Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Appanoose County planning
State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Iowa elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Iowa state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).

Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Appanoose County.