CMS Care Compare · 2026 2 nursing homes Iowa

Decatur County, Iowa

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County inventory for Decatur 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. CMS star-quality signature

Rated homes in Decatur County average 4.0 CMS stars (upper tercile, >3.46) across 2 nursing homes - 89 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Iowa medians.

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Sheet IA-DECATUR-IOWA · Decatur, IA

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

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 89 beds
  • STAR-HIGH 4.0★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-MID #1,522/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,381/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 0 HH

Stamps lead with CMS star-quality tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What stronger CMS stars show for Decatur County

CMS star quality is the standout for Decatur County: rated homes average 4.0/5 (upper tercile, >3.46) across 2 nursing homes and 89 licensed beds.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Iowa medians run 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. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts skew stronger here (2 at 4★). Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (50% of 2 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Lamoni Specialty Care, Westview Acres Care Center. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.

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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
4.0
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Decatur County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Lamoni Specialty Care Lamoni 4/5 43 Non profit - Corporation
Westview Acres Care Center Leon 4/5 46 For profit - Limited Liability company

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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 Decatur County.