Dickinson County, Iowa
County inventory for Dickinson 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. Home-health agency signature
2 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Dickinson County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 2 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Iowa medians + CMS Five-Star.
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Sheet IA-DICKINSON-IOWA · Dickinson, IA
NH-ONE · BEDS-FEW · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-ONE 2 homes
- BEDS-FEW 126 beds
- STAR-MID 3.5★ avg
- HH-SMALL 2 HH
- RANK-MID #1,526/2,851
- PHOTO-NONE No peer
- AL-MID $5,381/mo
- BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 2/2 HH
Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.
What a dense home-health map shows for Dickinson County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Dickinson County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 2 nursing homes and 126 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.5/5 on rated homes.
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 (1 at 2★, 1 at 5★). Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (100% of 2 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Accura Healthcare of Milford. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Nursing Homes in Dickinson County
2 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accura Healthcare of Milford | Milford | 5/5 | 46 | For profit - Corporation |
| Accura Healthcare of Spirit Lake | Spirit Lake | 2/5 | 80 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Dickinson County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Good Samaritan Society - Home Care | Spirit Lake | 4.0 |
| Lakes Regional Healthcare Home Care | Spirit Lake | 3.0 |
Read next for home-health-dense Dickinson
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 Dickinson County.