CMS Care Compare · 2026 2 nursing homes Iowa

Jefferson County, Iowa

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County inventory for Jefferson 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 Jefferson County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 2 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Iowa medians + CMS Five-Star.

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County care plate

Sheet IA-JEFFERSON-IOWA · Jefferson, IA

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

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 143 beds
  • STAR-WEAK 1.5★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 2 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,651/2,851
  • 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 Jefferson County

Home-health coverage is the standout for Jefferson County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 2 nursing homes and 143 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 1.5/5 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 run softer here (1 at 1★, 1 at 2★). Ownership leans For profit - Individual (50% of 2 homes). Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.

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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
1.5
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Jefferson County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Parkview Care Center Fairfield 2/5 70 For profit - Individual
Prestige Care Center of Fairfield Fairfield 1/5 73 For profit - Limited Liability company

Home Health Agencies in Jefferson County

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

Agency City Quality Rating
Optimae Home Health Services Fairfield 2.0
Sunny Brook Home Care Fairfield 1.5

Read next for home-health-dense Jefferson

Read CMS stars with Jefferson County's 1.5 average
Thin-book context for Jefferson: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 2 Jefferson County homes
Softer-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Jefferson
Home-health-dense path: Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Jefferson County planning
Home-health-dense path: 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 Jefferson County.