CMS Care Compare · 2026 2 nursing homes Iowa

Worth County, Iowa

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County inventory for Worth 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. Nursing-home inventory signature

2 nursing homes keep Worth County in the lower nursing-home inventory tercile (≤2 homes) - 85 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Iowa cost medians, CMS Five-Star averages.

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County care plate

Sheet IA-WORTH-IOWA · Worth, IA

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

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 85 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,992/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,381/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 1/1 HH

Stamps lead with nursing-home inventory tercile (low) plus licensed beds, Five-Star county average, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians, not a generic peer board.

What a thin nursing-home book shows for Worth County

Worth County, Iowa sits in the lower nursing-home inventory tercile with 2 nursing homes and 85 licensed beds - a thinner CMS book than most U.S. counties. Rated facilities average 3.0/5 (0 at 4★+, 0 at 1–2★). Home Health Compare still maps 1 agency here.

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 across Worth County break as 2 at 3★. Ownership leans Non profit - Church related (50% of 2 homes). Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units 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
3.0
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Worth County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Lutheran Retirement Home Northwood 3/5 42 Non profit - Church related
Manly Specialty Care Manly 3/5 43 Non profit - Corporation

Home Health Agencies in Worth County

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

Agency City Quality Rating
Worth County Phns Northwood N/A

Read next for a thin Worth inventory

Decode Five-Star for Worth County homes
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Choosing among 2 Worth County homes
A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Worth
Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Worth 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 Worth County.