Shenandoah, Iowa · CMS Care Compare

Garden View Care Center

1200 West Nishna Road, Shenandoah, IA 51601

For profit - Limited Liability company 50 certified beds All Iowa homes →

Shenandoah, Iowa · CMS verdict

Garden View Care Center does not yet carry a CMS overall star rating, too new, recently sold, or with insufficient resident-assessment data for the public five-star algorithm. An absent rating is neither positive nor negative.

50 Certified beds

The rating and the PlainElderCare Index below summarize federal inspection, staffing, and outcome data, they measure specific, documented dimensions of this facility, not a holistic verdict on the care your family member would receive. Visit in person, talk with staff and current residents' families, and weigh your family member's specific needs before choosing.

Garden View Care Center in Shenandoah, Iowa is not yet rated by CMS and a PlainElderCare Quality & Compliance Index of 10 of 100 (grade F). The 50-bed facility operates where a semi-private nursing-home room in Iowa runs a median of $9,277 per month. Figures are from CMS Nursing Home Compare.

10 of 100 · F

PlainElderCare Quality & Compliance Index

A transparent composite of this facility's CMS Care Compare sub-ratings and its federal inspection record. It complements, and does not replace, the official CMS overall rating of not yet rated. How this is calculated.

How the 10 is built

Each segment is a dimension's weighted points toward the score, summing to 10.

Health inspections N/A · not scored
Staffing N/A · not scored
Quality measures N/A · not scored
Inspection record 83 deficiencies · 10

Weights: health inspections 30%, staffing 25%, quality measures 25%, inspection record 20%; any dimension CMS has not published drops out and its weight redistributes (no silent deflation). Inspection record is benchmarked against all rated US nursing homes. Source: CMS Nursing Home Compare.

Data insights

Quality ratings

Care Compare (data as of April 2026) lists no overall CMS star rating for Garden View Care Center. That gap typically means the facility is too new for a completed inspection cycle, recently changed ownership, or lacks enough resident-assessment data to compute the quality measures component -- not necessarily a sign of poor performance, just insufficient published data for the public algorithm to score it.

Size and setting

Located in Shenandoah, Iowa, this facility operates 50 certified beds with an average daily census of roughly 36 residents - an occupancy rate of about 72%. The facility is classified under for profit - limited liability company ownership, a designation that can influence staffing patterns, reinvestment decisions, and admissions policy. At roughly 72% occupancy, this facility has meaningful open capacity relative to its certified bed count.

Inspection record

On the regulatory side, federal and state surveyors have documented multiple deficiencies at this facility (83 total). CMS has levied 2 enforcement penalties - civil money penalties or denials of payment, during the same window. This is a high deficiency count relative to most facilities; requesting the full survey report directly is the only way to see whether these are concentrated in one area or spread across the facility's operations.

Where these figures come from

The figures above come directly from the U.S. Centers for Medicare \& Medicaid Services Nursing Home Compare dataset for federal quality ratings, combined with the CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey of more than 15,000 elder-care providers nationwide and U.S. Census American Community Survey income data. Cost figures are monthly medians, refreshed annually with each new CareScout release; quality ratings are refreshed quarterly from the CMS Provider Information File. Read these state and county medians as benchmarks, then verify current rates with individual providers and consult care managers before making placement decisions. See our methodology for source vintage.

Facility details

Beds, residents, ownership, location, penalty and deficiency counts from CMS Care Compare.
Attribute Value
Beds 50
Residents 36
Ownership For profit - Limited Liability company
County Page
Penalties 2
Deficiencies 83

Source: CMS Care Compare Nursing Homes (data as of April 2026)

What do families ask most?

How much does a nursing home cost per month in Iowa?

In Iowa, a semi-private nursing home room runs a median $9,277/month ($111,325/year) per the CareScout 2025 survey; private rooms average $10,038/month.

What services does Garden View Care Center offer?

Garden View Care Center operates as a skilled nursing facility (50 beds with approximately 36 current residents) under for profit - limited liability company ownership. CMS inspections have recorded 83 deficiencies and 2 penalties there.

Does Garden View Care Center have any deficiencies or penalties?

Garden View Care Center has multiple deficiencies (83 total) and 2 penalties recorded by CMS. A count this high is above what most facilities post; ask the facility directly for its plan of correction on the largest findings.

What are the alternatives to a nursing home in Iowa?

In Iowa, alternatives include assisted living ($5,381/mo), home health aides ($7,836/mo), and adult day care ($1,614/mo).

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Related Resources

Compare cost and CMS quality across the state on the Iowa elder-care overview, or see how facilities rank nationwide in our highest-rated states ranking.

Weigh nursing care against assisted living, home health, and adult day care, with national median costs, on our care types comparison, and learn how to fund it in our paying for elder care guide.

Source: CMS Nursing Home Compare. Provider ID: 165531.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainElderCare Editorial