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Eldora Specialty Care

1510 22Nd Street, Eldora, IA, 50627

Type
Nursing home
Medicare/Medicaid certified · CCN 165316Nonprofit

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Federal Quality Data

Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.

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CMS Star Ratings

Overall5 / 5
Health inspections4 / 5
Staffing5 / 5
Quality measures5 / 5

Facility & Staffing

Ownership
Non profit - Corporation · Chain: Care Initiatives
Certified beds
46 · avg 34 residents/day
Total nursing staff turnover
35%lower than most Iowa nursing homesIowa avg: 44.4% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
RN turnover
20%lower than most Iowa nursing homesIowa avg: 42.9% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
Administrators who left
1 departednear the Iowa averageIowa avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare

Medicare certification

CMS Certification Number
165316
Certified beds
46 beds · avg 34 residents/day
Ownership type
Non profit - Corporation
Continuing-care community
No

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Ownership & operations

Legal business name
Care Initiatives
Chain affiliation
Care Initiatives

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Federal ownership record

Non-profitCorporation

Chain affiliation

Part of the Care Initiatives chain — 43 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.1 / 5.

Disclosed owners (25 on record)

  • Patrick Oben

    Adp of The Snf · since 2025

  • Tanya Gilyard

    Corporate Officer · since 2025

  • Jamie Snyder

    Adp of The Snf · since 2025

  • (unnamed Owner)

    Adp of The Snf · since 2025

  • (unnamed Owner)

    Adp of The Snf · since 2025

  • Computershare Corporate Trust Company, na

    Adp of The Snf · since 2025

+ 19 additional owners on the federal record.

Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.

Federal inspection record

4 health citations on file

Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 4 of 4)

  • D0880·Dec 11, 2025

    Infection Control Deficiencies

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  • D0791·Dec 11, 2025

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.

  • D0644·Dec 11, 2025

    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

    Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

  • D0644·Dec 12, 2024

    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

    Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

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Fire-safety citations

17 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Dec 11, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.

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Where this information comes from

  • Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.

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