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The Suites at Western Home Communities is a non profit - corporation nursing home in Cedar Falls, IA with 72 certified beds.
Capacity
72 residents
Location
Cedar Falls, IA
Status
Listed in a public registry
5301 Caraway Lane, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on March 26, 2026, state inspectors cited 1 health deficiency (the Iowa average is 6.5).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 4 hours 33 minutes with each resident a day, above the Iowa average of 3 hours 49 minutes.
Medicare has not fined The Suites at Western Home Communities in the last three years.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 4 hours 33 minutesAbove the Iowa average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 43 minutes |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 44% |
11 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
March 26, 2026 · Standard inspection · 1 citation
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
February 6, 2025 · Standard inspection · 3 citations
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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State inspectors visited on March 26, 2026 and cited 1 health deficiency. The Iowa average is 6.5.
Nurses and aides spend 4 hours 33 minutes with each resident per day, including 43 minutes from registered nurses. 44% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Medicare's records show no fines against The Suites at Western Home Communities in the last three years.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.