Nursing Homes and Skilled Nursing in Iowa

Nursing homes provide 24-hour nursing care, short-term rehabilitation after a hospital stay, and long-term care. Every Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing home in Iowa is inspected by the state survey agency on behalf of CMS, and CMS publishes star ratings for health inspections, staffing and quality measures.

387 nursing homes providers statewide · Source: CMS Care Compare, Nursing Home Provider Information dataset · Updated 2026-10-30

Who pays

Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled rehabilitation after a qualifying hospital stay. Long-term care is private pay until assets are spent down, after which Medicaid, the state Medicaid program, pays for most residents. Long-term care insurance may apply.

How to choose

Look at the health-inspection rating and the staffing rating before the overall rating, read the most recent inspection report, visit unannounced, and ask about nurse turnover. A facility flagged for abuse or in the Special Focus program deserves extra questions.

Nursing homes by city or town

Each city or town page lists every nursing home that serves it, sorted by distance. The city or towns with the most options:

Every city or town has a page; find yours through its county or the search box.

All nursing homes providers by county

Adair County 2

Adams County 1

Allamakee County 3

Appanoose County 3

Audubon County 2

Benton County 4

Black Hawk County 12

Boone County 4

Bremer County 4

Buchanan County 2

Buena Vista County 1

Butler County 5

Calhoun County 3

Carroll County 4

Cass County 3

Cedar County 4

Cerro Gordo County 5

Cherokee County 5

Chickasaw County 2

Clarke County 1

Clay County 2

Clayton County 5

Clinton County 4

Crawford County 2

Dallas County 8

Davis County 1

Decatur County 2

Delaware County 1

Des Moines County 3

Dickinson County 2

Dubuque County 12

Emmet County 3

Fayette County 4

Floyd County 3

Franklin County 3

Fremont County 2

Greene County 1

Grundy County 4

Guthrie County 2

Hamilton County 3

Hancock County 3

Hardin County 4

Harrison County 3

Henry County 6

Howard County 2

Humboldt County 1

Ida County 2

Iowa County 4

Jackson County 3

Jasper County 5

Jefferson County 2

Johnson County 7

Jones County 2

Keokuk County 3

Kossuth County 4

Lee County 6

Linn County 18

Louisa County 2

Lucas County 1

Lyon County 3

Madison County 1

Mahaska County 3

Marion County 4

Marshall County 5

Mills County 1

Mitchell County 5

Monona County 3

Monroe County 1

Montgomery County 4

Muscatine County 4

O'Brien County 3

Osceola County 2

Page County 3

Palo Alto County 5

Plymouth County 5

Pocahontas County 2

Polk County 30

Pottawattamie County 7

Poweshiek County 4

Ringgold County 2

Sac County 3

Scott County 11

Shelby County 2

Sioux County 5

Story County 7

Tama County 4

Taylor County 2

Union County 2

Van Buren County 1

Wapello County 3

Warren County 6

Washington County 4

Wayne County 1

Webster County 4

Winnebago County 3

Winneshiek County 3

Woodbury County 9

Worth County 2

Wright County 3