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Accura Healthcare of Carlisle

680 Cole Street, Carlisle, IA 50047 · 80 beds · For profit - Limited Liability company

The records flag: 3 citations where a resident was harmed; 3 findings not yet confirmed as corrected.

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Medicare overall rating
Much below average · 1 of 5
All nursing staff, hours / resident
3.79
RNs, LPNs and aides · state average 4.37
Weekend RN coverage
−27%
vs weekdays
Staff turnover
52%
state average 44%
3 citations where a resident was harmed
Harm was found, without immediate danger to life.
3 findings not yet confirmed as corrected
3 of these have no plan of correction recorded. Worth asking about directly.

These are drawn straight from Medicare's records. We report what the record says — we don't rate facilities or judge the care given in them.

Who's actually on the floor

Staffing is the thing most closely tied to day-to-day quality of care, and it's the number families most often never see. This is registered nurses only — a smaller figure than the all-staff total above, because it counts the most highly qualified staff on their own — per resident, per day, comparing an average weekday against an average weekend.

Weekdays
0.57 hrs
Weekends
0.41 hrs
IA average
0.85 hrs

Registered nurses only — hours per resident per day. Longer is better.

Registered nurse coverage is about 27% lower at weekends.

Staff turnover: 52%

High turnover matters because continuity does — a nurse who knows your mother notices when something is different about her. Someone on their second shift doesn't have that baseline.

What inspectors found

State inspectors visit at least once a year and after complaints. Over the last three years this facility received 46 citations. Raw counts mislead, though — a paperwork slip and a resident being harmed both count as one. Here they are by how serious inspectors judged them.

SeverityCitations
Actual harm
A resident was harmed, without immediate danger to life
3
Potential for harm
No one harmed yet, but conditions could allow it
43
No harm
Rule and paperwork findings
0

25 of these came from someone filing a complaint rather than a routine visit — worth weighing differently, because it means a person picked up the phone. 3 citations are not yet recorded as corrected.

Medicare has issued $37,177 in fines here over the past three years.

Disclosed affiliations

Medicare has not published ownership or affiliation information for this facility. That is a gap in the federal record, not a finding about the facility — the great majority of facilities do have entries, so it is a reasonable thing to ask about on a visit.

Other options nearby

Most families are choosing between whatever is close enough to visit often — and visiting often is itself one of the better protections a resident has. These are the closest 8 facilities.

FacilityMilesRating Nurse hrsWeekend
Parkridge Specialty Care
Pleasant Hill
7.2 1 0.77 −43%
Greater Southside Health and Rehabilitation
Des Moines
7.3 1 0.31 −18%
Accura Healthcare of South Des Moines
Des Moines
8.3 1 0.59 −17%
Valley View Village
Des Moines
9.1 3 1.64 −32%
The Village
Indianola
9.4 5 1.18 −62%
Rehabilitation Center of Des Moines
Des Moines
9.6 3 0.47 −20%
Regency Care Center
Norwalk
9.6 1 0.33 −11%
University Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Des Moines
9.7 4 0.63 −31%

Weekend column shows the change in registered-nurse coverage at weekends compared with weekdays.

Worth asking on a visit

Records only tell you so much. These are the questions this facility's particular numbers suggest you ask — go on a weekend if you possibly can.

  1. Can I visit on a Sunday rather than a weekday? How many registered nurses are on duty then, and for how many residents?
  2. Turnover here is about 52%. How long has the director of nursing been in post?
  3. 3 findings are not confirmed as corrected yet. Where do those stand?
  4. Who will actually be caring for my relative at 3am on a Saturday — an agency nurse or someone on staff?

Where these numbers come from

All figures are published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Different measures cover different periods — some are considerably older than others, so each is dated separately below rather than under one "last updated" stamp.

Staffing hours
Jan–Mar 2026
Staff turnover
calendar year 2025
Inspections & citations
Jul 2023 – Jun 2026
Fines & penalties
last 3 years
Ownership
as reported to Medicare
Star rating & file release
CMS file dated 1 July 2026

We report what the records say and don't draw conclusions about care quality. If you believe something on this page is wrong — email a correction. It reaches a person, not a form. We check every report, fix what is wrong, and say so on the page; see how we handle corrections. If you work at this facility and our figures disagree with your own records, we want to hear that too.