Where They Care · plain answers about nursing homes

Creekside

503 Wical Way, Grundy Center, IA 50638 · 55 beds · Non profit - Corporation

Nothing in the records stands out as a warning sign. The detail below is still worth reading before you decide.

Everything here comes from Medicare's own inspection and payroll records. We don't rank facilities or take payment from them.

Medicare overall rating
★★★★★
Much above average · 5 of 5
All nursing staff, hours / resident
4.78
RNs, LPNs and aides · state average 4.37
Weekend RN coverage
−6%
vs weekdays
Staff turnover
33%
state average 44%
No citations involving resident harm
Findings over the past three years were all at levels where inspectors recorded no actual harm.
Registered nurse staffing above the state average
0.98 hours per resident per day, against a state average of 0.85.

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
0.98 hrs
Weekends
0.92 hrs
IA average
0.85 hrs

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

Slightly less nurse coverage at weekends — about 6% lower.

Staff turnover: 33%

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 1 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
Potential for harm
No one harmed yet, but conditions could allow it
1
No harm
Rule and paperwork findings
0

0 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. All findings are recorded as corrected.

Disclosed affiliations

Medicare requires every facility to disclose the people and companies connected to it. Most names below are not owners — they are officers, directors, managers, trustees, and what Medicare calls “additional disclosable parties.” The role beside each name is the one Medicare recorded. This is worth reading because operators tend to run their facilities alike: where the same group stands behind a dozen homes, the record across all twelve tells you more than any single inspection does.

NameRole recorded by MedicareSince
Western Home Services INC
100% ownership interest
Direct owner (5% or more), Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 06/24/2014
Ager, Wendy Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2022
Evans, Angela Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2022
Fox, Larry Operational or managerial control 01/01/2020
Fryslie, Abbye Operational or managerial control 02/03/2020
Gibbs, Stacy Operational or managerial control 02/26/2018
Hansen, Kris Corporate officer, Operational or managerial control, Owner, partner or trustee of an additional disclosable party, Additional disclosable party 02/21/2018
Harris, Jerry Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2022
Kramer, Scott Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 09/26/2025
Mccormick, Darrell Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2022
O'Leary, Patrick Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2022
Watters, Paul Operational or managerial control 01/03/2024
Brockelsby, Sheri Corporate officer 01/18/2018
Brown, Sarah Corporate officer 01/01/2021
Frankhauser, Richard Corporate officer 01/01/2021
Gaines, Ronald Corporate officer 01/01/2021
Sannes, Aaron Corporate director 01/15/2025
Schroeder, Heather Corporate director 01/15/2025
Schultz, Dianne Corporate officer 01/01/2021
Susong, Katherine Corporate director 01/15/2025
Lincoln Savings Bank Holds a mortgage interest (5% or more), Additional disclosable party 01/01/2025
Bcg Holdings INC Additional disclosable party 10/01/2024
Brighton Consulting Group LLC Additional disclosable party 10/01/2024
Cattail Bcg LLC Additional disclosable party 10/01/2024
Cattail INC Additional disclosable party 10/01/2024
Cliftonlarsonallen LLP Additional disclosable party 08/25/2021
Ecsi INC Additional disclosable party 10/01/2024
Grundy County Memorial Hospital Additional disclosable party 01/01/2025
Iowa Health Care Association Additional disclosable party 10/01/2024
Reliant Care Pharmacy Services LLC Additional disclosable party 02/28/2023
Sugar Creek Health Management LLC Additional disclosable party 09/30/2022
Tech of Ages LLC Additional disclosable party 01/01/2025

Of the 32 parties disclosed here, 1 holds an ownership interest; the rest are recorded in a management, officer, financial, or other disclosable capacity. A percentage is shown only where Medicare published one — for most disclosed parties it publishes none.

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
Grundy Care Center
Grundy Center
0.4 1 0.57 −35%
Parkview Manor Care Center
Reinbeck
8.0 1 0.92 −0%
Oakview Nursing Home
Conrad
10.8 4 0.68 −41%
Westbrook Acres
Gladbrook
12.2 3 0.67 −60%
Maple Manor Village
Aplington
16.6 4 0.56 −55%
Eldora Specialty Care
Eldora
18.2 5 0.73 −53%
Harmony House Health Care Center
Waterloo
18.3 1 0.52 −39%
The Suites at Western Home Communities
Cedar Falls
18.6 5 0.80 −69%

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. 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.