Grundy Care Center

    102 E J Ave, Grundy Center, IA 50638
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Happy long-term resident, caring staff

    My mom has lived here long-term and is happy. The older facility has seen good changes and a skilled, caring team keeps her well cared for; they're hiring more staff and take COVID-19 precautions seriously. I've had no problems with the staff.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.42·(12)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      2.5
    • Staff

      2.3
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      3.4
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Skilled nursing and clinical care
    • Compassionate, attentive caregiving staff
    • Effective infection‑control and COVID‑19 precautions
    • Recent staffing increases and active hiring
    • Long‑term resident continuity and satisfaction
    • Familiarity of an existing care team

    Cons

    • Inconsistent overall quality of care
    • Chronic staffing shortages and high turnover
    • Food‑service inconsistencies and meal quality issues
    • Weak quality‑assurance and compliance systems
    • Regulatory noncompliance and CMS violations
    • Staff conduct and resident communication restrictions
    • Management instability and disruptive leadership changes
    • Aging facility infrastructure and maintenance needs

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews present a mixed and polarized picture of care at this facility. Several families describe competent clinical nursing and a caring caregiving team that has supported long‑term residents and implemented serious infection‑control measures during the COVID‑19 period. These positive accounts emphasize skilled care, familiarity of staff with long‑standing residents, and recent hiring efforts intended to bolster staffing levels.

    Counterbalancing those accounts are repeated operational concerns that suggest inconsistency in day‑to‑day care. Reviews indicate variability in care quality and responsiveness, with recurring mentions of staffing shortages and staff turnover that appear to affect continuity and timeliness of care. At the same time, some reviewers note that the facility has been actively recruiting and that staffing levels have improved in certain units, which correlates with more positive family feedback in those cases.

    Dining and food service emerge as a distinct area of concern. Multiple notes refer to inconsistent meal quality and service practices, implying a need for more reliable kitchen and dining operations. Activities were not a prominent focus in the available comments, which suggests families were more concerned with basic care operations, clinical oversight, and dining than with programming.

    Facility condition is described as older, with some maintenance and infrastructure needs implied by several comments. Those structural considerations, combined with operational strains, may contribute to the uneven resident experience noted across reviews.

    Management and oversight are central themes. Reviewers reference administrative turnover, a corporate change in management, and actions by leadership that some families found disruptive. There are also references to regulatory issues — including CMS violations, designation as a special‑focus facility, and a regulatory fine linked to staff‑conduct concerns — which point to systemic quality‑assurance and compliance weaknesses. One review included an allegation of inappropriate restriction of resident communication, a concern families should investigate further through facility policies and grievance records.

    Overall pattern: experiences range from families who report that their loved ones are well cared for to those who describe significant operational and conduct‑related concerns. Prospective residents and families should review the facility’s recent staffing rosters, quality assurance and corrective‑action documentation, inspection and enforcement history, and infection‑control practices. Visiting the unit at different times of day, speaking with current family members, and asking management for specifics about staffing ratios, staff training, dining procedures, and resident‑communication policies will help assess whether the facility’s current trajectory aligns with an individual resident’s needs.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Grundy Care Center is located at 102 E J Ave, Grundy Center, IA, 50638.

    About Grundy Care Center

    Grundy Care Center sits at 102 E J Ave in Grundy Center, Iowa, where it offers a mix of skilled nursing, long-term care, assisted living, independent living, and memory care for those who need different kinds of help as they age, and you'll find 40 Medicaid beds at Grundy Care Center and 55 beds at Western Home Creekside Campus, with options for private pay before Medicaid and even Medicaid pending acceptance for some services, and folks here can get assistance with daily activities, memory care for Alzheimer's and other dementias, rehabilitation like physical, occupational, and speech therapy, as well as help with dressing changes, tube feeding, intravenous therapies, wound and pain management, and medication with pharmacy services, and the building has been renovated not too long ago to boost comfort and accessibility, providing private residential rooms where each one comes with its own phone and cable TV, and there's help from nurse aides anytime day or night, plus a beauty salon, outdoor areas, and plenty of social activities, seasonal celebrations, special meal days, and transportation for errands. Grundy Care Center is tied to Arboreta Healthcare and works closely with groups like the Iowa Health Care Association. The facility has a record of support programs for families and active residents, and you'll see nutritional counseling, meal planning, and a focus on helping residents feel safe and cared for as much as possible, but the record isn't perfect, since Grundy Care Center's been cited for failing to screen staff properly, incidents of resident abuse, theft, financial issues, and even inappropriate relationships and misconduct between staff and residents, with state fines and recent investigations, so you'll want to pay attention to those details, and while the center stays licensed and monitored by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, at this time it holds a 3.6 rating from 7 reviews, has office hours Monday to Friday 8 AM to 5 PM, and offers resources for families figuring out long-term care and assisted living choices in Grundy Center.

    People often ask...

    Grundy Care Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 102 E J Ave, Grundy Center, IA 50638.

    No, Grundy Care Center does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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