Caring Acres Nursing And Rehab Center
Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center in Anita, IA — inspection on October 14, 2025.
Found 3 citations. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
investigation, and timely reporting of abuse, neglect, mistreatment, and misappropriation of property
Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing (DIAL) no later than two hours after the allegation
has an independent duty to report to law enforcement and DIAL.
165217 10/14/2025
Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center 1000 Hillcrest Drive Anita, IA 50020
During a follow-up interview on 10/14/2025 at 10:59 AM the Administrator was asked to explain their investigative process: he stated they would separate the individuals, complete the initial investigation, 5-day report and education staff. He added all of this would be documented and sent to the State Agency.
They would talk to all residents to ensure their safety and to report any concerns.
They would also talk to all staff involved and other pertinent staff members.
Once the investigation is completed the file would be placed in a binder or in a file on the computer. He prefers to have these files on the computer. He acknowledged they were unable to find the investigation that was completed by Staff A.On 10/14/2025 at 9:16 AM the State Agency's Intake Specialist indicated the facility submitted the following information for their self-report: Resident #1's care plan, facesheet and the facility's 5 day summary.The facility provided a document titled Nursing Facility Abuse Prevention, Identification, Investigation, and Reporting Policy that was updated on 10/19/2025.
The policy statement included: these procedures shall include the screening and training of employee, protection of residents and the prevention, identification, investigation, and timely reporting of abuse, neglect, mistreatment, and misappropriation of property without fear of recrimination or intimidation.
Should an incident or suspected incident of resident abuse be reported, observed, the Administrator or his/her designee will designate a member of management to investigate the alleged incident.
The Administrator or designee will complete documentation of the allegation of resident abuse and collect any supporting documents relative to the alleged incident.A) Review documentation in the resident recordD)Attempt to obtain witness statements (oral and/or written) from all known witnessesFollowing investigation, the Administrator or designated agent will be responsible for forwarding the results of the investigation to the Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL).
The written report shall be forwarded to DIAL.
This written report shall be forwarded to the Department within five days of the initial report.
165217 10/14/2025
Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center 1000 Hillcrest Drive Anita, IA 50020
effective Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program.
The facility reported a
Licensing website revealed the facility had repeated deficient practices identified during complaint investigations from 8/3/2023 to 6/19/2025.
The repeat deficiencies cited include:-8/3/2023 during a compliant investigation: 609 Failure to Report-6/24/2024 during a complaint investigation: 610 Failure to Investigate-8/2/2024 during a complaint investigation: 609 Failure to Report-6/19/2025 during a complaint investigation: 609 Failure to ReportOn 10/14/2025 at 12:11 PM the Administrator stated he came started at the facility a week ago on 10/6/2025. He stated to prevent repeat deficiencies they would hold monthly all staff meetings, as well as mandatory meetings. If staff are unable to attend they have a week to meet with their supervisors to review items from the meeting.
When asked what would be done to ensure the education provided has been retained, he stated they would revisit the education during their QAPI and all staff meetings. He wants to start doing stand downs every day to provide more communication opportunities with staff members.The facility provided a document titled Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Plan (QAPI)/Quality Assessment and Assurance (QAA) with a revision date of 5/23/2023.
The purpose of this document is to ensure facilities develop a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI/QAA activities, such as identifying and correcting quality deficiencies as well as opportunities for improvement, which will lead to improvement in the lives of nursing home residents, through continuous attention to quality of care, quality of life, and resident safety.
Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement is a systematic approach for improving quality of life, quality of care, and services we provide to our residents. We take a proactive approach to continually improve the way engage and care for our residents, caregivers, and other partners so that we may realize our vision to provide a homelike environment to our residents and a pleasant work environment to our team members. To do this, all employees will participate in ongoing QAPI efforts which support our mission of partners in care, family for life.
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Source: This inspection report was downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases nursing home inspection reports in bulk. The findings reflect what state surveyors documented in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies on the date of the inspection.
Plan of correction not included: The CMS report we receive does not include the facility's plan of correction. Facilities submit plans of correction separately to their state survey agency and those responses may not appear in CMS public data at the time of release. The absence of a plan of correction in this report does not mean one was not filed. Readers who want information about corrective steps taken by the facility are encouraged to contact the facility or their state survey agency directly.
Corrections may have been made: This report reflects conditions observed on the date of the survey. The facility may have implemented staffing changes, additional training, policy revisions, or other corrective actions since this report was issued. We publish what CMS provides and encourage readers to seek current information from the facility.