Estherville Community Care Center
Estherville Community Care Center in Estherville, IA — inspection on September 25, 2025.
Found 5 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
Federal health inspectors cited Estherville Community Care Center in Estherville, IA for a deficiency under regulatory tag F-F0600 during a standard health inspection conducted on 2025-09-25.
Category: Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
The facility was found deficient in the following area: Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Scope/Severity Level D: isolated, no actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm.
While no actual harm was documented, there was potential for more than minimal harm to residents.
This was one of 5 deficiencies cited during this inspection of Estherville Community Care Center.
Correction Status: Past Non-Compliance.
The facility reported correction as of 2025-08-18.
Federal health inspectors cited Estherville Community Care Center in Estherville, IA for a deficiency under regulatory tag F-F0641 during a standard health inspection conducted on 2025-09-25.
Category: Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
The facility was found deficient in the following area: Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Scope/Severity Level D: isolated, no actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm.
While no actual harm was documented, there was potential for more than minimal harm to residents.
This was one of 5 deficiencies cited during this inspection of Estherville Community Care Center.
Correction Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction.
The facility reported correction as of 2025-10-01.
Federal health inspectors cited Estherville Community Care Center in Estherville, IA for a deficiency under regulatory tag F-F0644 during a standard health inspection conducted on 2025-09-25.
Category: Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
The facility was found deficient in the following area: Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Scope/Severity Level D: isolated, no actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm.
While no actual harm was documented, there was potential for more than minimal harm to residents.
This was one of 5 deficiencies cited during this inspection of Estherville Community Care Center.
Correction Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction.
The facility reported correction as of 2025-10-01.
Federal health inspectors cited Estherville Community Care Center in Estherville, IA for a deficiency under regulatory tag F-F0699 during a standard health inspection conducted on 2025-09-25.
Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
The facility was found deficient in the following area: Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Scope/Severity Level D: isolated, no actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm.
While no actual harm was documented, there was potential for more than minimal harm to residents.
This was one of 5 deficiencies cited during this inspection of Estherville Community Care Center.
Correction Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction.
The facility reported correction as of 2025-10-16.
According to the MDS assessment dated [DATE] the resident was not up to date with the pneumonia vaccine, and it was not offered. On 9/17/25 at 2:34 PM the Infection Preventionist stated she could not find anything on the pneumonia vaccine for the resident. On 9/18/25 at 10:44 a.m. the Director of Nursing stated when they did the admission packet they did not tell her the resident consented to the pneumonia vaccine.
The facility Vaccination of Residents, Including Influenza, Pneumococcal, RSV and Covid-19, Reporting of documented residents would be offered flu, pneumovax and Covid-19 vaccinations per the CDC and CMS guidelines, based upon availability to the community.
Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided.
For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.
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