Nora Springs Care Center
Nora Springs Care Center in Nora Springs, IA — inspection on November 18, 2025.
Found 1 citation. 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
resident privacy, the facility has implemented robust staff re-education, increased supervision, and ongoing monitoring to ensure strict adherence to all cell phone use and abuse prevention policies.Interview on 10/6/25 at 3:00 PM, the facility Administrator confirmed the facility failed to notify DIAL of the incident between Resident #1 and Staff A within the 2-hour time frame.
The Patient Protection Guidelines with Abuse Prevention, Reporting, and Investigation Policy dated September 2025, documented, residents must not be subjected to abuse by anyone, including, but not limited to, facility staff, other residents, consultants, or volunteers, staff of other agencies serving the resident, family members or legal guardians, friend, or other individuals.
All allegations of Resident abuse, neglect, exploitation, mistreatment, injuries of unknown origin and misappropriation should be reported immediately to the charge nurse.
The charge nurse is responsible for immediately reporting the allegation of abuse to the Administrator, or designated representative.
All allegations of Resident abuse shall be reported to the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals not later than 2 hours after the allegation is made.
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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.
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