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On With Life Long Term Care

1002 W Washington Ave., Polk City, IA 50225 · Non profit - Corporation · 40 certified beds · (515) 421-9200 Medicare & Medicaid certified

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No harm-level citations or fines — but 7 lower-level deficiencies on record (see below)
Insights

This home’s record is mixed — some reassuring signs, some worth asking about.

In its favor
  • a strong health-inspection score (5/5) — the hardest rating to game (though it’s ranked within its own state, not nationally)
  • no harm-level citations in the current inspection record
  • no federal fines or payment denials on record
  • fewer deficiencies at its most recent standard inspection than at the one before — a sign of improvement
Worth asking about
  • its facility-reported quality-measure rating is low (2/5)

One thing this read cannot see: what residents and families actually experience day to day. Public data misses the feel of a place — visit unannounced, ideally at a mealtime or on a weekend, talk to staff and families, and ask your tour questions.

A plain-English summary of the public record below — not a rating, ranking, or recommendation. We take no money from any facility.

5/5
CMS overall
5 of 5
Health inspectionSurveyor-assigned, ranked within your stateInspector-verified 5 of 5
StaffingFrom payroll records (PBJ)Not rated
Quality measuresSelf-reported by the facility 2 of 5

Location & what’s nearby

Hospital
★★★★ 4/5 CMS · Emergency dept. usually open 24/7 · ER 24/7
Urgent care / clinic
(515) 964-7117 · Call to confirm hours
Pharmacy
119 2nd St · (515) 984-6554 · Call to confirm hours
Grocery
1101 S 5th St · (515) 984-9505 · Call to confirm hours
Park
401 Booth St · Typically dawn to dusk
Place of worship
1121 W Bridge Rd · (515) 984-6910

Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Overall quality measures 2 of 5
Long-stay residentspeople who live here 2 of 5

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Trend — is this home getting better or worse?

Over 2025-02 to 2026-06, this home’s CMS overall rating improved from 4 to 5 stars. From monthly CMS archive snapshots.

Horizontal axis runs 2025-02 to 2026-06. That is where CMS’s monthly archive ends, so the right-hand edge of each line is that month — not today.

Overall rating5★
Inspection scorelower = better
See all quality measures vs. state & national benchmarks
MeasureThis homeState avgTypical statevs typical state
Long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities increased13.0%17.1%15.4%better
Long-stay residents who lose too much weight3.8%4.6%5.4%better
Long-stay residents with a catheter left in their bladder3.1%1.5%0.9%worse
Long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection3.8%2.4%2.0%worse
Long-stay residents with depressive symptoms3.1%4.2%6.5%better
Long-stay residents who were physically restrained14.1%0.2%0.1%worse than state — see note marked double-dagger below the table
Long-stay residents with falls causing major injury0.0%3.8%3.3%check this — see note marked star below the table
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or hypnotic medication41.7%20.8%18.9%worse
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine95.0%95.3%95.3%typical
Long-stay residents with pressure ulcers7.2%4.2%4.7%worse
Long-stay residents with worsening bladder/bowel control10.8%25.6%21.2%better
Long-stay residents who got an antipsychotic medication — see the note below the table21.4%19.5%17.1%worse
Long-stay hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days3.161.491.67worse
Long-stay outpatient ER visits per 1,000 resident days0.992.081.80better

* This home reported 0% on a measure where lower is better. That can mean genuinely excellent care — but because the number is self-reported, a zero can also mean the problem was not recorded. Weigh it against the inspection record above.

On this measure the state average is at least twice (or half) the typical state — a gap that size is usually how the state codes and reports the measure, not how its homes actually perform. Against a benchmark this state does not sit on, a “vs typical state” verdict would mostly be measuring the state, so we compare this home with its own state instead and show both averages.

§ Antipsychotics carry an FDA boxed warning — they raise the risk of death in older people with dementia-related psychosis, and are not approved for that use. So this measure is partly a read on whether a home sedates residents instead of staffing for them. But read a low rate carefully in both directions: CMS excludes residents coded with schizophrenia (and Tourette's or Huntington's) from this measure, and federal auditors have found implausible increases in schizophrenia coding since the measure was published — so a very low rate can reflect recoding rather than less prescribing. Ask the home what share of its residents carry a schizophrenia diagnosis, and how it handles behavioral symptoms without medication.

CMS quality measures, as Care Compare shows them. For most rows lower is better (fewer falls, ulcers, hospitalizations); vaccination rates are the exception. Not every row is risk-adjusted. CMS adjusts some measures for resident mix, but falls with major injury, antipsychotic use, physical restraints and the vaccination rates are unadjusted rates — so a home caring for heavier or more behaviorally complex residents can look worse on them without providing worse care. The “typical state” column is the median of the 50 state averages — not a national average of all homes. We use it because a plain average across homes is pulled badly off course by a few states’ reporting habits (long-stay depressive symptoms is the clearest case: Illinois codes it several times higher than most states, which alone lifted the all-homes figure to about twice what a typical state records). The median of state averages resists that — but it does weigh every state equally, so a large state counts no more than a small one, and it is a benchmark of our construction rather than a CMS-published figure. better/worse means the home differs from that benchmark by more than 10% of it; closer than that reads typical. CMS does not publish how many residents each measure covers, and the counts are often small — a single resident can move a rate by several points — so treat small gaps as noise. These come from data the facility reports, so weigh them against the independent inspection record above.

Staffing

CMS has not published payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours for this facility yet — this can happen for newer, hospital-based, or recently-certified homes. It can also mean the home simply did not file, which CMS does not distinguish in this data, so treat the gap as unexplained rather than benign. Staffing is one of the three parts of the CMS star rating; where it’s missing, weigh the independent health-inspection score most, and ask the facility directly about its nurse-to-resident ratios and weekend RN coverage.

Inspection trend

0
deficiencies at the latest standard inspection (2025-12-31)
2
at the previous standard inspection (2024-12-12)

Deficiencies are fewer than at the previous inspection — improving. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

ABCDEFGHIJKL

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

  • Potential for harm · D2025-08-05 · tag F0755 — failed to provide safe pharmacy services — isolated
    Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, record review, staff interviews, and facility policy review the facility failed to ensure accurate control, accountability, and disposition of scheduled controlled narcotic medication with narcotic medication not disposed of when the resident discharged from the facility for 1(Resident #1) of 1 resident reviewed and narcotic counts not being completed accurately. The facility reported a census of 38 residents. Findings include: The admission Minimum Data Set (MDS) for Resident #1, dated 5/15/25, documented diagnoses of stroke and hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of the body) with the resident dependent on staff for all activities of daily living. The MDS documented a Brief Interview of Mental Status was unable to be performed due to resident rarely/never understood. The Medication Administration Record (MAR), dated 3/1/25 - 3/31/25, for Resident #1 revealed a physician's order for Dronabinol (a Schedule 3 controlled medication that is a form of the main psychotic active component of…

    This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

    Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · E2024-12-12 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — pattern
    Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    Kitchen Based on observations, staff interview, and policy review the facility failed to serve food under sanitary conditions to prevent foodborne illness during one of two meals observed. Facility staff also failed to conceal hair completely in a hairnet to prevent foodborne illness. The facility reported a census of 40 residents. Findings include: Observations revealed the following: a. On 12/9/24 at 9:30 AM, the dietary supervisor wore a hairnet covering the hair pulled into a hair tie on the top of her head, but had the front, sides and back of the hair exposed (not in the hairnet). b. On 12/10/24 at 4:49 PM, Staff B, dietary aide, wore gloves while she served food to the residents. Staff B touched the handle of utensils used to serve entrees, and then used her gloved hand, picked up a piece of meat, and placed the meat onto the plates. c. During the lunch meal service on 12/11/24 starting at 11:55 AM, Staff A, dietary cook, wore gloves as he plated food for the residents. Staff A used a paring knife to cut up the chicken parmesan/ noodles and vegetables, then used tongs to…

    This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

    Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · D2024-12-12 · tag F0880 — failed to prevent and control infections — isolated
    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    Based on observation, clinical record review, staff interview, and policy review, the facility failed to maintain infection control standards due to a catheter bag not maintained in a bag cover and lying on the floor under the resident's wheelchair for 1 (Resident #26) of 1 resident reviewed for catheter care. The facility reported a census of 40 residents. Findings include: The Quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) for Resident #26, dated 9/12/24, included diagnoses of anoxic (very low oxygen level) brain damage and seizure disorder. The Care Plan for Resident#26 with revision date 12/02/24 documented as focus area as follows; the resident had an indwelling urinary catheter due to urinary retention related to brain injury. The goal of the Care Plan documented the Foley cahteter was to be taken care of per protocol and discontinuation to be reassessed regularly. Interventions of the Care Plan included; monitor/record/ report to doctor for signs or symptoms of urinary tract infection which may include pain, burning, blood tinged urine, cloudiness, no output, deepening of urine color, foul…

    This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

    Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · D2023-09-28 · tag F0641 — isolated
    Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on clinical record review, staff interview, guidance from the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines, and facility policy review the facility failed to accurately reflect the pneumococcal vaccination status on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) Assessment for 1 of 5 residents reviewed (Res #8). The facility reported a census of 31 residents. Findings include: The MDS for Resident #8 dated 9/4/23 identified a Brief Interview of Mental Status (BIMS) score of 4 out of 15 indicating severe cognitive impairment. The MDS documented diagnoses that included traumatic brain dysfunction and diabetes mellitus. The MDS reflected an admission to the facility date as 7/2/07 and a birth year of 1952. The clinical record for Resident #8 revealed he had six MDS Assessments completed since last annual survey, dated 7/4/22, 10/4/22, 1/2/23, 4/4/23, 6/9/23 and 9/4/23. Five of the six of the MDS Assessments coded the resident's pneumococcal vaccination up to date. The immunization…

    This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · D2023-09-28 · tag F0656 — failed to write and follow a full care plan — isolated
    Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    Based on clinical record review, observation, staff interviews and family interviews, the facility failed to follow interventions on a comprehensive care plan for 1 of 12 residents reviewed (Resident #11). The facility reported a census of 31 residents. Findings include: The Minimum Data Set (MDS) of Resident #11 dated 9/4/23 identified severely impaired cognitive skills for daily decision making. The MDS revealed the resident totally dependent upon staff assistance for bed mobility, transfers, wheelchair locomotion, dressing, eating, toilet use, personal hygiene and bathing. The MDS coded a functional limitation in range of motion (ROM) with impairments present on both sides of the resident's body in the upper and lower extremities. The Care Plan with a focus area of impaired skin integrity, dated 2/24/22 directed staff to: • Place pillows along side body and place arms to side, not across chest during nap during the day • Bilateral Upper Extremity Bivalves during nap during the day • Hard Wrist Splints during nap during the day • Bilateral PRAFO's when lying on back • Compression…

    This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · D2023-09-28 · tag F0695 — failed to provide proper breathing / tracheostomy care — isolated
    Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, clinical record review, and staff interviews the facility failed to provide respiratory care and services in accordance with professional standards of practice for 2 of 2 residents reviewed (Resident #10 and #15) requiring humidified air through tracheostomy. The facility reported a census of 31 residents. Findings included: 1. The Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE] for Resident #10 documented the resident is in a persistent vegetative state/no discernible consciousness so was unable to complete a Brief Interview of Mental Status (BIMS). The MDS documented diagnoses to include traumatic brain dysfunction, quadriplegia, tracheostomy and chronic respiratory failure, unspecified with hypoxia or hypercapnia. An observation on 9/25/23 at 12:26 PM in Resident #10's bedroom revealed humidified air bubbler and connection tubing dated 9/1/23. An observation on 9/26/23 at 10:00 AM in Resident #10's bedroom revealed humidified air bubbler and connection tubing dated 9/1/23. Review of Resident #10's…

    This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · D2023-09-28 · tag F0883 — failed to offer flu and pneumonia vaccines — isolated
    Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on clinical record review, staff interview, and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines, the facility failed to provide the pneumococcal vaccination as appropriate for 1 of 5 residents reviewed (Res #8). The facility reported a census of 31 residents. Findings include: The Minimum Data Set (MDS) for Resident #8 dated 9/4/23 identified a Brief Interview of Mental Status (BIMS) score of 4 out of 15 indicating severe cognitive impairment. The MDS documented diagnoses that included traumatic brain dysfunction and diabetes mellitus. The MDS reflected an admission to the facility date as 7/2/07 and a birth year of 1952. The immunization portion of the Electronic Health Record reflected Resident #8 received a pneumococcal vaccination on 7/26/07 and had received no further pneumococcal vaccinations since that time. The guidelines from the CDC document the recommendation for adults age [AGE] older is to receive at least one further vaccination 1 year after the prior vaccination, based on the type of…

    This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

    Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
Worried about a resident here? There are three different people you can turn to, and they do different jobs:
  • Long-Term Care Ombudsman — a free, confidential advocate for the resident. They act only with the resident’s consent and work to resolve the problem. Find yours at theconsumervoice.org/get_help.
  • Adult Protective Services — the state agency that investigates suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult. Not sure of your state’s APS number? The federal Eldercare Locator will route you: 1-800-677-1116 or eldercare.acl.gov.
  • State survey agency — the regulator that licenses and inspects the home. Every state has an official nursing-home complaint line and most take complaints online; the Ombudsman or Eldercare Locator can connect you.
Not sure where to start, or need other help? Dial 2-1-1 for local resources — and if a call is hard or impossible for you, many local 211s also take a text (send your ZIP code to 898-211) or a web chat at 211.org; both vary by area, and 211.org will show what yours offers. Deaf or hard of hearing: dial 711 for the telecommunications relay service, then any number above. In an emergency, call 911.
It is illegal for a facility to retaliate against a resident or family for reporting a concern: federal law gives a resident the right to voice grievances — to the home or to any outside agency — without discrimination or reprisal (42 CFR §483.10(j)(1)). You may report anonymously.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Who owns this facility

Owner / managerTypeRoleSince
FORS, RUDYIndividualINDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST; MANAGING CONTROL - GOVERNING BODYsince 01/01/2024
HOOGESTRAAT, DIANAIndividualINDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST; MANAGING CONTROL - GOVERNING BODYsince 01/01/2024
BENSON LARSON, KATEIndividualMANAGING CONTROL - GOVERNING BODYsince 01/01/2024
SNYDER, JOHNIndividualMANAGING CONTROL - GOVERNING BODYsince 01/01/2024
FOREMAN, JIMIndividualW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEEsince 01/01/2015
SHELTON, JEANETTEIndividualCORPORATE OFFICER; OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROLsince 11/01/2017
ON WITH LIFE EXTENDED SERVICES LTDOrganizationOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROLsince 07/01/2011
ON WITH LIFE INCOrganizationOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROLsince 07/01/2001
LEWIS, JENNIFERIndividualOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROLsince 06/01/2019

CMS files one row per role, so the 12 rows in the source record cover these 9 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted. The source lists no ownership percentage for any of them — PECOS records a share only for equity interests, not for board or management roles.

2 organizational owners listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

What families pay in IA

Paying with Medicaid

This is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home, so it can accept Medicaid for long-term care — like nearly all U.S. nursing homes. The private-pay figures below are what families without Medicaid pay; once a resident qualifies for Medicaid, out-of-pocket cost for covered nursing-home care is typically close to $0 (almost all of their income goes to the home as their share of the cost; they keep a small personal needs allowance — for clothing, haircuts, a phone — and Medicaid pays the rest). The amount of that allowance is set by each state. Confirm Medicaid-bed availability with the home, and see the Iowa Medicaid page.

Typical monthly cost in Iowa
$9,277/mo
Nursing home (semi-private)
$10,038/mo
Nursing home (private)
$5,381/mo
Assisted living

Median private-pay cost, CareScout (Genworth) 2025 Cost of Care Survey — a regional midpoint, not any single community’s rate. Private rooms and higher care levels cost more; ask for a current quote. Project your own in the cost-of-care planner.

Every figure above is reproduced from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (a public record), from the CMS extract processed 2026-08-01 — CMS provider number 165281. CMS refreshes its data monthly, and the star rating rests on the last standard inspection — dated 2025-12-31, which can lag current conditions. Staffing hours are CMS PBJ CY2026Q1 (Jan–Mar 2026). Check this record against the government’s own page for it: this home on Medicare Care Compare ↗ — the authoritative source, and the place to confirm anything here before you act on it. How we present it →

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