Mason City Area Nursing Home
Nursing Home Facility
520 North Price Avenue, Mason City, IL 62664
In 1984, a group of Mason City residents discussed how they could bring more industry into town.
Operated by Heritage Operations Group, which runs 37 communities in our directory.
Mason City Area Nursing Home is licensed for 97 beds.
Federal reporting puts occupancy at about 69% of its licensed beds.
Medicare rates this community 1 out of 5 stars overall, a score based on health inspections, staffing levels and quality measures. The individual scores differ noticeably: 1 star for staffing against 3 stars for health inspections, so it is worth reading both before deciding. Its most recent standard health inspection was in December 2024 and recorded 5 deficiencies.
Residents receive about 3.2 hours of nursing care per day on average, including 0.5 hours from a registered nurse. Nursing staff turnover over the past year was about 48%.
The community is located in Mason County, IL.
Inspection record
In its last three standard inspections and any complaint visits, federal inspectors cited 18 problems at Mason City Area Nursing Home. 3 findings involved harm to a resident, including 2 that put residents in immediate danger. 6 came from investigating complaints by residents or families.
In the last three years Medicare fined this home once, a total of $160,007.
Findings from the most recent inspection cycle
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, widespread
Nursing and Physician Services
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Pharmacy Service
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Infection Control
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
A citation on its own does not mean poor care, and most are corrected within weeks. What matters most is how serious the findings were and whether the same problems keep coming back. When you visit, it is fair to ask the administrator what inspectors found and what has changed since.
Mason City Area Nursing Home offers nursing home care and senior living.
Facility details
- Organization type for-profit
- Beds / units 97
- Occupancy 69%
- Nursing hours per resident/day 3.2
- Annual staff turnover 48%
- Last health inspection December 2024
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