Cottage Grove Place
Nursing Home Facility
2115 First Avenue Se, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Choosing where to live in retirement is about more than selecting a residence. You should feel good just being there.
Operated by Life Care Services, which runs 93 communities in our directory.
Cottage Grove Place is licensed for 64 beds, about typical for the area, where senior care communities in Cedar Rapids average about 78 beds.
Federal reporting puts occupancy at about 85% of its licensed beds. That is above the Cedar Rapids average of roughly 77%.
Medicare rates this community 1 out of 5 stars overall, a score based on health inspections, staffing levels and quality measures. Communities in Cedar Rapids average about 2.6 stars. The individual scores differ noticeably: 4 stars for staffing against 1 star for health inspections, so it is worth reading both before deciding. Its most recent standard health inspection was in May 2025 and recorded 5 deficiencies.
Residents receive about 4.2 hours of nursing care per day on average, including 0.6 hours from a registered nurse. Nursing staff turnover over the past year was about 39%.
The community is located in Linn County, IA.
Inspection record
In its last three standard inspections and any complaint visits, federal inspectors cited 23 problems at Cottage Grove Place. 2 findings involved harm to a resident, including 1 that put residents in immediate danger. 17 came from investigating complaints by residents or families.
Findings from the most recent inspection cycle
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Put residents in immediate danger, one or a few residents
Quality of Life and Care
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Caused harm to a resident, one or a few residents
Quality of Life and Care
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Nutrition and Dietary
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Nutrition and Dietary
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Resident Rights
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
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.
Cottage Grove Place offers assisted living, memory care, nursing home care, independent living, continuing care (CCRC), retirement living, and senior living.
Facility details
- Organization type Non profit - Corporation
- Beds / units 64
- Occupancy 85%
- Nursing hours per resident/day 4.2
- Annual staff turnover 39%
- Last health inspection May 2025
Resident & family reviews
My mother lived there, beginning with an apartment, moving to assisted living, ending with full nursing home care. I cannot say enough about the place, great accommodations, excellent food, very friendly, skilled help, never a problem, , except...
Read your contract carefully though, when you end up in the nursing home area, you will have a room-mate, or couple room. People were not happy with that, you had to of course pay extra for a single room.
by Verified visitor, Dec 2009