Careage Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare
Nursing Home Facility
725 North Second Street, Cherokee, IA 51012
Welcome to Careage Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare of Cherokee, IA! We are deeply dedicated to providing quality elderly care in a homelike environment that promotes physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Executive Director Jenny Kabrick and the rest of our professional staff will gladly attend to your needs.
Operated by The Ensign Group, Inc., which runs 108 communities in our directory.
Careage Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare is licensed for 44 beds, about typical for the area, where senior care communities in Cherokee average about 52 beds.
Federal reporting puts occupancy at about 85% of its licensed beds. That is above the Cherokee average of roughly 77%.
Medicare rates this community 2 out of 5 stars overall, a score based on health inspections, staffing levels and quality measures. The individual scores differ noticeably: 4 stars for staffing against 2 stars for health inspections, so it is worth reading both before deciding. Its most recent standard health inspection was in March 2026 and recorded 9 deficiencies.
Residents receive about 3.1 hours of nursing care per day on average, including 0.9 hours from a registered nurse. Nursing staff turnover over the past year was about 59%.
The community is located in Cherokee County, IA.
Careage Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare offers nursing home care and senior living.
Facility details
- Organization type For profit - Partnership
- Beds / units 44
- Occupancy 85%
- Nursing hours per resident/day 3.2
- Annual staff turnover 59%
- Last health inspection March 2026