West Ridge Specialty Care
West Ridge Specialty Care, in Knoxville, Iowa, holds 78 certified beds and has been certified for Medicare and Medicaid since 1996-11-01, averaging 65.0 residents a day.
Has West Ridge Specialty Care been cited for violations?
CMS lists 13 health-inspection deficiencies for West Ridge Specialty Care since 2021-07-22, 6 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is E; the most recent health inspection was 2026-04-23.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | F0676, F0677 | Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | E |
| 2025-11-04 | F0550 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | E |
| 2024-08-30 | F0609 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | D |
| 2024-03-14 | F0580, F0689 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D |
| 2023-05-04 | F0561, F0690, F0697, F0740, F0741 | Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. / Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. / Ensure that the facility has sufficient staff members who possess the competencies and skills to meet the behavioral health needs of residents. | D |
| 2021-07-22 | F0609, F0658 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D |
How is West Ridge Specialty Care staffed relative to the IA average?
| Measure | This facility | IA average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.09922 | 3.81506 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 53.2 | 44.0 |
| Average number of residents per day | 65.0 | 52.4 |
Who owns West Ridge Specialty Care, and what chain is it in?
West Ridge Specialty Care is registered with CMS as Non profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name CARE INITIATIVES and belongs to the CARE INITIATIVES chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | CARE INITIATIVES | since 09/01/2009 |
| 5% OR GREATER MORTGAGE INTEREST | COMPUTERSHARE CORPORATE TRUST COMPANY, NA | since 01/01/2025 |
| CORPORATE DIRECTOR | BEAL, MICHAEL, BOWEN, LANE, CAROTHERS, MARY JANE, CHILDS, KEVIN, CORLESS, PETER, KREIN, KEITH, RUST, ELIZABETH, STURM, DENISE, UPMEYER, LINDA | since 01/01/2021 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | BEAL, MICHAEL, DIXON, DAVID, DRAKE, EMILY, GILYARD, TANYA, KUHN, JERAMY, MCDYER, JESSICA, RAFFERTY, SUSAN, VOLM, JOHANNA | since 01/01/2021 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | COX, BRITTANY, MAHLER, CARLA, WEI, SHIPENG | since 01/01/2024 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | COMPUTERSHARE CORPORATE TRUST COMPANY, NA, COX, BRITTANY, WEI, SHIPENG | since 02/19/2026 |
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