• CMS rates this facility 1/5 stars (below average)
• Has 76 certified beds with an average of 59.4 residents per day (78% occupancy)
• Last health inspection found 11 deficiencies (inspected Aug 28, 2025)
• Has been fined a total of $24,174 across 1 fine(s)
• Total nursing staff: 2.89 hours per resident per day
• Staff turnover rate: 41.7%
• Part of the The Ensign Group chain (324 facilities)
Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center is a 1-star Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in Clarion, Iowa with 76 certified beds. It has been operating since 1997. The facility scored below average compared to Iowa facilities.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
+ 7 more deficiencies
Staffing hours per resident per day. The black line shows the national average.
Quality measures as percentages of residents. Lower is better for all measures.
| Name | Role | Type | Ownership % | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GATEWAY HEALTHCARE LLC | 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Organization | 100% | Jul 18, 2011 |
| THE ENSIGN GROUP INC | 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Organization | 100% | Jul 18, 2011 |
| AEROFUND HOLDINGS INC | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Organization | N/A | Jul 18, 2011 |
| ELOHIM MEDICAL STAFFING AGENCY INC | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Organization | N/A | Jul 18, 2011 |
| HELPING HANDS NURSING SOLUTION INC | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Organization | N/A | Jul 18, 2011 |
| ONSHIFT INC | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Organization | N/A | Jul 18, 2011 |
| COZZENS, SPENCER | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Sep 30, 2015 |
| SMITH, DUSTIN | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Jan 8, 2020 |
| JORGENSEN, DAVID | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | Sep 9, 2024 |
| BURNAM, SOON | CORPORATE OFFICER | Individual | N/A | Jul 18, 2011 |
| KEETCH, CHAD | CORPORATE OFFICER | Individual | N/A | Mar 1, 2011 |
| KOENIG, DEBRA | CORPORATE OFFICER | Individual | N/A | Sep 9, 2024 |
| SATO, AMI | CORPORATE OFFICER | Individual | N/A | Sep 9, 2024 |
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