Living Center West is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1996-05-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (319) 366-8714 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Living Center West holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 72.8/100, placing it #6960 of 14703 facilities nationally and #173 of 390 in Iowa. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Living Center West receives a reported average of 3 hours 5 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 24 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 42 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 59 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 30 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 61.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $72,070. 15 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $72,070, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 58.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Living Center West ranks 6960th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 72.8/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within IA, it ranks 173rd out of 390 nursing homes. In Cedar Rapids, it ranks 5th out of 10 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #12,732 nationally and RN hours rank #10,850 nationally (#345 in IA). Our composite quality score of 72.8/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Cedar Rapids, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/iowa/cedar-rapids/