Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1967-01-01. 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 (515) 255-5433 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 65.3/100, placing it #10217 of 14703 facilities nationally and #255 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 Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 50 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 53 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 26 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 30 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 35 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 61.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 10 fine(s) totaling $56,807. 4 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 10 fine(s) totaling $56,807, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 10. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 18.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center ranks 10217th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 65.3/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within IA, it ranks 255th out of 390 nursing homes. In Des Moines, it ranks 6th out of 12 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #6,047 nationally and RN hours rank #2,758 nationally (#87 in IA). Our composite quality score of 65.3/100 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 Des Moines, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/iowa/des-moines/