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Red Oak Rehab and Care Center

1600 Summit Street

4.4(12 ratings)· Red Oak average: 4.4

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Quick Facts

Medicare rating
2 of 5

CMS Care Compare

Ownership
For profit, Limited Liability company
Certified beds
58
Inspections
View history (33 citations)
Ownership
Family-owned and operated facility
Nearby hospitals
Near two hospitals for continuity of care
Dietary support
One-on-one dietitian support for residents

What Families Think

Reviewers consistently praise the caring, attentive nursing staff and homelike, odor-free atmosphere at this small skilled nursing and rehab community. The main criticism centers on outdated rooms and limited space for family visits, though care quality itself draws strong compliments.

The Good

  • Staff described as kind and compassionate
  • Attentive, friendly nursing staff repeatedly praised
  • Non-institutional, odor-free environment
  • Good food noted by a reviewer
  • Family-owned with long-tenured staff

The Bad

  • One reviewer cited outdated rooms needing modernization
  • Limited privacy and space for family visits
  • Double-occupancy rooms called too small
  • No published pricing available

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Red Oak Rehab and Care Center is a senior living community in Red Oak, Iowa offering Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care. Amenities include Restaurant style Dining Room, Gathering / Activity Spaces and Social Activities. Families rate it 4.6 out of 5 across 11 reviews.

About Red Oak Rehab and Care Center

Red Oak Rehab and Care Center is a family-owned and operated skilled nursing and rehabilitation community located in rural southwest Iowa, about 40 miles southeast of Council Bluffs and Omaha, in Red Oak. The community provides transitional and long-term skilled nursing care in a comfortable, residential setting, with many staff members who have been with the community for years, offering families a sense of stability and trust.

Residents benefit from a peaceful, small-town setting while still having convenient access to Montgomery County Memorial Hospital and Shenandoah Medical Center, helping ensure continuity of care when needed. The community offers expert rehabilitation services aimed at helping residents recover from surgery, illness, or injury and return home as quickly as possible, along with around-the-clock nursing care for those who need ongoing medical support.

Comprehensive therapy programs are designed to restore strength, mobility, and independence. Dining and nutrition support includes personalized nutrition plans, one-on-one dietitian support, and homestyle, flexible dining meant to promote health, comfort, and individual choice. Living spaces include private or shared rooms and common areas within a home-like atmosphere.

Upon admission, the care team works with residents, families, and physicians to build a personalized plan of care that reflects health needs as well as personal preferences, covering meals, dietary needs, wake times, bathing schedules, and preferred activities. Staff continue supporting residents' adjustment after arrival, helping them stay engaged in favored activities while building new connections.

The community also offers a full recreational calendar with outings and wellness programs, along with transportation for medical appointments and group community activities, supporting both short-term and long-term residents in feeling at home.

Types of Care at Red Oak Rehab and Care Center

Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care

Amenities

Room Amenities

  • Emergency Call System
  • Private Bathroom
  • Private Rooms
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Meals & Dining

  • Dietary Accommodations (Gluten-Free, Low / No Sodium, No Sugar, Vegan)
  • Restaurant style Dining Room

Community Amenities

  • 24-Hour Staff
  • Gathering / Activity Spaces
  • Housekeeping
  • Medication Management
  • On-Site Nurse (RN)

Activities

  • Social Activities (Happy Hour, Wine Tasting, Dances, Karaoke)

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Reviews of Red Oak Rehab and Care Center

4.4overall · 12 ratings combined

4.6★ on Google (11) · 2★ on Yelp (1) · Yelp page ↗

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Kimberley Walford

Jun 2026

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Your nursing home requires significant updates to better meet residents' needs whether they are private or public pay residence everyone deserve rooms that are cheerful, modernized, and feels like home - not a prison. The single resident rooms are too small Particularly for the cost and the double-occupancy rooms do not provide adequate space or privacy for family visits. There is little room for family members to sit comfortably, making meaningful and private visits difficult if impossible. There isn’t even a a private family room to use for those of us who travel so far on a weekly basis to visit our family member. I recommend you expand your room sizes and improve accommodations for visitors as that would greatly enhance residents' quality of life and family interactions. The facility would also benefit from substantial modernization and renovation. Resident rooms are desperately in need of updating from flooring, to curtains. Your saving grace is your nursing staff. Most care about the residents and that’s why they are committed to this agency. Please set aside some of those public and private funds to upgrade your facilities accordingly. Thank you..

Bradley Needham

Feb 2025

via Google ↗

This is a very nice little place. It is a little dated, but it is well kept and taken care of. Staff are attentive and friendly and seem to really care for everyone. Being around and working in nursing facilities throughout my life I'd say this cute little place rates at the top of the list. None institutional feeling, odor free, good food, friendly and caring staff.

Corey Westerfield

Sep 2023

via Google ↗

Great staff that listens and serves residents and their families.

Will Mozingo

Nov 2021

via Google ↗

I just wanted to thank everyone at Red Oak Rehad and care center for taking care of my mom while she was there. Everyone there was very helpful, kind and genuinely compassionate on making sure she had what she needed. I would recommend them to anyone if your loved ones need the extra care. They made the process very easy and comforting. Thank you again for every. It means a lot to me and I know it meant a lot to my mom.

Melissa A.

Dec 2015

via Yelp

Not a good place for anyone. Alzheimer patients abuse the general population, both physically and verbally and nothing is done to stop it. Understaffed, old hole-ridden blankets, chronic bladder infections because staff won't help with getting to the bathroom, clothes get lost by the laundry staff or stolen. Awful,awful place. But Mom doesnt want to cause trouble and won't move. Sad, sad place.

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Government Inspection History

6 inspection visits in the last three years, 33 citations on file. Inspections are conducted by state agencies on behalf of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Sep 25, 2025Fire Safety StandardHealth Standard8 citations

  • Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 25, 2025

  • Conduct testing and exercise requirements.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Oct 1, 2025

  • Ensure that testing and maintenance of electrical equipment is performed.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 30, 2025

  • Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 30, 2025

  • Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.

    Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Oct 10, 2025

  • Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.

    Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 25, 2025

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 26, 2025

  • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 26, 2025

Oct 24, 2024Fire Safety StandardHealth Standard9 citations

  • Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Nov 13, 2024

  • Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Nov 14, 2024

  • Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Nov 14, 2024

  • Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Nov 6, 2024

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Nov 6, 2024

  • Install a fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 13, 2024

  • Provide properly protected cooking facilities.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 13, 2024

  • Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 13, 2024

  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Nov 6, 2024

Jul 20, 2024Health Complaint1 citation

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Severity G of L: actual harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Aug 1, 2024

Jun 13, 2024Health Complaint4 citations

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Severity G of L: actual harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Aug 1, 2024

  • Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jul 9, 2024

  • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jul 9, 2024

  • Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jul 9, 2024

Feb 14, 2024Health Complaint2 citations

  • Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Mar 8, 2024

  • Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Mar 8, 2024

Jul 19, 2023Fire Safety StandardHealth ComplaintHealth Standard9 citations

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Aug 19, 2023

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Aug 19, 2023

  • Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 27, 2023

  • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Aug 19, 2023

  • Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Aug 19, 2023

  • Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Aug 19, 2023

  • Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Aug 19, 2023

  • Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Aug 19, 2023

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Aug 19, 2023

Source: CMS Care Compare, public federal data covering certified nursing facilities, refreshed monthly. Citations range from A (least serious) to L (most serious) on the federal scope and severity scale. Most citations are corrected quickly; review the details and ask the community about anything that concerns you.

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of care does Red Oak Rehab and Care Center offer?

Red Oak Rehab and Care Center offers Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.

Where is Red Oak Rehab and Care Center located?

Red Oak Rehab and Care Center is located at 1600 Summit Street in Red Oak, Iowa.

What do families say about Red Oak Rehab and Care Center?

Reviewers consistently praise the caring, attentive nursing staff and homelike, odor-free atmosphere at this small skilled nursing and rehab community. The main criticism centers on outdated rooms and limited space for family visits, though care quality itself draws strong compliments.

How did Red Oak Rehab and Care Center do on recent health and safety inspections?

Red Oak Rehab and Care Center had 6 government inspection visits in the last three years, with 33 citations on file according to CMS Care Compare data. The full history, including what each citation was for and whether it was corrected, is in the inspection section on this page.

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