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Reviews for this skilled nursing facility in Vinton, Iowa are limited but generally positive, with multiple reviewers praising the caring, friendly frontline staff and clean facility. One family reported a negative experience with office staff, billing practices, and a walkway safety concern before moving their mother out.
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The Vinton Lutheran Home Communities & Services is a senior living community in Vinton, Iowa offering Memory Care and Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care. Amenities include Restaurant style Dining Room, Gathering / Activity Spaces and Social Activities. Families rate it 3.8 out of 5 across 4 reviews.
The Vinton Lutheran Home is a nursing facility in Vinton, Iowa, offering 24-hour care and supervision by nursing staff for residents requiring skilled nursing care. The facility is licensed by the State of Iowa and certified to accept Medicaid and Medicare, with accommodations for 61 residents available on either a short-term or long-term basis.
The community provides rehabilitative services including physical, speech, and occupational therapy, typically for residents recovering from strokes, fractures, or acute illnesses requiring strength training. The facility also accepts residents needing tube feeding, diabetic care, and certain IV treatments, with the goal of helping patients return safely to their homes when appropriate.
Palliative care is available for residents living with terminal illnesses, with staff focused on keeping individuals as pain-free and comfortable as possible in a warm and compassionate setting.
A specialized Memory Care Unit serves 19 residents afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and dementia-type illnesses. The unit provides a safe, caring, supportive, and low-stimulus environment with specially trained staff who work to help residents feel good about themselves and recognize the unique ways each person experiences their world.
Beyond nursing services, residents enjoy made-from-scratch meals, housekeeping, laundry services, a broad range of activities, barber and beauty salon services, and social services including pastoral care. The facility has been providing compassionate care since 1945 through Lutheran Living Communities.
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Help Me Choose3.8overall · 4 ratings combined
3.8★ on Google (4)
R.K. Harper
Jun 2026
Terrible place, staff is wonderful, except for office staff and whoever profits from this place profits well, if you fall in the dinning area they charge 26.00 to pick you up..thank god we were able to get our mom out of this crap hole!! And the back walk is a hazard wish I had the pics to post..
Bill Ender
Apr 2026
I'm always happy to see my friend in the Vinton Lutheran home. One of the great comforts I get is the staff that is around him each day, he talks so well of them. And as I meet them it's true. It's just a building without this staff, it is them that makes it a home❣️
Brian Reeves
Nov 2019
Great place. Enjoyed the staff and such clean facility
7 inspection visits in the last three years, 21 citations on file. Inspections are conducted by state agencies on behalf of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected May 1, 2026
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected May 1, 2026
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 Feb 5, 2026
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity K of L: immediate jeopardy, patternFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Oct 22, 2025
Use approved construction type or materials.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Apr 18, 2025
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 May 10, 2025
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Apr 18, 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 Apr 18, 2025
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected May 10, 2025
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected May 10, 2025
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 Dec 23, 2024
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jan 3, 2025
Conduct testing and exercise requirements.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected May 1, 2024
Address subsistence needs for staff and patients.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected May 25, 2024
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 May 25, 2024
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected May 22, 2024
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected May 22, 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, isolatedCorrected May 22, 2024
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected May 22, 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, isolatedCorrected May 22, 2024
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, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Oct 13, 2023
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The Vinton Lutheran Home Communities & Services offers Memory Care and Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.
The Vinton Lutheran Home Communities & Services is located at 1301 Second Avenue South in Vinton, Iowa.
Reviews for this skilled nursing facility in Vinton, Iowa are limited but generally positive, with multiple reviewers praising the caring, friendly frontline staff and clean facility. One family reported a negative experience with office staff, billing practices, and a walkway safety concern before moving their mother out.
The Vinton Lutheran Home Communities & Services had 7 government inspection visits in the last three years, with 21 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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