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The Suites At Western Home Communities

5301 CARAWAY LANE, CEDAR FALLS, IA, 50613

(319) 277-2141

72 licensed beds

★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall5/5 health inspections5/5 staffing4/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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5301 Caraway Lane

Cedar Falls, IA 50613

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Bed capacity

CMS facility ID

165622

Care type

Nursing home

County

Black Hawk

Facility name

The Suites At Western Home Communities

Street address

5301 CARAWAY LANE

City / state / ZIP

Cedar Falls, IA 50613

Phone

(319) 277-2141

About this facility — The Suites At Western Home Communities

The Suites At Western Home Communities is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It is licensed for 72 beds — above the median for skilled nursing facilities in Iowa (57 beds).

It is one of 13 senior care facilities in Cedar Falls and 389 skilled nursing facilities across Iowa. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited The Suites At Western Home Communities 18 times across 6 inspections in the last three years, including 2 food-safety citations; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company

Western Home Communities

Ownership type

Non profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Ager, Wendy

Additional disclosable party — since 2022

Ames, Trenton

Operational control — since 2021

Brighton Consulting Group Llc

Additional disclosable party — since 2024

Brockelsby, Sheri

Officer — since 2018

Cliftonlarsonallen Llp

Additional disclosable party — since 2021

Dreyer, Cheryl

Operational control — since 2021

Evans, Angela

Additional disclosable party — since 2022

First Interstate Bank

Mortgage holder — since 2025

Fox, Larry

Operational control — since 2022

Frankhauser, Richard

Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2014

Garcia, Jenny

Operational control — since 2023

Gibbs, Stacy

Operational control — since 2018

Grape Tree Medical Staffing Llc

Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Hansen, Kris

Officer · Owner of a disclosable party · Additional disclosable party — since 2009

Harris, Jerry

Additional disclosable party — since 2022

Helping Hands Healthcare Solutions

Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Lotus Above & Beyond Healthcare Staffing Llc

Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Mccormick, Darrell

Additional disclosable party — since 2022

Morse, Andrew

Operational control — since 2021

O'leary, Patrick

Additional disclosable party — since 2022

Reliant Care Pharmacy Services Llc

Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Sannes, Aaron

Director — since 2025

Schroeder, Heather

Director — since 2025

Sugar Creek Health Management Llc

Additional disclosable party — since 2022

Susong, Katherine

Director — since 2025

Tech of Ages Llc

Additional disclosable party — since 2025

Tjaden, Tabitha

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2019

Western Home Services Inc

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2022

Regulatory standing

Licensed / certified since

2018-06-21

CMS overall rating

5 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

1 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2026-03-26

Nurse staffing

4.6 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$605 per day (≈ $18,390/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

9% Medicaid · 4% Medicare · 87% private/other

Occupancy

84% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

77% above the IA median of $342/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 2 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2026-03-26Health inspection1 citation

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2026-04-07

2025-02-06Health inspection3 citations

F-0637

D · No harm found

Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition

Corrected 2025-02-20

F-0641

D · No harm found

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

Corrected 2025-02-20

F-0658

D · No harm found

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Corrected 2025-02-20

3 earlier / fire-safety inspections (14 citations)

2024-02-29Health inspection7 citations

F-0657

D · No harm found

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

Corrected 2024-03-29

F-0658

D · No harm found

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Corrected 2024-03-29

F-0688

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

Corrected 2024-03-29

F-0695

D · No harm found

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Corrected 2024-03-29

F-0725

D · No harm found

Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.

Corrected 2024-03-29

F-0805

E · No harm foundFood safety

Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.

Corrected 2024-03-29

F-0812

E · No harm foundFood safety

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

Corrected 2024-03-29

2025-02-06Fire-safety inspection3 citations

K-0363

D · No harm found

Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.

Corrected 2025-02-13

K-0712

F · No harm found

Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.

Corrected 2025-02-13

K-0920

D · No harm found

Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Corrected 2025-02-19

2024-02-29Fire-safety inspection4 citations

K-0223

F · No harm found

Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.

Corrected 2024-03-06

K-0321

E · No harm found

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

Corrected 2024-03-14

K-0345

F · No harm found

Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.

Corrected 2024-03-22

K-0353

F · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2024-03-06

Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 165622.

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Original records

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Source

CMS Nursing Home Compare

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Last verified 2026-08-31

Source

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