Lakeside Lutheran Home
A nursing home in Emmetsburg, Iowa 50536
301 North Lawler Street, Emmetsburg, Iowa 50536. (712) 852-4060.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 4of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 2 health citations at the latest inspection cycle Iowa average: 6.6
- 4.00 nurse hours per resident per day Iowa average: 3.86
- 0 fines in the last three years
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean7
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Scope and severity (A to L)
- CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
- Nurse staffing hours
- The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
- Fines and payment denials
- A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
2 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The Iowa average is 6.6.
Last standard inspection Feb 26, 2026.
Most serious in three years: actual harm (G), at a standard and complaint inspection on Jan 23, 2025
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
22 citations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: actual harm (G). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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All 22 citations in the last three years
Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7)., from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 11 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Feb 26, 2026: standard inspection2 citations
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Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident’s ability to function.
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Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
May 22, 2025: complaint inspection5 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
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Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Jan 23, 2025: standard inspection3 citations
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Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
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Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
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Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Jan 23, 2025: standard and complaint inspection5 citations
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
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Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Feb 15, 2024: standard inspection6 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
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Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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Regularly inspect all bed frames, mattresses, and bed rails (if any) for safety; and all bed rails and mattresses must attach safely to the bed frame.
Feb 15, 2024: standard and complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Nov 6, 2003.
- Not on CMS’s special focus list.
- No abuse icon from CMS.
- No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
- CMS lists its ownership as non profit, corporation.
- 55 certified beds.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been fined or penalized?
- No fines in the last three years.
- 1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
- 11 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2025 | Medicare payment denial |
Who does the caring?
4.00 nurse hours per resident per day
The Iowa average is 3.86.
CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | This home | Iowa average |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse hours per resident per day | 4.00 | 3.86 |
| Of which registered nurses | 0.75 | 0.74 |
| At weekends | 3.59 | 3.38 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 28.2% | 44.1% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 16.7% | 42.1% |
| Administrators who left | 0 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- Iowa Trust & Savings Bank owns 50% directly since Oct 23, 2013.
- Lakeside Lutheran Home runs it.
- 49 owners or officers are people: Joan Barber (corporate officer, 12.5%); Joan Barber (corporate director, 12.5%); Frederick P Morlock (corporate director, 12.5%); Larry Sonsken (corporate director, 12.5%); Frank E Veltri (corporate director, 11%); John A Wolf (corporate director); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Edwin J Burdof (corporate director); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Jesus Lara (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Frank E Veltri (corporate officer); Kathy K Merrill (corporate director); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Mark Evans (corporate director); William Kinnetz (corporate officer); Lisa L Mcewen (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Jeri R Bodle (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Steven Hoyman (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Katelyn E Jenkins (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Larry Sonsken (corporate officer); Gregory Hoyman (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Hallie E Anderson (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Hallie E Anderson (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Thomas J Getta (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Thomas J Getta (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Heather L Weir (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Shawn Erickson-Welter (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Lutheran Home | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | 100% | Jul 1, 1968 |
| Iowa Trust & Savings Bank | Owns 5% or more directly | 50% | Oct 23, 2013 |
| Iowa Trust & Savings Bank | Holds 5% or more of the mortgage | 9% | Oct 23, 2013 |
| Blue Stone Therapy Inc. | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Dec 1, 2015 | |
| Visual Edge It Inc. | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Nov 9, 2015 | |
| Cattail Inc. | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| BCG Holdings Inc. | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| Iowa Health Care Association | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| Hughes Pharmacy Services Inc. | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Jan 31, 2012 | |
| Ecsi Inc. | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| Cattail Bcg LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| Winther Stave & Co LLP | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Oct 17, 2012 | |
| Brighton Consulting Group LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Oct 1, 2024 |
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 2 of 5 (Iowa average 3.4).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 |
| Staffing | 5 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 2 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 23.9 miles, this one had the 8th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (2; the middle value was 4.5).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Lutheran Home This nursing home | 2 | |
| Palo Alto County Hospital | 0.4 | 1 |
| Emmetsburg Care Center | 1.1 | 16 |
| Ruthven Community Care Center | 11.0 | 2 |
| West Bend Health and Rehabilitation | 16.2 | 2 |
| Laurens Care Center | 20.7 | 6 |
| Estherville Community Care Center | 20.8 | 8 |
| Good Samaritan - Estherville | 21.2 | 6 |
| Valley Vue Care Center | 21.6 | 2 |
| St Luke Lutheran Nursing Home | 22.4 | 9 |
| Good Samaritan - Algona | 22.6 | 3 |
| Spencer Post Acute Rehabilitation Center | 23.9 | 16 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
- Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
- CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
- Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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