Skilled nursing facility · CMS certified · CCN 165460

Karen Acres Care Center

3605 Elm Drive, Urbandale, IA 50322 · Polk County · one of 388 skilled nursing facilities in Iowa

certified beds

5 / 5

overall rating

For-profit

ownership type

over 85%

occupancy band

1.30

case mix, 0.92x the Iowa average

Quality and staffing

CMS Care Compare · Jul 2026

Overall rating5 / 5 · state 3.1

Health inspection4 / 5 · state 2.9

Staffing4 / 5 · state 3.5

RN hours per resident per day0.73 · state 0.73

Overall rating, last 8 quarters

up 1 star over the 8 quarters shown

Surveys and enforcement

public record

Jun 2025

last standard survey

deficiencies cited · Iowa avg 9.1

fines, last 3 years

part of a chain

Medicaid in Iowa

state rate files

$306

median daily rate across the Iowa buildings in our rate book, Jan 2026 file

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Polk County

buildingbedsoverallChildserve Habilitation Center745 / 5Deerfield Health Care Center305 / 5Karen Acres Care Center355 / 5Mill-pond605 / 5On With Life285 / 5On With Life Long Term Care405 / 5Prairie Vista Village465 / 5Scottish Rite Park Inc515 / 5

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Iowa at a glance

388

buildings

25,198

licensed beds

80%

occupancy

54%

for-profit

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The neighborhood

Nearby skilled nursing

buildingbedsoveralloccupancyRoyal Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation CenterUrbandale · 1.2 mi1151 / 570-85%Pine Acres Rehabilitation and Care CenterWest Des Moines · 2.5 mi140under 70%Calvin CommunityDes Moines · 2.6 mi594 / 5over 85%Childserve Habilitation CenterJohnston · 2.7 mi745 / 5over 85%Walnut RidgeClive · 2.9 mi605 / 570-85%Bishop Drumm Retirement CenterJohnston · 3.1 mi1501 / 570-85%

Public record only, the map and the list carry the same facts, and neither names an owner.