Skilled nursing
Bethany Life
212 Lafayette St, Story City, IA, 50248
The facts
- Monthly cost
- Price on request
- Medicaid
- Accepted
- Memory care
- Not known yet
- Beds open
- Not known yet
- Type of care
- Skilled nursing
- Assisted Living Program
- Not known yet
- Licensed beds
- 126
- Medicare overall rating
- 1 of 5
- Private pay
- Not known yet
- Waitlist
- Not known yet
- Who answers
- Not known yet
- Languages
- Not known yet
- Tours
- Not known yet
3 of 9 facts known. “Not known yet” means we do not know yet, not no.
From Medicare Care Compare, updated October 1, 2026. CarePair has not reviewed this listing, and listed does not mean recommended. Prices and acceptance are what the community has told us or published.
Check the record
Before you tour, read Medicare’s file.
- Every state keeps its own inspection file for nursing homes and assisted living; the state health department’s website has it, and Medicare’s record below carries the federal inspections.
- A problem inside a nursing home or adult care facility: Long Term Care Ombudsman, 1-855-582-6769. Free, confidential advocates for residents. New York State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program.
- An inspection record shows what state surveyors found on the days they visited and whether it was fixed; it cannot tell you what a Tuesday night feels like, so read it alongside a tour.
Medicare’s ratings
- Overall
- 1 of 5
- Health inspection
- 1 of 5
- Staffing
- 4 of 5
- Quality measures
- 3 of 5
- Last standard inspection
- March 5, 2026, 14 deficiencies
- Fines
- 2 fines, $52,329 in all
- Medicare payment denials
- 1
- Certified beds
- 126, about 109 residents a day
- Ownership
- Non profit, other
- Chain
- Independent
From Medicare's Care Compare, published October 1, 2026. Ratings compare nursing homes with each other; they are not a grade, and they cannot tell you what a Tuesday night feels like. Read the full record for Bethany Life on Care Compare (opens another site).
Communities nearby
- Accura Healthcare of Ames LLCSkilled nursing, Ames9 miles
- Northridge VillageSkilled nursing, Ames9 miles
The closest communities within 10 miles of this address, by straight line. Listed does not mean recommended.
Questions families ask about Bethany Life
- How much does Bethany Life cost a month?
- Not known yet. Bethany Life has not published a monthly price or told us one. In Western New York, assisted living usually runs from about four to eight thousand dollars a month; memory care and skilled nursing run higher. Ask on the tour and confirm before you decide.
- What is included in the daily rate at Bethany Life?
- Not known yet. Bethany Life has not told us what its daily rate includes. Ask what is billed on top: therapy after coverage ends, supplies, transportation, a private room, and a bed hold during a hospital stay.
- Does Bethany Life take Medicaid for long-term care?
- Bethany Life accepts Medicaid, as the community has told us or the state directory shows. Ask whether a resident can stay in the same bed while an application is pending.
- Does Bethany Life have a secured unit for dementia?
- Not known yet. Bethany Life has not told us whether it has a secured memory care unit. Ask whether the doors are secured, what dementia training staff get, and what would mean a move.
- How does applying to Bethany Life through CarePair work?
- Create a free account, build one application, and send it to Bethany Life and any other communities you pick. It is checked against each community's own admission rules before it goes. A community on CarePair answers within 72 business hours; one that is not on CarePair yet is told your application is waiting, and it opens for them when they join. Free for families, always.