Countryside Care & Rehabilitation
1224 Eighth Street, Rupert, ID 83350 · Minidoka County · 36 certified beds · avg 28 residents/day · certified since Dec 1, 1976
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★★☆☆3/5 · CMS overall rating: 3/5
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and self-reported quality measures.
All citations in the current public record (19)
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2025 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. |
| Sep 10, 2025 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not dispose of garbage and refuse properly. |
| Sep 10, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not honor residents' rights to request, refuse, or stop treatment, to decline participation in medical research, or to make an advance directive — a written statement of their wishes for future medical care. |
| Sep 10, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not give residents proper notice about what Medicare or Medicaid covers, or about charges the resident might owe for services that aren't covered. |
| Sep 10, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. |
| Sep 10, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it. |
| Sep 10, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility used bed rails without first trying safer alternatives, or without assessing the resident's safety risk, discussing the risks and benefits with the resident or family, getting consent, and installing the rails correctly. |
| Sep 10, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide pharmacy services that meet each resident's needs, or did not employ or contract with a licensed pharmacist. |
| Sep 19, 2024 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · from a complaint |
| Sep 19, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not respond appropriately to alleged violations, such as reports of abuse, neglect, or mistreatment. Facilities must investigate every allegation and protect residents while they do. · from a complaint |
| Sep 19, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility provided care that did not meet professional standards of quality — the accepted standards that nurses and other clinicians are expected to follow. · from a complaint |
| Sep 19, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility used bed rails without first trying safer alternatives, or without assessing the resident's safety risk, discussing the risks and benefits with the resident or family, getting consent, and installing the rails correctly. · from a complaint |
| Jan 24, 2020 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. |
| Jan 24, 2020 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not honor residents' rights to request, refuse, or stop treatment, to decline participation in medical research, or to make an advance directive — a written statement of their wishes for future medical care. |
| Jan 24, 2020 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not try to gradually reduce doses of mood- and mind-altering medications or use non-drug approaches first, as required, or used 'as needed' psychiatric drugs without proper limits. |
| Jan 24, 2020 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not give the resident or their representative written notice of how long it would hold the resident's bed during a hospital stay or approved leave. |
| Jan 24, 2020 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. |
| Jan 24, 2020 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. |
| Jan 24, 2020 | C · Minimal risk, facility-wide | The facility did not post its nurse staffing information every day. Nursing homes must publicly display how many nurses and aides are on duty each day. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections increased between the last two inspection cycles (4 → 8).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | F |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | F |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | F |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
No fines or payment denials in the published 3-year window.
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
| Measure | This facility | Idaho avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 5.95 | 4.03 | 3.95 | top 9% in Idaho; top 4% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.98 | 0.87 | 0.69 | top 28% in Idaho; top 16% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 5.30 | 3.48 | 3.50 | top 6% in Idaho; top 4% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.63 | 0.56 | 0.48 | top 30% in Idaho; top 21% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 97.9 | 50.3 | 45.8 | bottom 1% in Idaho; bottom 1% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 87.5 | 41.0 | 42.9 | bottom 1% in Idaho; bottom 3% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day, case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 5.66, RN 0.94, weekend 5.05. Staffing rating: 4/5.
Self-reported quality measures
Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.
Quality measures rating: 2/5 · long-stay residents: 2/5 · short-stay residents: —/5
Who owns this facility
Government - County
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of Minidoka | Organization | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 07/01/1978 |
| Bailey, Joshua | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/01/2025 |
| Bean, Becky | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/03/2025 |
| Blanchard, Lacey | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/01/2025 |
| Blanchard, Lacey | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/01/2025 |
| County of Minidoka | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/01/1969 |
| Kapple, Nathan | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/01/2025 |
| Legel, Tom | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 12/01/2025 |
| Miller, Rhett | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/01/2025 |
| Molina, David | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/01/2025 |
| Percell, Justin | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/01/2025 |
| Poteet, Felicia | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/01/2025 |
| Steel, Tyson | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2025 |
| Steel, Tyson | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2025 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "What did your most recent kitchen inspection find, and can I see how food is stored and prepared?"
- "Can I see where garbage is stored and how often it's removed?"
- "How do you record and honor each resident's treatment wishes and advance directives, and how do staff know about them?"
- "Before any service that isn't covered by Medicare or Medicaid, how will you notify us and get our agreement?"
- "How do you make sure each resident's care follows the doctor's orders, and what changed after this citation?"
- "How many residents here use oxygen or breathing equipment, and who checks that equipment each shift?"
- "What alternatives do you try before using bed rails, and how do you involve families in that decision?"
- "How does your pharmacist review residents' medications, and how quickly can you fill new or urgent prescriptions?"
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"
Nearby facilities (within 20 miles)
| Facility | Distance | City | Overall | Inspection | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mini-Cassia Care Center | 8.6 mi | Burley, ID | ★★☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Parke View Rehabilitation & Care Center | 9.0 mi | Burley, ID | ★★★★★ | 4/5 |
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 135064.