Apple Rehab Shelton Lakes: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Apple Rehab Shelton Lakes is a 106-bed for-profit nursing home in Shelton, Connecticut, part of Apple Rehab. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.12 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% below the Connecticut average of 2.22, and 34.4% nursing staff turnover (Connecticut average 37.4%).
Apple Rehab Shelton Lakes
5 Lake RoadShelton, CT 06484
Greater Bridgeport County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Apple Rehab Shelton Lakes, nurse aides logged 2.12 hours per resident per day, 5% below the Connecticut average. With about 100 residents a day, that works out to roughly 212 aide hours a day, or about 26 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Connecticut avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.12 | 2.22 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.87 | 0.82 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.54 | 0.69 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.53 | 3.73 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.26 | 3.37 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
34.4% of nursing staff at Apple Rehab Shelton Lakes left over the year CMS measured, against a Connecticut average of 37.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 47.4%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 9, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 11 health deficiencies (Connecticut average 13.4). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Apple Rehab Shelton Lakes holds 2 of 5 overall; the Connecticut average is 3.0.
About Apple Rehab Shelton Lakes
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Apple Rehab, 20 homes
- Legal name: Shelton Lakes Health Care Center Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 17, 1982
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Apple Rehab Shelton Lakes
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Hewitt Health & Rehabilitation Center, Inc Shelton | 1.2 | 206 | 2.09 | 3.25 | 40.2% | 2 | $8,018 |
| Gardner Heights Health Care Center, Inc Shelton | 2.2 | 124 | 2.04 | 3.13 | 34.4% | 2 | $7,446 |
| Masonicare at Bishop Wicke Health & Rehabilitation Shelton | 2.4 | 120 | 2.84 | 4.47 | 35.5% | 3 | $8,018 |
| Lord Chamberlain Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Stratford | 4.6 | 190 | 2.20 | 3.53 | 25.7% | 2 | $7,443 |
| Lord Chamberlain Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Ce Stratford | 4.6 | 60 | 2.57 | 5.54 | 43.0% | 1 | $14,069 |
| Civita Care Center at West River Milford | 6.5 | 120 | 1.91 | 3.61 | 30.6% | 4 | None |
| Shady Knoll Center for Health & Rehabilitation Seymour | 6.7 | 128 | 2.10 | 3.38 | 23.4% | 2 | None |
| Orange Health Care Center Orange | 6.8 | 60 | 2.47 | 3.90 | 20.5% | 5 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.