Mackinac Straits Long Term Care Unit: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Mackinac Straits Long Term Care Unit is a 48-bed nonprofit nursing home in St. Ignace, Michigan. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.88 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 24% above the Michigan average of 2.33, and 23.3% nursing staff turnover (Michigan average 44.1%).
Mackinac Straits Long Term Care Unit
1140 North State StreetSt. Ignace, MI 49781
Mackinac 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 Mackinac Straits Long Term Care Unit, nurse aides logged 2.88 hours per resident per day, 24% above the Michigan average. With about 48 residents a day, that works out to roughly 137 aide hours a day, or about 17 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 7% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Michigan avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.88 | 2.33 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.42 | 0.88 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.97 | 0.78 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.27 | 3.99 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.99 | 3.50 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
23.3% of nursing staff at Mackinac Straits Long Term Care Unit left over the year CMS measured, against a Michigan average of 44.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 36.4%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 29, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 7 health deficiencies (Michigan average 10.1). 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. Mackinac Straits Long Term Care Unit holds 5 of 5 overall; the Michigan average is 3.1.
About Mackinac Straits Long Term Care Unit
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Legal name: Mackinac Straits Health System Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
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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.