Shell Lake Health Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Shell Lake Health Care Center is a 50-bed for-profit nursing home in Shell Lake, Wisconsin. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.25 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 13% below the Wisconsin average of 2.58, and 48.9% nursing staff turnover (Wisconsin average 46.9%).
Shell Lake Health Care Center
802 E Cty Hwy BShell Lake, WI 54871
Washburn 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 Shell Lake Health Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.25 hours per resident per day, 13% below the Wisconsin average. With about 42 residents a day, that works out to roughly 94 aide hours a day, or about 12 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Wisconsin avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.25 | 2.58 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.76 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.61 | 0.99 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.62 | 4.21 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.27 | 3.77 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
48.9% of nursing staff at Shell Lake Health Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Wisconsin average of 46.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 16.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 10, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (Wisconsin average 9.5). 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. Shell Lake Health Care Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the Wisconsin average is 3.0.
About Shell Lake Health Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Shell Lake SNF LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 1, 1994
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Shell Lake Health Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Dove Healthcare - Spooner Spooner | 10.9 | 50 | 3.02 | 4.63 | 71.4% | 2 | None |
| Care and Rehab - Cumberland Cumberland | 16.3 | 50 | 3.08 | 4.56 | 33.3% | 3 | None |
| Frederic Nursing and Rehab Community Frederic | 19.2 | 60 | 2.09 | 3.14 | 51.0% | 3 | None |
| United Pioneer Home Luck | 22.4 | 50 | 3.42 | 4.87 | 45.0% | 4 | None |
| Dove Healthcare - Rice Lake Rice Lake | 24.1 | 50 | 3.05 | 4.48 | — | 5 | None |
| Heritage Lakeside Rice Lake · abuse citation | 24.9 | 50 | 3.08 | 5.18 | — | 1 | $115,181 |
| Barron Care and Rehabilitation Barron · staffing data not validated | 27.3 | 50 | — | — | 42.1% | 1 | None |
| Burnett Medical Center Grantsburg | 28.1 | 50 | 3.04 | 5.45 | 51.4% | 3 | 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.