Wellspring Lutheran Services: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Wellspring Lutheran Services is a 83-bed nonprofit nursing home in Frankenmuth, Michigan. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.66 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 14% above the Michigan average of 2.33, and 47.7% nursing staff turnover (Michigan average 44.1%).
Wellspring Lutheran Services
725 West GeneseeFrankenmuth, MI 48734
Saginaw 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 Wellspring Lutheran Services, nurse aides logged 2.66 hours per resident per day, 14% above the Michigan average. With about 49 residents a day, that works out to roughly 131 aide hours a day, or about 16 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) | 2.66 | 2.33 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.64 | 0.88 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.66 | 0.78 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.96 | 3.99 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.69 | 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
47.7% of nursing staff at Wellspring Lutheran Services left over the year CMS measured, against a Michigan average of 44.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 30.8%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 14, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 11 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. Wellspring Lutheran Services holds 3 of 5 overall; the Michigan average is 3.1.
About Wellspring Lutheran Services
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Lutheran Homes of Michigan, Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 1, 1976
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Wellspring Lutheran Services
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Medilodge of Frankenmuth Frankenmuth | 0.2 | 105 | 2.10 | 3.87 | 58.0% | 2 | None |
| Avista Nursing and Rehabilitation Saginaw | 8.1 | 96 | 2.36 | 3.90 | 46.8% | 3 | None |
| Maple Woods Manor Clio · abuse citation | 9.6 | 151 | 2.56 | 3.88 | 43.5% | 2 | $58,583 |
| Medilodge of Montrose Inc Montrose · abuse citation | 12.5 | 121 | 2.57 | 4.20 | 60.0% | 1 | $119,637 |
| Hoyt Nursing & Rehab Centre Saginaw | 12.9 | 128 | 2.44 | 3.88 | 42.9% | 3 | $30,740 |
| Adira Nursing and Rehabilitation Saginaw | 13.9 | 92 | 2.55 | 3.97 | 61.8% | 2 | $34,100 |
| Saginaw Senior Care and Rehabilitation Center, LLC Saginaw | 14.6 | 71 | 2.24 | 3.61 | 47.3% | 4 | $68,083 |
| Great Lakes Rehabilitation Center Saginaw | 16.1 | 55 | 2.56 | 4.42 | — | 2 | $21,244 |
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.