Nursing home
Applewood Nursing Center
18500 Van Horn Rd, Woodhaven, MI 48183 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Symphony Care Network (7 facilities) · 150 certified beds
Applewood Nursing Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Woodhaven, Michigan. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.45 hours per resident per day, below the Michigan average of 4.03. Its most recent inspection on Apr 17, 2025 cited 8 deficiencies.
- 3 fines totaling $73,216In CMS records: 4 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Applewood Nursing Center compares
This facility vs. the Michigan and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Michigan avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.45 | 4.03 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.33 | 0.77 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.02 | 2.38 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 39.0% | 44.4% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 8.0 | 9.8 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
Penalties in CMS records: 3 fines totaling $73,216, 4 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Applewood Nursing Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Apr 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Apr 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Feb 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 18500 Van Horn Rd
Woodhaven, MI 48183 - CMS certification #
- 235375
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 150
- Avg residents/day
- 140.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1978-07-17
- Chain
- Symphony Care Network (7 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Symphony Care Network
Symphony Care Network operates 7 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Symphony Care Network facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Applewood Nursing Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2020
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2022, 10 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for May 10, 2020 to Jun 5, 2020. Violations found: Minimum wage, Overtime. Back wages: $385 owed to 3 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Applewood Nursing Center (Symphony Post Acute Network). Case 1912695.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Jul 12, 2022: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jan 19, 2023. 10 violations cited (6 serious, 4 other). Penalties: $8,100 proposed, $4,050 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Applewood Nursing Center INC. DBA Symphony Applewood.
Details
- Serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(e)(1)). Penalty $3,200 proposed, $1,600 now. To be fixed by Nov 7, 2022.
- Serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(h)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 7, 2022.
- Serious: Cited rule 325.47201(3). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 7, 2022.
- Serious: Cited rule 325.70004(B). Penalty $4,000 proposed, $2,000 now. To be fixed by Nov 7, 2022.
- Serious: Cited rule 325.70016(2). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 7, 2022.
- Serious: Cited rule 325.70016(5). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 7, 2022.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 325.70015(2). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 7, 2022.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 325.70015(6). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 7, 2022.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 325.70015(11)(A). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 7, 2022.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 408.22129(1). Penalty $900 proposed, $450 now. To be fixed by Nov 7, 2022.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Corewell Health Trenton Hospital, Trenton. 0.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Aberdeen Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center, Trenton. 0.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Complete Home Health Care, LLC, Brownstown Twp.. 2.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- West Grange Pharmacy. 1.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 48183 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Riverview Dialysis, Riverview, 3.7 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Southgate Dialysis, Southgate, 6.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Dialysis Care Center Taylor, LLC., Taylor, 6.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 36 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 48183.
Superior Care Hospice, Inc, office in Brownstown, 2.7 miles away, straight line
Heart To Heart Hospice Of Southgate, LLC, office in Southgate, 5.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Axiom Hospice, LLC, office in Southgate, 6.3 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Oakwood Ambulatory LLC, Dearborn. 11.4 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding very low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Applewood Nursing Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Applewood Nursing Center an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Applewood Nursing Center staffed?
Applewood Nursing Center reports 3.45 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Michigan average of 4.03.
Has Applewood Nursing Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 8 deficiencies.
How many beds does Applewood Nursing Center have?
Applewood Nursing Center is certified for 150 beds.