Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Glacier Hills
1200 Earhart Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Trinity Health (20 facilities) · 105 certified beds
Glacier Hills is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.56 hours per resident per day, above the Michigan average of 4.03. Its most recent inspection on Mar 19, 2025 cited 2 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Glacier Hills 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) | 4.56 | 4.03 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.07 | 0.77 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.90 | 2.38 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 44.4% | 46.4% | — |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 2.0 | 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.
- Every deficiency from the March 19, 2025 inspection was corrected by April 10, 2025
What inspectors found at Glacier Hills
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 19, 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 · Feb 15, 2024 · 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 15, 2024 · 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 · Feb 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 15, 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
- 1200 Earhart Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105 - CMS certification #
- 235223
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 105
- Avg residents/day
- 42.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1976-01-01
- Chain
- Trinity Health (20 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Trinity Health
Trinity Health operates 20 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Trinity Health facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Glacier Hills using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2014
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2023, 4 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 Apr 14, 2014 to Oct 15, 2014. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $29,551 owed to 70 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Glacier Hills Nursing Facility (Glacier Hills, Inc.). Case 1740854.
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.
- Nov 21, 2023: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jul 11, 2024. 4 violations cited (4 serious). Penalties: $3,500 proposed, $3,500 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Glacier Hills, INC.
Details
- Serious: Asbestos (1910.1001(j)(3)(i)). Penalty $3,500 proposed, $3,500 now. To be fixed by May 9, 2024.
- Serious: Asbestos (1910.1001(j)(3)(iii)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 9, 2024.
- Serious: Asbestos (1910.1001(j)(7)(iv)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 9, 2024.
- Serious: Cited rule 1926.1101(k)(2)(ii). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 9, 2024.
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
- University Of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor. 2.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Optalis Health and Rehabilitation of Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor. 1.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Care Home Health Agency, LLC, Ann Arbor. 2.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 48105 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Washtenaw Regional Dialysis Ctr, Ypsilanti, 1.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Univ Of Mi Dialysis - Adult, Ann Arbor, 2.3 miles away, straight line
Fmc - East Ann Arbor Home Dialysis, Ann Arbor, 2.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 20 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 48105.
Heartland Hospice (Ann Arbor), office in Ann Arbor, 4.0 miles away, straight line
Arbor Hospice, office in Ann Arbor, 5.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Beacon Hospice Of Michigan Lp, office in Canton, 10.2 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Regents Of The University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 1.4 miles away, straight line. 20 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 low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Glacier Hills a good nursing home?
CMS gives Glacier Hills an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Glacier Hills staffed?
Glacier Hills reports 4.56 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Michigan average of 4.03.
Has Glacier Hills had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.
How many beds does Glacier Hills have?
Glacier Hills is certified for 105 beds.