Nursing home
Wellspring Lutheran Services
725 West Genesee, Frankenmuth, MI 48734 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 83 certified beds
Wellspring Lutheran Services is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Frankenmuth, Michigan. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.38 hours per resident per day, above the Michigan average of 4.03. Its most recent inspection on Aug 14, 2025 cited 11 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Wellspring Lutheran Services 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) | 4.38 | 4.03 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.66 | 0.77 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.82 | 2.38 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 56.1% | 44.4% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.5 | above 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 August 14, 2025 inspection was corrected by September 23, 2025
What inspectors found at Wellspring Lutheran Services
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
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Aug 14, 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 · Aug 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 14, 2025 · 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 · Aug 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Aug 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for 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 · Aug 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 14, 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 · Jul 25, 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
- 725 West Genesee
Frankenmuth, MI 48734 - CMS certification #
- 235269
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 83
- Avg residents/day
- 48.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1976-03-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, works with hospice
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2018, 2 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Wellspring Lutheran Services says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Jan 10, 2018: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed Mar 8, 2018. 2 violations cited (2 other). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Lutheran Homes of Michigan, INC DBA Wellspring Lutheran Services Frankenmuth.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 325.70004(B). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 23, 2018.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 325.47201(3). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 23, 2018.
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
- Mymichigan Medical Center Saginaw, Saginaw. 11.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Medilodge of Frankenmuth, Frankenmuth. 0.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Covenant At Home, Saginaw. 12.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 48734 as small town (small town core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Colmare Dialysis, Bridgeport, 6.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Saginaw Dialysis, Saginaw, 11.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Bay Area Regl Dialysis Ctr - Saginaw Riverside, Saginaw, 12.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 25 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 48734.
Wellspring Lutheran Services, office in Frankenmuth, 0.4 miles away, straight line
Covenant At Home, office in Saginaw, 12.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Harmony Home Health And Hospice Care, office in Saginaw, 14.4 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals Inc, Saginaw. 12.3 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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 moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively high, 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wellspring Lutheran Services a good nursing home?
CMS gives Wellspring Lutheran Services an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Wellspring Lutheran Services staffed?
Wellspring Lutheran Services reports 4.38 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Michigan average of 4.03.
Has Wellspring Lutheran Services had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 11 deficiencies.
How many beds does Wellspring Lutheran Services have?
Wellspring Lutheran Services is certified for 83 beds.