Nursing home report
Sterling, MI · Medicare-certified · 39 beds
Medilodge of Sterling (Sterling, MI) has an overall 5 out of 5 stars, with 4-star health inspections and 5-star staffing and quality measures. It reports 4.60 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, above the 4.1 federal benchmark, and had $0 in fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
4.5983 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.5983.
Hours per resident per day.
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited August 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: F
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited August 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited September 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure meals and menus were planned, updated, and followed to meet residents’ nutritional needs. Cited August 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 803 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited September 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
