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Huron Woods Nursing Center has a middle-range Medicare overall rating. Strengths include warm, attentive nursing and care staff. Some reviewers note concerns about chronic understaffing leading to delayed care (mentioned by 3 reviewers). Review the health-inspection, staffing, and quality-measure components separately, then visit in person.
Huron Woods Nursing Center receives high praise for its attentive, compassionate staff and consistently clean, odor-free environment. However, some families report significant concerns regarding chronic understaffing, which can lead to delays in basic hygiene and patient care, as well as limitations regarding room size and privacy for residents in shared accommodations.
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Key Review Excerpts
“Mostly really awesome staff. Very clean and rarely any odors. Lovely courtyard.”
“The staff us ABSOLUTELY ATTENTIVE to My ex husband and his family,! Daily snacks, coffee, water, fresh baked goods,! Thank you Huron Woods We appreciate you all!”
“Some of the aides are Amazing! But they are so under staffed. My sweet Mama was here for a few weeks of HELL!!!!!!!!!! Waiting over a day for a shower. She had an accident in her pants & waiting hours to be changed.”
Both RN and total nursing hours are below the EveryPlace reference benchmarks. Ask the facility how it staffs each shift for current resident needs.
Reference benchmarks (0.75 RN and 4.1 total nursing hours per resident/day) are comparison targets, not current federal minimum requirements.
Resident outcomes compared with national, state, and local averages · 17 measures
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Residents with depression symptoms
Highly dependent on how each facility screens and codes depressive symptoms, so it varies widely between facilities.
Residents on anti-anxiety or sleep medication
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents vaccinated for pneumonia
Residents vaccinated for the flu
Short-stay residents vaccinated for pneumonia
Short-stay residents vaccinated for the flu
Short-stay residents newly given antipsychotics
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Detailed Medicare record · up to 3-year lookback
Families filed complaints that triggered inspections revealing recurring safety hazards and inadequate supervision, with accident prevention issues appearing across multiple surveys from 2022 to 2025. The facility shows persistent problems with medication management, safety oversight, and infection control that continue to resurface despite reported corrections. While all deficiencies show correction dates, the pattern of repeated violations in critical care areas suggests ongoing challenges with sustaining improvements.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Emergency Preparedness Deficiencies
List the names and contact information of those in the facility.
Emergency Preparedness Deficiencies
Conduct testing and exercise requirements.
Egress Deficiencies
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
Smoke Deficiencies
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
Smoke Deficiencies
Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.
Smoke Deficiencies
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
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
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate foot care.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Smoke Deficiencies
Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems Deficiencies
Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems Deficiencies
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems Deficiencies
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Emergency Preparedness Deficiencies
Implement emergency and standby power systems.
Smoke Deficiencies
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
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.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
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
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Huron Woods Nursing Center
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The Peplinski Group
10 facilities nationwide
Chain avg rating: 2.5/5 · Rank 2 of 10
Owners
Ackerman, Amy
Owner (parent company)
Ackerman, Ricky
Owner (parent company)
Baumgarten, Michael
Owner (parent company)
Baumgarten, Therese
Owner (parent company)
Peplinski, Sheli
Owner (parent company)
Peplinski, Todd
Owner (parent company)
Schade, Jeffery
Owner (parent company)
Schade, Tamara
Owner (parent company)
Thompson, Brian
Owner (parent company)
Thompson, Shelly
Owner (parent company)
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