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Orchard Creek Skilled Nursing provides comprehensive rehabilitation and medical care in Traverse City, Michigan, helping patients regain strength and independence after surgery or illness. The team focuses on personalized recovery plans and compassionate support.
Capacity
22 residents
Location
Traverse City, MI
Status
Listed in a public registry
9731 East Cherry Bend Road, Traverse City, Michigan 49684
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on September 4, 2025, state inspectors cited 8 health deficiencies (the Michigan average is 9.9).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 5 hours 45 minutes with each resident a day, above the Michigan average of 3 hours 59 minutes.
Medicare has not fined Orchard Creek Skilled Nursing in the last three years.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 5 hours 45 minutesAbove the Michigan average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 1 hour 13 minutesAbove the Michigan average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 43% |
19 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
September 4, 2025 · Standard inspection · 8 citations
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
October 2, 2024 · Standard inspection · 1 citation
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
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State inspectors visited on September 4, 2025 and cited 8 health deficiencies. The Michigan average is 9.9.
Nurses and aides spend 5 hours 45 minutes with each resident per day, including 1 hour 13 minutes from registered nurses. 43% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Medicare's records show no fines against Orchard Creek Skilled Nursing in the last three years.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.