Wentz Living Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1991-04-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (701) 754-2381 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Wentz Living Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 75.8/100, placing it #5540 of 14703 facilities nationally and #27 of 72 in North Dakota. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Wentz Living Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 41 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 3 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 11 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 28 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 46 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $13,627. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $13,627, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 22.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Wentz Living Center ranks 5540th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 75.8/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within ND, it ranks 27th out of 72 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,830 nationally and RN hours rank #1,748 nationally (#21 in ND). Our composite quality score of 75.8/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Napoleon, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_dakota/napoleon/