Shirley Chapman Sholom Home East is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1987-02-01. 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 (651) 328-2008 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Shirley Chapman Sholom Home East 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 (3★), Staffing (5★), 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 80.8/100, placing it #3330 of 14703 facilities nationally and #69 of 338 in Minnesota. 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 Shirley Chapman Sholom Home East receives a reported average of 5 hours 15 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 19 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 11 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 46 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 42 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 30.3%. 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 $13,039. 20 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $13,039, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 41.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Shirley Chapman Sholom Home East ranks 3330th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 80.8/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within MN, it ranks 69th out of 338 nursing homes. In Saint Paul, it ranks 3rd out of 17 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #863 nationally and RN hours rank #844 nationally (#60 in MN). Our composite quality score of 80.8/100 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 Saint Paul, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/minnesota/saint-paul/