Westgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Community is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1995-12-13. 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 (906) 932-3867 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Westgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Community holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 60.2/100, placing it #11999 of 14703 facilities nationally and #349 of 423 in Michigan. 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 Westgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Community receives a reported average of 3 hours 51 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 41 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 29 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 42 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 25 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. Total nursing staff turnover is 51.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $59,566. 11 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 3 fine(s) totaling $59,566, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 51.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Westgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Community ranks 11999th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 60.2/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within MI, it ranks 349th out of 423 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,866 nationally and RN hours rank #5,329 nationally (#225 in MI). Our composite quality score of 60.2/100 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 Ironwood, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/michigan/ironwood/