Federal inspection record · CMS data as of October 1, 2026
The Laurels of Sandy Creek
425 E Elm St, Wayland, MI · (269) 792-2249
- Cited for abuse (CMS abuse icon)
- Certified beds
- 99
- Residents per day
- 64
- Ownership
- For-Profit
- Chain
- Ciena Healthcare/Laurel Health Care
- Medicare / Medicaid
- Medicare + Medicaid
- Certified since
- October 1, 1976
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How this home got 3 stars
The overall rating isn't an average. CMS starts from the inspection rating and nudges it at most two steps. Here is the arithmetic for this home, using CMS's own rules.
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Health inspections
★★★★★starting point
Everything starts from what state inspectors found on site. This is a ranking against other homes in Michigan.
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Staffing
★★★★★no change
Only a 5-star staffing rating adds a star, and only a 1-star rating removes one. Ratings of 2 to 4 change nothing.
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Quality measures
★★★★★+1 star
Same rule: 5 stars adds one, 1 star takes one away. These measures are mostly reported by the home itself.
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Overall
★★★★★3 of 5
Matches the rating CMS publishes on Care Compare.
This home carries CMS's abuse icon, which caps its inspection rating at 2 stars and so its overall rating at 4.
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Where it sits among Michigan homes
The Laurels of Sandy Creek carries 100 inspection points. That is fewer than 28% of Michigan's 420 rated homes.
Inspectors' citations earn points by how serious and how widespread they were (the grid below). CMS then ranks every home in Michigan: the 10% with the fewest points get 5 stars, the 20% with the most get 1 star, and the middle 70% split evenly into 2, 3 and 4.
- 5★ 0–18 pts
- 4★ 18–46 pts
- 3★ 46–78 pts
- 2★ 78–123 pts
- 1★ over 123 pts
Bars show every rated home in Michigan by its weighted inspection score. CMS recalibrates the cut points monthly but holds a home's rating until its own score changes, so a home can sit just outside today's band.
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What inspectors found
31 health citations on record since 2023. Each one gets a letter: the row says how badly residents were affected, the column how many.
Immediate jeopardyResidents at risk of serious injury or death
Actual harmA resident was hurt
Potential for harmNo one was hurt, but could have been
Minimal harmPaperwork-level problems
Read the rows, not the total. Most citations nationwide are a D: one problem, nobody hurt. Rows G–I mean a resident was harmed; J–L mean inspectors found residents in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Small numbers in each cell are the inspection points CMS assigns per citation. Those points are what the state curve above ranks.
Harm and immediate-jeopardy citations (2)
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J
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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G
Ensure that the facility has sufficient staff members who possess the competencies and skills to meet the behavioral health needs of residents.
Everything else, by area of care
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation6D
- D
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- D
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- D
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- D
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- D
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- D
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Quality of Life and Care5E
- D
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- E
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- D
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- E
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Resident Rights5E
- D
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- D
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.
- D
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- E
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- D
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning4E
- D
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- D
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- E
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- D
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Nutrition and Dietary4F
- F
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- E
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
- E
Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance.
- C
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Infection Control3E
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- E
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Environmental2F
- F
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- E
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Inspection history
2025-05-21
16 health deficiencies · 3 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Nutrition and Dietary (4 deficiencies)
2024-05-09
5 health deficiencies · 2 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Freedom from Abuse and Neglect and Exploitation (1 deficiency)
2023-05-03
10 health deficiencies · 2 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Freedom from Abuse and Neglect and Exploitation (3 deficiencies)
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Nursing time per resident, per day
Each resident here gets about 3 h 18 min of nursing staff time a day, 38 min of it from a registered nurse.
This home
3 h 18 min
Michigan average
4 h 2 min
U.S. average
3 h 54 min
- Registered nurse
- Licensed practical nurse
- Nurse aide
Turnover: 46% of nursing staff and 64% of registered nurses left in the past year.
Reported hours from payroll data the home submits to CMS, divided by its daily resident count. Not adjusted for how sick residents are.
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Fines and payment denials
$9,113 in federal fines on record over the past three years.
| Date | Penalty | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-22 | Fine | $9,113 |
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Resident outcomes
Quality measures compared with state and national averages. Most come from assessments the home itself reports.
| Measure | This home | State | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine1.8 pts better | 97.2% | 95.4% | 93.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine2.6 pts worse | 92.9% | 95.5% | 95.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury0.6 pts worse | 3.6% | 3.0% | 3.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms4 pts better | 0.5% | 4.5% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight1.7 pts worse | 7.2% | 5.5% | 5.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication2.9 pts worse | 22.3% | 19.4% | 19.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication3.8 pts better | 10.9% | 14.7% | 15.4% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained0.1 pts better | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened9.2 pts better | 1.9% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased8.8 pts better | 1.9% | 10.7% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder0.7 pts better | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection1.3 pts worse | 2.8% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence6 pts worse | 25.4% | 19.4% | 18.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers0.3 pts better | 4.7% | 5.0% | 4.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine5.5 pts worse | 77.9% | 83.4% | 82.3% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit4.3 pts better | 7.4% | 11.7% | 11.8% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication1.1 pts better | 0.0% | 1.1% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine9.5 pts worse | 72.0% | 81.5% | 80.1% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission17.7 pts worse | 41.6% | 23.9% | 23.4% |
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Who owns and runs it
7 owners and managers reported to CMS. The last column counts how many nursing homes each one is tied to.
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| Name | Role | Share | Homes |
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| Barnosky, Susan | Contracted Managing Employee · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Ciena Healthcare Management Inc | Operational/Managerial Control · Organization | 0% | 51 facilities |
| Khan, Anis | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 66 facilities |
| Laurel Health Care Holdings, Inc. | Operational/Managerial Control · Organization | 0% | 8 facilities |
| Qazi, Mohammad | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 66 facilities |
| Qazi, Mohammad | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 66 facilities |
| Stobb, David | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 26 facilities |
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Fire safety
7 life-safety citations (sprinklers, exits, alarms). These don't count toward the star rating.
Smoke3E
- E
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- D
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- E
Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
Egress1E
- E
Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.
Miscellaneous1F
- F
To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems1F
- F
Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.
Services1E
- E
Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.
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