Nursing Home Comparison: Aperion Care Lakeshore vs. Birchwood Plaza

The facility Birchwood Plaza holds the edge in overall quality, scoring 4 CMS Stars compared to Aperion Care Lakeshore's 1 CMS Stars. In the TCI Star Rating (a proprietary measure), **Birchwood Plaza** scores **4 Stars** compared to Aperion Care Lakeshore's 2 Stars. When reviewing the core nursing resources, Aperion Care Lakeshore reports a higher licensed nursing staff ratio, providing 1.09 hours of licensed nurse care per resident day (National Average is 1.4 hours). Aperion Care Lakeshore is part of the Aperion Care chain, which holds an average overall rating of 1.70. Birchwood Plaza is part of the Marquis Health Services chain, which holds an average overall rating of 2.90. Regarding recent health inspection history, both facilities had deficiencies in their most recent survey, with Aperion Care Lakeshore recording 27 total deficiencies and Birchwood Plaza recording 10.Finally, in terms of compliance history, Birchwood Plaza has a clean record with no fines, while Aperion Care Lakeshore has incurred total penalties of $139,724.00.