Overview
Good Shepherd Nursing Home has a Medicare overall rating of 3 out of 5, in line with the West Virginia average of 3.1. It ranks 2nd of 3 nursing homes in Wheeling. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.8 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 68% of nursing homes in West Virginia (the state average is 3.7 hours). Of that, 0.5 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on August 22, 2025, found 15 health deficiencies, more than the West Virginia average of 11.3. 2 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $27,378 in the past three years.
Good Shepherd Nursing Home is a nonprofit facility with 192 certified beds, caring for about 174 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1971.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 67%
Top 39%
Top 48%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- August 22, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 15
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 2
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 1 totaling $27,378
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 1
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.80 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.47 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.70 hrs
- Nurse aides2.62 hrs
- Physical therapists0.03 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- Non profit - Church related
- Certified beds
- 192
- Average residents per day
- 174
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- January 15, 1971
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes