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53/100

Below average

Lake City Center For Nursing And Healing Llc

2055 Rex Road, Lake City, GA 30260

CMS 1/5 stars #4 of 4 in Clayton County (404) 361-1028
Certified beds
242
Occupancy
87%
Ownership
For-profit
Accepts
Medicare + Medicaid

Our read on Lake City Center For Nursing And Healing Llc

Nurse staffing at Lake City Center runs 2.84 hours per resident day, roughly 27 percent under the national average, and weekends drop about 9 percent below its own weekday level. Turning over more than half its nursing staff in a year, 56.6 percent against a national 45.8, makes consistency harder to maintain. The building carries 21 deficiencies on its current record, none reaching harm or jeopardy and none abuse-related, and its last inspection was April 19, 2026. A 242-bed for-profit LLC, it earned 1 of 5 stars from CMS on both staffing and quality measures, 2 of 5 on health inspections. That combination of thin coverage and high turnover is what families should weigh.

Written from the CMS figures for this home shown further down this page. Nothing here is paid for or supplied by the home.

How this grade was calculated

Every point is shown. Nothing is weighted behind the scenes, the full formula is on How we grade.

Inspection30/30Staffing8/30Stability3/15Outcomes2/15Enforcement10/10

A full pentagon is full marks. The shape shows what kind of good or bad a home is, two homes can share a score and look nothing alike.

Inspection safety

30/30

Citations from state health inspections over the last three surveys, weighted by how much harm CMS says they caused.

  • →No citations recorded in the last 3 years

Staffing

8/30

Nursing hours per resident per day, adjusted for how sick the residents are, plus RN cover and weekend consistency.

  • →3.14 total nurse hours per resident per day (national median 3.77)
  • →0.18 RN hours per resident per day
  • →Weekend staffing drops 9% against weekdays

Staff stability

3/15

How much of the nursing team leaves in a year. High turnover means a resident rarely sees the same face twice.

  • →57% of nursing staff left in the last year
  • →-2 for 2 administrator departures

Resident outcomes

2/15

The CMS quality-measure rating, built from resident outcomes like falls, pressure ulcers, infections and antipsychotic use.

  • →1 of 5 stars on the CMS quality-measure rating

Enforcement history

10/10

Fines and payment denials CMS has imposed. A denial of payment means CMS stopped paying for new admissions.

  • →No federal fines on record

Staffing, against the national average

Full detail

Hours of nursing care each resident receives per day. The marker on each bar is the national average.

Total nurse hours per resident per day2.84 hrs
National average 3.86 hrsBelow average
Registered nurse (RN) hours0.18 hrs
National average 0.69 hrsBelow average

RNs are the licence level most likely to catch a resident deteriorating.

Weekend nurse hours2.59 hrs
National average 3.42 hrsBelow average

The shift most families visit, and the one thinned first.

Nursing staff turnover56.60%
National average 45.80%Below average

The share of nursing staff who left over the last year.

Recent inspection findings

Last standard health inspection: April 19, 2026 (6 months ago). No citations were recorded.

No health-inspection citations on record for this facility in the current CMS release.

Who owns this home

Full record

Part of NORBERT BENNETT & DONALD DENZ, which operates 2 homes. Staffing budgets are usually set at chain level, not in the building.

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Common questions about Lake City Center For Nursing And Healing Llc

What is the ElderGrade for Lake City Center For Nursing And Healing Llc? +

Lake City Center For Nursing And Healing Llc holds an ElderGrade of D (53 out of 100), which we describe as "below average". The grade combines its inspection citations, nurse staffing levels, staff turnover, resident outcomes and enforcement history from the federal CMS record.

How many nursing hours does each resident get at Lake City Center For Nursing And Healing Llc? +

Residents receive an average of 2.84 nursing hours per day across all nursing staff, against a national average of 3.86 hours.

Has Lake City Center For Nursing And Healing Llc been cited for harming residents? +

No. None of the 0 citations on record were scored at the levels CMS uses to indicate actual harm or immediate jeopardy.

Does Lake City Center For Nursing And Healing Llc accept Medicaid? +

Yes, Lake City Center For Nursing And Healing Llc is certified to accept Medicaid, which is the programme that pays for long-term custodial care once a resident meets their state's income and asset limits.