Lake Way Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Lake Way Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is a 96-bed for-profit nursing home in Benton, Kentucky, part of Principle Long Term Care. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.03 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 14% below the Kentucky average of 2.36, and 51.2% nursing staff turnover (Kentucky average 46.4%).
Lake Way Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
2607 Main StreetBenton, KY 42025
Marshall County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Lake Way Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.03 hours per resident per day, 14% below the Kentucky average. With about 86 residents a day, that works out to roughly 176 aide hours a day, or about 22 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kentucky avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.03 | 2.36 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.59 | 0.80 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.88 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.50 | 3.95 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.00 | 3.48 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
51.2% of nursing staff at Lake Way Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Kentucky average of 46.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 40.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 9, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (Kentucky average 2.9). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Lake Way Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Kentucky average is 3.0.
About Lake Way Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Principle Long Term Care, 40 homes
- Legal name: Thames Healthcare Group, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 9, 1991
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Lake Way Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Calvert City Convalescent Center Calvert City | 13.1 | 95 | 4.07 | 5.63 | 43.5% | 5 | None |
| Oakview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Calvert City | 13.2 | 100 | 1.81 | 3.47 | 67.7% | 2 | $15,646 |
| Spring Creek Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center Murray | 17.0 | 226 | 2.59 | 4.31 | 62.8% | 1 | $52,540 |
| Green Acres Healthcare Mayfield | 17.6 | 60 | 2.03 | 3.25 | 51.5% | 2 | None |
| Mills Nursing & Rehabilitation Mayfield | 18.9 | 104 | 1.68 | 3.21 | 46.4% | 1 | $26,132 |
| River's Bend Retirement Community Kuttawa | 20.0 | 40 | 2.37 | 3.79 | 56.8% | 4 | None |
| Lake Barkley Health & Rehabilitation Kuttawa | 21.1 | 65 | 2.07 | 3.30 | 61.1% | 3 | None |
| Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Paducah | 22.4 | 228 | 2.06 | 3.65 | 37.4% | 4 | $5,519 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.