Lakeside Special Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Lakeside Special Care Center is a 94-bed for-profit nursing home in Lakeside, California, part of Generations Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.86 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 8% above the California average of 2.65, and 31.7% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Lakeside Special Care Center
11962 Woodside AvenueLakeside, CA 92040
San Diego 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 Lakeside Special Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.86 hours per resident per day, 8% above the California average. With about 138 residents a day, that works out to roughly 394 aide hours a day, or about 49 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.86 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.71 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.62 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.20 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.66 | 4.09 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
31.7% of nursing staff at Lakeside Special Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 38.9%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 13, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). 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. Lakeside Special Care Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Lakeside Special Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Generations Healthcare, 27 homes
- Legal name: GHC of Lakeside LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 2, 2014
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Lakeside Special Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| The Royal Home El Cajon | 2.3 | 19 | 2.49 | 4.18 | 73.9% | 4 | None |
| Bradley Court El Cajon | 2.8 | 56 | 1.79 | 3.16 | 13.5% | 5 | None |
| Edgemoor Hospital Santee · abuse citation | 2.9 | 192 | 4.38 | 6.43 | 21.0% | 4 | $41,895 |
| Stanford Court Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center Santee | 3.2 | 105 | 2.41 | 4.34 | 29.3% | 5 | None |
| Country Hills Post Acute El Cajon | 3.4 | 305 | 2.45 | 3.91 | 58.2% | 1 | $122,210 |
| Cottonwood Canyon Healthcare Center El Cajon | 3.8 | 96 | 2.47 | 4.02 | 40.4% | 3 | $9,110 |
| Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, LLC El Cajon | 3.8 | 99 | 2.57 | 4.06 | — | 2 | $14,015 |
| Somerset Post Acute Care El Cajon | 4.6 | 65 | 2.64 | 4.68 | 61.9% | 3 | $26,728 |
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.