Lakewood A Continuing Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Lakewood A Continuing Care Center is a 105-bed for-profit nursing home in Waterville, Maine. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.56 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% below the Maine average of 2.83.
Lakewood A Continuing Care Center
220 Kennedy Memorial DrWaterville, ME 04901
Kennebec 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 Lakewood A Continuing Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.56 hours per resident per day, 10% below the Maine average. With about 93 residents a day, that works out to roughly 237 aide hours a day, or about 30 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Maine avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.56 | 2.83 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.92 | 1.05 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.93 | 4.34 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.57 | 3.92 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for Lakewood A Continuing Care Center in this release.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 11, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 21 health deficiencies (Maine average 11.0). 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. Lakewood A Continuing Care Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Maine average is 3.1.
About Lakewood A Continuing Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1993
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Lakewood A Continuing Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Oak Grove Center Waterville · SFF candidate | 1.0 | 90 | 2.11 | 3.76 | 50.0% | 1 | $14,056 |
| Waterville Center for Health and Rehab Waterville · SFF candidate | 2.7 | 111 | 3.40 | 4.83 | 50.4% | 1 | $83,038 |
| Maine Veterans Home - Augusta Augusta | 13.5 | 108 | 4.57 | 6.62 | 32.5% | 5 | None |
| Woodlawn Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Skowhegan | 15.3 | 46 | 2.44 | 3.34 | 54.0% | 2 | $8,018 |
| Cedar Ridge Center Skowhegan | 16.7 | 75 | 2.11 | 3.48 | 47.1% | 3 | None |
| Augusta Center for Health & Rehabilitation, LLC Augusta | 16.9 | 72 | 2.75 | 3.99 | 33.3% | 3 | None |
| Mainegeneral Rehab & Long Term Care - Glenridge Augusta | 17.3 | 125 | 3.03 | 4.33 | 31.8% | 5 | None |
| Mainegeneral Rehab & Long Term Care - Gray Birch Augusta | 17.5 | 77 | 2.82 | 4.73 | 48.0% | 4 | None |
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.