Lakewood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Lakewood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center is a 110-bed for-profit nursing home in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, part of Century Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.13 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% below the Pennsylvania average of 2.19, and 58.9% nursing staff turnover (Pennsylvania average 44.5%).
Lakewood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
147 Old Newport StreetNanticoke, PA 18634
Luzerne 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 Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.13 hours per resident per day, 3% below the Pennsylvania average. With about 102 residents a day, that works out to roughly 216 aide hours a day, or about 27 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Pennsylvania avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.13 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.77 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.56 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.45 | 3.89 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.19 | 3.53 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
58.9% of nursing staff at Lakewood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Pennsylvania average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 72.2%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 24, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 17 health deficiencies (Pennsylvania average 10.1). CMS lists 4 fines totaling $291,613 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2026 | Fine | $30,257 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Fine | $59,401 |
| Jul 21, 2024 | Fine | $102,684 |
| Feb 1, 2024 | Fine | $99,271 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Lakewood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the Pennsylvania average is 3.0.
About Lakewood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Century Healthcare, 9 homes
- Legal name: Nanticoke Rehabilitation and Healthcare LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 5, 1972
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Lakewood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Birchwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center Nanticoke | 1.7 | 121 | 2.15 | 3.34 | 53.9% | 1 | $123,390 |
| Edenbrook at Hampton Wilkes Barre | 4.3 | 104 | 2.08 | 3.57 | 58.3% | 3 | None |
| Mountain Top Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center Mountain Top · abuse citation | 7.0 | 106 | 1.90 | 3.18 | 40.4% | 2 | None |
| Allied Services Meade Street Skilled Nursing Wilkes Barre | 7.7 | 133 | 2.44 | 3.99 | 46.5% | 4 | None |
| Allied Services Center City Skilled Nursing Wilkes Barre | 7.8 | 92 | 2.43 | 4.17 | 42.7% | 3 | None |
| Embassy of Wyoming Valley Wilkes Barre · abuse citation | 8.1 | 120 | 2.14 | 3.50 | 42.4% | 2 | $20,496 |
| Edenbrook on Second Ave Kingston | 8.2 | 160 | 2.19 | 3.62 | 65.6% | 1 | None |
| Maple Ridge Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center Kingston | 8.7 | 92 | 2.19 | 3.66 | 53.1% | 3 | $8,278 |
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.