The home failed to provide enough nursing staff each day and ensure a licensed nurse was in charge on every shift. Cited July 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 725 — 42 CFR §483.35 — S/S: F
Nursing home report
Lake City Center for Nursing and Healing LLC
LAKE CITY, GA · Medicare-certified · 242 beds
Needs attention
For-profitChain member
1 of 5 overall
Lake City Center for Nursing and Healing LLC has a 1 out of 5 overall rating, with 1-star staffing and quality measures and 2-star health inspections. It also has the lowest overall rating flag, no fines in the last 24 months, and reported nurse staffing of 3.00 hours per resident day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
2.995 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: January 7, 2026Penalties, last 24 months: $0lowest overall rating
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 2.995.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.22
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.85
- Nurse aides
- 1.93
- Weekend nursing
- 2.57
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 58%
Registered nurse turnover: 59%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Residents with a fall causing major injury
1.9%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
11.4%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0.8%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
4.2%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
9.7%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
12.4%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
11.7%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
1.5%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0.2%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
15.2%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
0.3%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
88.6%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
57.6%Improving
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
36.4%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
37.6%Improving
What the inspectors found
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited July 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
The home failed to ensure residents who could safely take their own medicines were allowed to self-administer them. Cited July 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 554 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited July 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide needed care and help with daily activities for residents who could not do them on their own. Cited January 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 677 — 42 CFR §483.24(a)(2) — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 9 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- Part of NORBERT BENNETT & DONALD DENZ · 29 homes · 1.7 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 204.8 residents on an average day (85% of 242 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 33 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.