Nursing home report
Lexington, NC · Medicare-certified · 100 beds
Lexington Health Care Center has a 2-star overall rating, with 2-star health inspection and staffing ratings and a 4-star quality measure rating. Reported nurse staffing is 3.50 hours per resident per day, below the 4.1-hour federal benchmark, and the facility has a recent abuse citation but no fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.5025 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.5025.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to promptly tell the resident, doctor, and family about changes or problems affecting the resident. Cited October 2022 — limited pattern, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 580 — 42 CFR §483.10(g)(14) — S/S: K
The nursing home failed to ensure residents were free from significant medication errors. Cited October 2022 — limited pattern, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 760 — 42 CFR §483.45(f)(2) — S/S: K
The home failed to provide safe and appropriate breathing care when a resident needed it. Cited April 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 695 — 42 CFR §483.25(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited March 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to have an ongoing quality review group that finds problems and makes corrective plans. Cited March 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 867 — 42 CFR §483.75 — S/S: E
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Now operated by Lexington Health Care Center, previously Lexington Healthcare Center.
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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.
