Lakeside Health & Rehab Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2007-10-31. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (704) 897-2700 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Lakeside Health & Rehab Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 71.4/100, placing it #7636 of 14703 facilities nationally and #171 of 418 in North Carolina. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Lakeside Health & Rehab Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 30 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 39 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 52 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 59 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 8 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 72.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $11,629. 14 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $11,629, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 29.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Lakeside Health & Rehab Center ranks 7636th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.4/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within NC, it ranks 171st out of 418 nursing homes. In Huntersville, it ranks 2nd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,076 nationally and RN hours rank #5,714 nationally (#108 in NC). Our composite quality score of 71.4/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Huntersville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_carolina/huntersville/