Laurel Meadows Wellness & Rehabilitation is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2004-06-01. 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 (636) 946-4140 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Laurel Meadows Wellness & Rehabilitation holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 70.1/100, placing it #8223 of 14703 facilities nationally and #124 of 487 in Missouri. 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 Laurel Meadows Wellness & Rehabilitation receives a reported average of 4 hours 47 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 28 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 5 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 14 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 31 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 58.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $11,536. 3 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 4 fine(s) totaling $11,536, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 121.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Laurel Meadows Wellness & Rehabilitation ranks 8223rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 70.1/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MO, it ranks 124th out of 487 nursing homes. In Saint Charles, it ranks 3rd out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,630 nationally and RN hours rank #9,569 nationally (#175 in MO). Our composite quality score of 70.1/100 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 Saint Charles, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/missouri/saint-charles/