Wakefield Health Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1997-06-01. 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 (402) 287-2244 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Wakefield Health Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 75.2/100, placing it #5841 of 14703 facilities nationally and #65 of 179 in Nebraska. 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 Wakefield Health Care Center receives a reported average of 5 hours 13 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 50 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 27 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 55 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 53 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 30.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 3 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $7,933. 2 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. 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, Wakefield Health Care Center ranks 5841st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 75.2/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within NE, it ranks 65th out of 179 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #913 nationally and RN hours rank #3,219 nationally (#44 in NE). Our composite quality score of 75.2/100 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 Wakefield, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/nebraska/wakefield/