Lake Eustis Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1976-12-01. 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 (352) 357-3565 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Lake Eustis Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 77.2/100, placing it #4916 of 14703 facilities nationally and #327 of 694 in Florida. 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 Lake Eustis Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 26 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 31 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 48 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 7 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 21 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 47.1%. 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 $26,685. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $26,685, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 107.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Lake Eustis Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center ranks 4916th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 77.2/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 327th out of 694 nursing homes. In Eustis, it ranks 1st out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,797 nationally and RN hours rank #8,550 nationally (#491 in FL). Our composite quality score of 77.2/100 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 Eustis, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/eustis/