Lake Park Healthcare Center is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1979-07-01. 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 (510) 835-5511 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Lake Park Healthcare 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 (2★), 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 83.0/100, placing it #2419 of 14703 facilities nationally and #329 of 1162 in California. 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 Park Healthcare Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 26 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 52 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 15 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 18 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 46 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 60.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 7 fine(s) totaling $44,421. 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 7 fine(s) totaling $44,421, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 7. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 93.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Lake Park Healthcare Center ranks 2419th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 83.0/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 329th out of 1,162 nursing homes. In Oakland, it ranks 9th out of 18 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,659 nationally and RN hours rank #2,931 nationally (#178 in CA). Our composite quality score of 83.0/100 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 Oakland, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/oakland/