Lake Worth Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1989-01-26. 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 (561) 586-7404 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Lake Worth 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 (2★), Staffing (4★), 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 71.6/100, placing it #7550 of 14703 facilities nationally and #480 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 Worth Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 49 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 41 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 57 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 12 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 24 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 37.5%. 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 $36,003. 27 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 $36,003, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 70.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Lake Worth Rehabilitation Center ranks 7550th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.6/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 480th out of 694 nursing homes. In Lake Worth, it ranks 6th out of 7 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #6,111 nationally and RN hours rank #5,345 nationally (#299 in FL). Our composite quality score of 71.6/100 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 Lake Worth, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/lake-worth/