Lawrence Nursing Care Center, Inc is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1974-06-01. 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 (718) 945-0400 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Lawrence Nursing Care Center, Inc 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 (1★), 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 58.5/100, placing it #12493 of 14703 facilities nationally and #537 of 596 in New York. 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 Lawrence Nursing Care Center, Inc receives a reported average of 2 hours 26 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 21 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 31 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 34 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 8 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. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 22 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $50,116. 8 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 109.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Lawrence Nursing Care Center, Inc ranks 12493rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 58.5/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 537th out of 596 nursing homes. In Arverne, it ranks 3rd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #14,016 nationally and RN hours rank #11,968 nationally (#530 in NY). Our composite quality score of 58.5/100 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 Arverne, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_york/arverne/