Palm Beach Nursing Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1984-07-27. 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) 969-1400 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Palm Beach Nursing Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), 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 77.9/100, placing it #4579 of 14703 facilities nationally and #308 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 Palm Beach Nursing Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 36 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 45 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 39 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 12 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 25 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 30.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 6 fine(s) totaling $44,771. 12 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 6 fine(s) totaling $44,771, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 6. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 65.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Palm Beach Nursing Center ranks 4579th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 77.9/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 308th out of 694 nursing homes. In Lake Worth, it ranks 3rd out of 7 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,101 nationally and RN hours rank #4,262 nationally (#239 in FL). Our composite quality score of 77.9/100 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/