Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2011-03-04. 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 (904) 940-2193 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home 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 (5★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 65.4/100, placing it #10180 of 14703 facilities nationally and #600 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 Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home receives a reported average of 5 hours 4 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 51 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 14 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 59 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 23 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 65.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 18 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $317,440. 6 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 3.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home ranks 10180th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 65.4/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 600th out of 694 nursing homes. In Saint Augustine, it ranks 6th out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,100 nationally and RN hours rank #3,099 nationally (#172 in FL). Our composite quality score of 65.4/100 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 Saint Augustine, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/saint-augustine/