Westlake Nursing And Rehab Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1976-10-01. 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 (954) 927-0508 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Westlake Nursing And Rehab 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 72.3/100, placing it #7213 of 14703 facilities nationally and #466 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 Westlake Nursing And Rehab Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 10 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 44 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 26 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 1 minute 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 28.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $14,521. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $14,521, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 52.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Westlake Nursing And Rehab Center ranks 7213th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 72.3/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 466th out of 694 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #12,232 nationally and RN hours rank #4,476 nationally (#253 in FL). Our composite quality score of 72.3/100 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 Dania Beach, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/dania-beach/