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Groves Center

Nursing home in Lake Wales, FL

Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSpecial Focus Facility (CMS)CMS abuse icon

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Public-record details

Address
512 S 11th St, Lake Wales, FL 33853
Phone
(863) 676-8502
Listed under
For-profit
Medicare CCN
105269
Overall star rating
Not rated by CMS
Certified beds
120
Average residents per day
109
Ownership
For-profit, corporation
Legal business name
Groves Rehabilitation Center LLC
Chain
Hearthstone Senior Communities (8 facilities)
Certified for
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
Sep 11, 1973
Changed ownership in last 12 months
No
Continuing care retirement community
No
Located inside a hospital
No
Resident or family council
Resident and family councils
Sprinklers in all required areas
Yes

CMS certification number 105269. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-09-30.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: Feb 4, 2026. CMS lists 49 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Jan 27, 2022 to Feb 4, 2026): 23 from complaint inspections, 8 at the “actual harm” level or higher, including 5 at “immediate jeopardy”. CMS shows its abuse icon for this facility, which it uses for nursing homes cited for abuse at the harm level recently or at the potential-harm level in each of the last two years. CMS has placed this facility in its Special Focus Facility program for nursing homes with a persistent record of serious inspection problems; it gets more frequent inspections.

InspectionCitationSeverity
Feb 4, 2026Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Feb 4, 2026Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Feb 4, 2026Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Feb 4, 2026PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Feb 4, 2026Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Feb 4, 2026Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Feb 4, 2026Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Feb 4, 2026Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Feb 4, 2026Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Feb 4, 2026Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control		F
Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread
Feb 4, 2026Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Infection Control		F
Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread
Oct 29, 2025Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Resident Rights · complaint inspection		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

Showing the 12 most recent of 49. Full inspection reports are on Medicare Care Compare.

Severity letters follow CMS's scope-and-severity grid: A–C potential for minimal harm, D–F potential for more than minimal harm, G–I actual harm, J–L immediate jeopardy. Most citations are corrected; a citation is what inspectors found on that date. Source: CMS Health Deficiencies file, processed Aug 1, 2026.

Fines and payment denials

CMS records 2 fines totalling $291,478 in the last three years.

Oct 29, 2025Fine: $128,925
Jan 12, 2024Fine: $162,553

Source: CMS Penalties file, processed Aug 1, 2026. Amounts are as CMS reports them and may reflect later reductions or appeals.

Staffing

Total nurse staffing per resident per day
3.52 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
0.54 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day
2.21 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends
3.19 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
58%
RN turnover (yearly)
89%
Administrators who left in the past year
2

From payroll-based staffing data the facility submits to CMS. Hours are per resident per day.

A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.

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