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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
105
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 2026-11-07.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: Jul 22, 2026. CMS lists 50 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Jan 12, 2024 to Jul 22, 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
Jul 22, 2026Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Resident Rights		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 22, 2026Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Resident Rights		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 22, 2026Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance…
Resident Rights		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 22, 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
Jul 22, 2026Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 22, 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
Jul 22, 2026Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights…
Administration		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 22, 2026Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 22, 2026Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 22, 2026PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Jul 22, 2026Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
Quality of Life and Care		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Jul 22, 2026Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in…
Pharmacy Service		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern

Showing the 12 most recent of 50. 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 Oct 1, 2026.

Fines and payment denials

CMS records 2 fines totalling $246,354 in the last three years.

Oct 29, 2025Fine: $83,801
Jan 12, 2024Fine: $162,553

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

Staffing

Total nurse staffing per resident per day
3.45 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
0.47 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day
2.11 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends
3.17 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
56%
RN turnover (yearly)
86%
Administrators who left in the past year
1

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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