Lakeshore Rehabilitation Center

    108 8th St NW, Waseca, MN 56093
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing
    3.3ยท11 reviews

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.27ยท(11)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      2.3
    • Staff

      2.6
    • Meals

      3.3
    • Amenities

      1.5
    • Value

      3.3

    Pros

    • Picturesque lakeside setting
    • Friendly and hardworking staff
    • Positive experience with an afternoon-shift nurse
    • Supportive hospice and staff involvement during end-of-life care

    Cons

    • Limited staff responsiveness to resident requests
    • Crowded shared rooms and limited in-room cooling
    • Maintenance, odor, and environmental-comfort concerns
    • Inconsistent resident-identification and belongings-management procedures
    • Gaps in catheter-care reliability
    • Limited assistance and engagement in shared spaces
    • Family communication concerns, including around personal belongings

    Summary of reviews

    Lakeshore Rehabilitation Center is described as a small facility in a scenic lakeside location. Experiences with care and staff varied. One family praised the support provided by staff and hospice during a residentโ€™s final days, and another described staff as friendly and hardworking, with particular appreciation for an afternoon-shift nurse. Other accounts raised concerns about delays in responding to residentsโ€™ requests and inconsistent attention to everyday care needs. One family also described a catheter-care lapse, while another reported repeated problems with staff handling and identifying personal items. These accounts point to concerns about responsiveness and reliability, though the reviews do not establish how consistently these issues occur.

    Facilities received mixed assessments. One visitor considered the building generally well maintained, while also noting odor concerns and upkeep issues in public areas. Another family described shared rooms as crowded and raised concerns about room temperature, humidity, and overall environmental comfort. The lakeside view is a clear setting advantage, but one visitor observed that residents in a common area were not consistently assisted to move around and enjoy it.

    The reviews provide no specific information about dining quality, menus, or meal service, and do not describe organized activities or programming. They also offer little detail about clinical services beyond the catheter-care concern and a familyโ€™s reference to two emergency-room visits during a stay, without explaining the circumstances. A family expressed dissatisfaction with management and the facilityโ€™s ownership, while another raised concerns about communication and the handling of personal belongings after a residentโ€™s death.

    Overall, the reviews present a mixed picture: a pleasant setting and a few positive staff and hospice experiences alongside concerns about responsiveness, room comfort, upkeep, care consistency, and family communication. Prospective residents and families may wish to ask about staffing responsiveness, room arrangements and cooling, personal-property procedures, and how care concerns are communicated and addressed.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4ยท/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Lakeshore Rehabilitation Center is located at 108 8th St NW, Waseca, MN, 56093.

    About Lakeshore Rehabilitation Center

    Lakeshore Rehabilitation Center sits on Loon Lake in Waseca, MN, and provides care across assisted living, skilled nursing, memory care, and rehabilitation. The building has 52 certified beds and is part of Monarch Healthcare Management. Marc Halpert has managed this center since July 2022, and the place sees a nurse turnover rate of 45.9%, higher than the Minnesota average, with staff nurses providing about 3.54 hours per resident each day, which falls below the state's average of 4.2 hours. Records show it's had documented deficiencies with nutrition and dietary support, issues involving residents' rights, overall quality of care and life, and has had at least one infection control concern listed in recent inspection reports.

    The team here includes nurses and therapists skilled in both long-term and short-term needs, with specialized programs like the "Lakeshore Recovery Program" supporting therapy after surgery, stroke, or injury, plus neurological therapy, occupational, physical, and speech therapies, all using individualized treatment plans and new rehabilitation tools in therapy gyms and private rooms. Memory care, assisted living, and traditional long-term nursing each have spaces in the facility, and there's a Nursing Assistant in Training Program to help with staff needs. Residents can use amenities like private rooms, secured areas for those needing memory care, laundry, parking, and recreational areas. The outdoors includes a courtyard and patio by the lake.

    Everyday life here covers all kinds of needs-spiritual, physical, emotional, cognitive, and social-with help coming through activities like spiritual services, animal therapy, social events, and physical activities planned by a Therapeutic Recreation team. There's a set pets policy, which people need to call to learn more about, and staff say they focus on respect and compassion. The approach aims to blend care quality with customer service and wants people to feel part of a kind community while recovering or living long-term. Lakeshore Rehabilitation Center is set up to serve a variety of residents, tenants, and families, meeting care needs for everything from simple recovery to ongoing assistance, and is one of several locations Monarch Healthcare runs in Minnesota.

    People often ask...

    Lakeshore Rehabilitation Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 108 8th St NW, Waseca, MN 56093.

    No, Lakeshore Rehabilitation Center does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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