CMS Care Compare · 2026 2 nursing homes Minnesota

Lake County, Minnesota

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County inventory for Lake County, Minnesota is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. CMS star-quality signature

Rated homes in Lake County average 4.0 CMS stars (upper tercile, >3.46) across 2 nursing homes - 98 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Minnesota medians.

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County care plate

Sheet MN-LAKE-MINNESOTA · Lake, MN

NH-ONE · BEDS-FEW · STAR-HIGH · HH-NONE · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 98 beds
  • STAR-HIGH 4.0★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-MID #1,674/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $6,573/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 0 HH

Stamps lead with CMS star-quality tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What stronger CMS stars show for Lake County

CMS star quality is the standout for Lake County: rated homes average 4.0/5 (upper tercile, >3.46) across 2 nursing homes and 98 licensed beds.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Minnesota medians run assisted living $6,573/mo, semi-private nursing $10,646/mo, private nursing $13,870/mo, home health aide $8,389/mo, adult day $2,600/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts skew stronger here (1 at 3★, 1 at 5★). Ownership leans Government - State (50% of 2 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Minnesota Veterans Home - Silver Bay. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.

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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$6,573
Assisted Living / mo
$10,646
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$8,389
Home Care / mo
4.0
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Lake County

2 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Minnesota Veterans Home - Silver Bay Silver Bay 5/5 54 Government - State
The Waterview Shores LLC Two Harbors 3/5 44 For profit - Limited Liability company

Read next for stronger-star Lake

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Higher-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Lake AL medians run high
Sparse home-health path: Medicare vs Medicaid vs private pay when CareScout assisted-living medians sit in the upper band.
Cost calculator for Lake County planning
Sparse home-health path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Minnesota elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Minnesota state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).

Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Lake County.