LIFEWORKS REHAB
Ownership rollup across 64 nursing homes in 5 states: Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia. The "follow the money" view of an operator’s whole portfolio — the pattern a single facility page can’t show.
The chain’s homes average 2.1 of 5 stars on the CMS overall rating — about 0.9 stars below the ~3.0 average of the 5 states it operates in. A whole portfolio rating below its own states’ norm is a pattern worth researching, not a single-home fluke. It has been broadly flat, moving +0.05 stars across the same 63 homes rated throughout between 2025-02 and 2026-06. We benchmark against its own states because CMS ranks the health-inspection star within each state, so a national comparison (national average ~3.0) partly measures where a chain operates rather than how it operates.
Where the rating comes from
The CMS overall star blends three different things. Split apart across the whole portfolio, they say different things about an operator: thin staffing is a budget decision made above the building, while a weak inspection score is what surveyors actually found inside it.
| Component | Chain average | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health inspection | 2.0 of 5 | 61 rated homes | state surveyors’ findings, ranked within each state |
| Staffing | 1.6 of 5 | 61 rated homes | from payroll (PBJ) hours |
| Quality measures | 3.9 of 5 | 61 rated homes | largely self-reported clinical data |
Averaged across this chain’s rated homes. Health-inspection stars are assigned within each state’s own distribution, so for a chain spanning several states this component mixes distributions and is best read alongside each home’s actual citations.
Portfolio red flags
How many of this chain’s homes carry the most serious CMS markers. One flagged home can be local; a pattern across the portfolio is an operator-level signal worth researching.
Follow the money — chain finances
Aggregated from each home’s CMS Medicare cost report (HCRIS). Related-party payments are dollars a home sends to landlords or management companies under common ownership — the main channel through which private-equity and REIT owners can pull money out of a home while its own books still show a thin margin.
Only homes with a cost report on file are included, so the related-party total is a floor. Cost reports are self-filed, unaudited, and a year or two behind.
Weighted by each home’s average daily census, across the all 64 homes that report both a usable payer mix and a census. Homes whose cost report fails the same validity check the facility pages apply are left out of this figure entirely rather than counted as zero.
Every home in this chain
Lowest-rated first, so the homes most worth a closer look sit at the top. Each links to its full inspection, staffing, fines, and ownership record.
| Home | CMS rating | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Elkton Nursing And Rehabilitation CenterElkton, MD | 1 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy SFF candidate Abuse flag $31,134 fined |
| Largo Nursing And Rehabiliation CenterGlenarden, MD | 1 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $72,514 fined |
| Layhill Nursing And Rehabilitation CenterSilver Spring, MD | 1 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $153,596 fined |
| White Oak Rehabilitation And Nursing CenterHyattsville, MD | 1 of 5 | 2 immediate-jeopardy Abuse flag $76,515 fined |
| Williamsport Health And Rehabilitation CenterWilliamsport, MD | 1 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy Abuse flag |
| Alamance Health Care CenterBurlington, NC | 1 of 5 | Abuse flag $8,034 fined |
| Cabarrus Health and Rehabilitation CenterConcord, NC | 1 of 5 | 2 immediate-jeopardy SFF candidate $138,723 fined |
| Charlotte Health & Rehabilitation CenterCharlotte, NC | 1 of 5 | $132,506 fined |
| Greenville Health and Rehabilitation CenterGreenville, NC | 1 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $64,002 fined |
| Guilford Health Care CenterGreensboro, NC | 1 of 5 | — |
| Lenoir Health and Rehabilitation CenterLenoir, NC | 1 of 5 | $150,174 fined |
| Oxford Health and Rehabilitation CenterOxford, NC | 1 of 5 | — |
| University Health and Rehabilitation CenterDurham, NC | 1 of 5 | 2 immediate-jeopardy $129,754 fined |
| APPOMATTOX HEALTH & REHABILITATiON CENTERAppomattox, VA | 1 of 5 | $18,636 fined |
| Bayside Health & Rehabilitation CenterVirginia Beach, VA | 1 of 5 | $113,068 fined |
| Chesapeake Health And Rehabilitation CenterChesapeake, VA | 1 of 5 | $24,577 fined |
| Colonial Heights Rehabilitation And Nursing CenterColonial Heights, VA | 1 of 5 | $105,289 fined |
| Harrisonburg Hlth & Rehab CntrHarrisonburg, VA | 1 of 5 | 3 immediate-jeopardy Abuse flag $232,008 fined |
| Lynchburg Health & Rehabilitation CenterLynchburg, VA | 1 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy |
| Norfolk Health Care CenterNorfolk, VA | 1 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $102,245 fined |
| Parham Health Care & Rehab CenterRichmond, VA | 1 of 5 | 5 immediate-jeopardy SFF candidate Abuse flag $266,181 fined |
| Salem Health & RehabilitationSalem, VA | 1 of 5 | — |
| Virginia Beach Healthcare And Rehab CenterVirginia Beach, VA | 1 of 5 | 2 immediate-jeopardy Abuse flag $235,833 fined |
| Westport Rehabilitation And Nursing CenterRichmond, VA | 1 of 5 | $64,127 fined |
| Pike Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation CenterWilmington, DE | 2 of 5 | 3 immediate-jeopardy SFF candidate $484,596 fined |
| Adelphi Nursing And Rehabilitation CenterAdelphi, MD | 2 of 5 | — |
| Shady Grove Nursing And Rehabilitation CenterRockville, MD | 2 of 5 | $8,278 fined |
| The Nursing And Rehab Center At Stadium PlaceBaltimore, MD | 2 of 5 | — |
| Belaire Health Care CenterGastonia, NC | 2 of 5 | 2 immediate-jeopardy $202,719 fined |
| Lexington Health Care CenterLexington, NC | 2 of 5 | Abuse flag |
| Litchford Falls Health and Rehabilitation CenterRaleigh, NC | 2 of 5 | 3 immediate-jeopardy $181,873 fined |
| Albemarle Health & Rehabilitation CenterCharlottesville, VA | 2 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $197,490 fined |
| Beaufont Health And Rehabilitation CenterRichmond, VA | 2 of 5 | $8,197 fined |
| Charlottesville Health & Rehabilitation CenterCharlottesville, VA | 2 of 5 | — |
| Cherrydale Health & Rehabilitation CenterArlington, VA | 2 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $18,066 fined |
| Culpeper Health & Rehabilitation CenterCulpeper, VA | 2 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $16,298 fined |
| Fairfax Rehabilitation And Nursing CenterFairfax, VA | 2 of 5 | $22,957 fined |
| Glenburnie Rehab & Nursing CenterRichmond, VA | 2 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $54,211 fined |
| Hanover Health And Rehabilitation CenterMechanicsville, VA | 2 of 5 | 5 immediate-jeopardy $14,901 fined |
| Regency Health And Rehabilitation CenterYorktown, VA | 2 of 5 | — |
| Crescent Cities Nursing & Rehabilitation CenterRiverdale, MD | 3 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $16,801 fined |
| Potomac Valley Rehabilitation And HealthcareRockville, MD | 3 of 5 | — |
| Carolina Rehab Center of BurkeConnelly Spring, NC | 3 of 5 | $26,014 fined |
| Carolina Rehab Center of CumberlandFayetteville, NC | 3 of 5 | $97,936 fined |
| Huntersville Health & Rehabilitation CenterHuntersville, NC | 3 of 5 | Abuse flag |
| King Health and Rehabilitation CenterKing, NC | 3 of 5 | — |
| Luther Woods Nursing And Rehabilitation CenterHatboro, PA | 3 of 5 | — |
| Bowling Green Health & Rehabilitation CenterBowling Green, VA | 3 of 5 | $8,278 fined |
| Franklin Health And Rehabilitation CenterRocky Mount, VA | 3 of 5 | — |
| Lake Manassas Health & Rehabilitation CenterGainesville, VA | 3 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $22,509 fined |
| Louisa Health & Rehabilitation CenterLouisa, VA | 3 of 5 | — |
| Piney Forest Health And Rehabilitation CenterDanville, VA | 3 of 5 | — |
| Riverside Health & Rehab CntrDanville, VA | 3 of 5 | — |
| Springtree Healthcare & Rehab CenterRoanoke, VA | 3 of 5 | — |
| Berkshire Health & Rehabilitation CenterVinton, VA | 4 of 5 | — |
| Burke Health & Rehabilitation CenterBurke, VA | 4 of 5 | — |
| Gretna Health And Rehabilitation CenterGretna, VA | 4 of 5 | — |
| Pulaski Hlth & Rehab CntrPulaski, VA | 4 of 5 | — |
| Raleigh Court Health And Rehabilitation CenterRoanoke, VA | 4 of 5 | — |
| Stanleytown Health And Rehabilitation CenterBassett, VA | 4 of 5 | — |
| Valley Rehabilitation And Nursing CenterChilhowie, VA | 4 of 5 | — |
| Wilmington Nursing & Rehabilitation CenterWilmington, DE | Not rated | 7 immediate-jeopardy Special Focus Abuse flag $424,128 fined |
| Blumenthal Health and Rehabilitation CenterGreensboro, NC | Not rated | 5 immediate-jeopardy Special Focus Abuse flag $210,325 fined |
| Henrico Health & Rehabilitation CenterHighland Springs, VA | Not rated | 4 immediate-jeopardy Special Focus $260,247 fined |
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog (nursing-home ratings, deficiencies, penalties, and ownership) and the CMS Medicare cost report (HCRIS) for finances. Chain membership is as reported to CMS. CMS extracts retrieved 30 August 2026; CMS refreshes them monthly, so counts here are as of that date. Verify with the facility and your state regulator.