State assisted-living licensing record · North Carolina DHSR · record as pulled October 1, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey

Lakewood Care Center

7981 Optimist Club Road, Denver, NC 28037 · Lincoln County · 60 licensed beds

DHSR facility ID 920645 · licence HAL-055-003 · licensed through December 31, 2026

The licence

Licensed by DHSR · Adult care home · managed by Lakewood Care Center, Inc.

Licence details, as listed by DHSR
Licensed as
Adult care home
Licence
HAL-055-003
Licence expires
December 31, 2026
7
Citations on file
Since October 2023
4
DHSR visits
3 routine inspections
3
Life safety and building
Life safety · physical plant · emergency

Position within North Carolina

7 citations — more than 53% of the 568 licensed assisted living facilities in North Carolina. Compared only within North Carolina: a citation from DHSR means what it means in North Carolina, and there is no national assisted living record to compare to. Counted over 3 years, which holds two or three routine inspections. How this is calculated

Not in this record

Severity, the regulation text, the surveyor's narrative, the star rating, and penalties. DHSR assigns no severity on these statements; the plan of correction is the facility's own text and is not republished, and the star rating and the penalties DHSR lists on the same page are not republished. What is here is unusual among states: DHSR's Construction Section inspects the building and its fire safety itself and posts those statements per home, so this record carries a real life safety section. Family care homes, two to six beds, are also licensed by DHSR and are not included.

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Life safety and building citations

The citations about the building itself — fire and life safety, physical plant and emergency management. Usually the maintenance side’s to fix.

  • C164 Housekeeping and Furnishings-Clean, RepairedMarch 13, 2024
  • C189 Building Equipment Maintained Safe, OperatingMarch 13, 2024
  • C199 Exhaust VentilationMarch 13, 2024

How that compares

Citations on file over 3 years

Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in North Carolina. Within-state only.

This facility7North Carolina median6
Citations on file over 3 years, compared
MeasureCitations
This facility7
Median facility in North Carolina6

Visit history

Citations at each DHSR visit
02023-1032024-0302024-0542025-05
Citations at each DHSR visit
VisitTypeCitations
October 27, 2023annual inspection, complaint investigation, follow-up0
March 13, 2024Construction Section building and fire safety inspection3
May 29, 2024Construction Section follow-up0
May 14, 2025annual inspection4

What the citations cover

Citations by category (TagProof's grouping)
  • Physical plant 3
  • Resident care 2
  • Medication 2
Citations by category
CategoryCitations
Physical plant3
Resident care2
Medication2

Every visit on file since October 2023

As published by DHSR, newest first, including visits that cited nothing. The wording is DHSR’s own.

May 14, 2025 — annual inspection, 4 citations

Citations from the annual inspection on May 14, 2025
TagWhat DHSR checks
D273Health Care
D276(3-4) Health Care
D358Medication Administration
D392Controlled Substances

May 29, 2024 — Construction Section follow-up, nothing cited

March 13, 2024 — Construction Section building and fire safety inspection, 3 citations

Citations from the Construction Section building and fire safety inspection on March 13, 2024
TagWhat DHSR checks
C164Housekeeping and Furnishings-Clean, Repaired
C189Building Equipment Maintained Safe, Operating
C199Exhaust Ventilation

October 27, 2023 — annual inspection, complaint investigation, follow-up, nothing cited

DHSR also holds 2 older citations for this facility from before October 2023, outside the 3-year window these pages use. They are on the state’s own record.

Reflects the DHSR record as pulled October 1, 2026. A recent visit may not appear yet. This is the North Carolina state licensing record; it is not the federal nursing home survey and the two are never combined.