Community profile

Lakewood Care Center

7981 Optimist Club Road, Denver, NC

Assisted Living

★ 3.610 reviewsRead reviews

About the community

About Lakewood Care Center

Nestled in a small town on the shores of Lake Norman, Lakewood Care Center is a comprehensive care home in a peaceful wooded setting. The home offers a welcoming and secure environment. The home’s caregivers are available around the clock to offer support for a range of needs, including assistance with activities of daily living, diabetic care, ambulatory support, incontinence care, and cognitive support. Community…

Family and resident feedback

3.6 out of 5 from 10 reviews

Overall rating from Caring.com. Recent public reviews can help surface themes to ask about on a tour. Ratings belong to the original review source and are not independently verified by us.

★★★★★

Critical

Nightmare

I have my father in this facility but I am in the process of moving him out. The staff pays the residents zero attention they are on their phones or outside smoking. The nurse they have on staff is extremely incompetent every time I ask for information about my dad she refuses to tell me anything I do not recommend this facility.

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Cleanliness
2.0 / 5
Friendliness
1.0 / 5
Value for Cost
3.0 / 5
Care Services
1.0 / 5
Activities
1.0 / 5
Staff
2.0 / 5
Meals & Dining
1.0 / 5
Nancy CApril 5, 2023Published source

★★★★★

Critical

I am/was a resident of this facility

These people are the absolute worst! The nurses yell at you. They feed you bologna sandwiches. No JOKE! They hold your meds....I could go on about all the horrible things this place does to people. DO NOT go here!

704-ResidentDecember 30, 2021Caring.com

★★★★★

Positive

I am/was a resident of this facility

This place is wonderful and I am very happy here. We a !of of activities things like painting and getting together and getting our nails done. Staff here is wonderful they love their residences and give them 100% of their time even if it's just simply coming by the room I'm sitting with them and talking to them. Once a month we get to go to Walmart and other outings during the month we have even been to the Panthers training camp which was fun... I give this place 5 stars

jenny1970June 4, 2020Caring.com

★★★★★

Critical

Experience

If there are any options for your friend/loved one, please consider them 1st. This place needs to be closed but won't be because its privately owned. Staff is not clinically trained & sorely lacks in knowledge & compassion.

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Cleanliness
1.0 / 5
Friendliness
1.0 / 5
Value for Cost
1.0 / 5
Care Services
0.5 / 5
Activities
1.0 / 5
Patty lylesNovember 16, 2019Published source

★★★★★

Critical

This place was awful! Like something out of a ‘60’s horror movie. Residents were crowding the hallways, wandering around looking for something. Some looked like they hadn’t had a shower and clean clothes in a week or more. We were there about 10:30, the dining room looked like it hadn’t been used or ready to use for days. You couldn’t even walk in the activity room. A couple of the patients’ rooms were used for storage, the 2 bed rooms were crowded, unorganized and didn’t look clean. Some of the staff actually live…

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Cleanliness
1.0 / 5
Friendliness
1.0 / 5
Value for Cost
1.0 / 5
AnonymousMay 17, 2019Published source

★★★★★

Positive

An excellent facility for the price.

As the person responsible for my brother living at Lakewood Care Center I have been very impressed with the staff. They sincerely care about each and every person there, they are friendly, helpful and go above and beyond for every person. After having been at other facilities, my brother is happier at Lakewood than any other place. They come up with activities all of the time which keep the residents engaged. It is not the Ritz but to me having such a wonderful staff is more important.

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Cleanliness
4.0 / 5
Friendliness
5.0 / 5
Value for Cost
5.0 / 5
Care Services
5.0 / 5
Activities
5.0 / 5
KathrynFebruary 6, 2019Published source

Verified overview

What we know from public sources

Care options
Assisted Living
Operator
Not yet resolved
Public price status
Not publicly found
Last source check
October 22, 2026

Source-published features

Amenities and services

Grouped so you can scan what affects day-to-day life before opening an operator page.

Meals & dining

  • Meals Provided

Health & wellness

  • Incontinence Care
  • Memory Care
  • Staffing & Ancillary Services
  • Diabetic Care
  • Non-Ambulatory Care

Services & convenience

  • Complimentary Transportation
  • Resident Parking Available
  • Beautician

Activities & engagement

  • Activities On-site
  • Devotional Activities Offsite
  • Devotional Activities On-Site
  • Activities Off-site

Outdoor spaces

  • Indoor Common Areas
  • Outdoor Common Areas

Apartment & room features

  • Bath Tubs
  • Wheelchair Accessible Showers

Official oversight

Inspection and quality records

Inspection coverage has not yet been completed for this community. “Not covered” is not the same as “no violations found.”

Coverage last checked October 22, 2026.

Questions to confirm with the community

Additional care fees
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Move-in fee
Not publicly disclosed
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