LIFE CARE SERVICES
Ownership rollup across 43 nursing homes in 18 states. 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 4.1 of 5 stars on the CMS overall rating — about 1.1 stars above the ~3.0 average of the 18 states it operates in — better than its local peers. It has been broadly flat, moving -0.05 stars across the same 43 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 | 3.7 of 5 | 43 rated homes | state surveyors’ findings, ranked within each state |
| Staffing | 4.4 of 5 | 42 rated homes | from payroll (PBJ) hours |
| Quality measures | 4.0 of 5 | 43 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.
3 of this chain’s 43 homes are tied to a real-estate investment trust (REIT) in CMS ownership records. Private-equity and REIT operators are the focus of most research into how money is moved out of nursing homes — often through the related-party payments shown below. CMS under-reports these ties, so read this as a floor.
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 35 of 43 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cottage Grove PlaceCedar Rapids, IA | 1 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy |
| Burcham Hills Retirement CenterEast Lansing, MI | 1 of 5 | $37,557 fined |
| Casa De Las CampanasSan Diego, CA | 2 of 5 | — |
| Oakton Place Health And Rehabilitation At The ArliNaples, FL | 2 of 5 | 4 immediate-jeopardy $170,235 fined |
| Pavilion At Brandon WildeEvans, GA | 2 of 5 | — |
| Linn Manor Care CenterMarion, IA | 2 of 5 | — |
| The Stewart Health CenterCharlotte, NC | 2 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $57,971 fined |
| Signature PointeDallas, TX | 2 of 5 | $38,436 fined |
| Friendship Village Of TempeTempe, AZ | 3 of 5 | — |
| Westminster Village - West LafayetteWest Lafayette, IN | 3 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $72,545 fined |
| Carillon INCLubbock, TX | 3 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $57,321 fined |
| Health Care Ctr At The Forum At Rancho San AntonioCupertino, CA | 4 of 5 | — |
| Oaks Health Ctr At The Marshes Of Skidaway IslandSavannah, GA | 4 of 5 | $8,788 fined |
| Croasdaile VillageDurham, NC | 4 of 5 | $25,275 fined |
| The Cedars of Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC | 4 of 5 | — |
| Wesley Pines Retirement CommunityLumberton, NC | 4 of 5 | — |
| Whitestone a Masonic and Eastern Star CommunityGreensboro, NC | 4 of 5 | $25,490 fined |
| Dallas Retirement Village Health CenterDallas, OR | 4 of 5 | — |
| Parkwood VillageBedford, TX | 4 of 5 | — |
| Acacia Health CenterPhoenix, AZ | 5 of 5 | — |
| Avalon Health Care Center At StoneridgeMystic, CT | 5 of 5 | $8,018 fined |
| Essex Meadows Health CenterEssex, CT | 5 of 5 | — |
| Premier Place At The GlenviewNaples, FL | 5 of 5 | — |
| Waters Edge Health And RehabilitationPalm City, FL | 5 of 5 | — |
| Green Hills Health Care CenterAmes, IA | 5 of 5 | — |
| Hearthwood SNF Senior LivingBartlett, IL | 5 of 5 | REIT-owned |
| Radford GreenLincolnshire, IL | 5 of 5 | $206,689 fined |
| Springs At Monarch Landing, TheNaperville, IL | 5 of 5 | — |
| Terraces At The ClareChicago, IL | 5 of 5 | — |
| Greenwood Village SouthGreenwood, IN | 5 of 5 | — |
| MarquetteIndianapolis, IN | 5 of 5 | — |
| Chestnut Grn Hlth Ctr BlakehurTowson, MD | 5 of 5 | — |
| Residences At Vantage PointColumbia, MD | 5 of 5 | — |
| Friendship VillageKalamazoo, MI | 5 of 5 | — |
| The Birches At Trillium WoodsPlymouth, MN | 5 of 5 | — |
| Cypress Glen Retirement CommunityGreenville, NC | 5 of 5 | — |
| The Rosewood Health CenterRaleigh, NC | 5 of 5 | — |
| Rolling Green VillageGreenville, SC | 5 of 5 | — |
| The Preston Health CenterHilton Head Island, SC | 5 of 5 | $8,018 fined |
| Somerfield At The HeritageBrentwood, TN | 5 of 5 | — |
| The Arbour At Westminster ManorAustin, TX | 5 of 5 | 1 immediate-jeopardy $29,085 fined |
| Briarwood At Timber RidgeIssaquah, WA | 5 of 5 | — |
| Eastcastle Pl Bradford Ter Conv CtrMilwaukee, WI | 5 of 5 | $90,278 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.