Life Care Center Of Port Townsend

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

60.2% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — CMS rates that better than the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 186 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 72.2% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 54 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.47 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 78% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 33% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 94 beds and averages 41.2 residents a day — about 44% occupied, or roughly 53 beds typically open. It often has substantial empty capacity — worth asking why, since low census can reflect either a new or shrinking home or one families are avoiding. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 3.96 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 1.01 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.49 is at or above the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 3.55 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 4.13 on weekdays — 14% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 1.04 to 0.93 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 54% is about the same as the national median of 45%.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are fewer than at the previous inspection — improving. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

22 citations, most serious first. The 11 most serious are shown; the remaining 11 are one tap away and print in full.

• Actual harm · G2023-10-04 · tag F0689 — failed to keep residents free of avoidable accidents; supervise adequately — isolated
  Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY . Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure residents were free from accident hazards when staff provided a one-person transfer with toileting assistance instead of the care planned two-person transfer with toileting assistance for 1 of 3 sampled residents (Resident 1) reviewed for accident hazards. This failure placed residents at risk for injury and a diminished quality of life. Resident 1 experienced harm when he was assisted with one staff rather than two and sustained three rib fractures and subsequent pleural effusion (a build-up of excess fluid between the layers of the pleura outside the lungs), pain, and bruising. Findings included Resident 1 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including Parkinson's Disease (a brain disorder that causes unintended or uncontrollable movements, such as shaking, stiffness, and difficulty with balance and coordination). The Quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS), an assessment tool, dated 07/26/2023, documented Resident 1 had severe…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2026-03-13 · tag F0645 — pattern
  PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to screen residents for mental health conditions prior to admission for 2 of 5 sampled residents (Resident 12 and 47) residents reviewed for Preadmission Screening and Resident /review (PASRR). This failure placed residents at risk for unidentified mental health conditions, lack of appropriate mental health care and a decreased quality of life. Findings included . Resident 12 was admitted on [DATE]. Resident 12's Minimum Data Set Assessment (MDS), dated [DATE], showed Resident 12 had a diagnosis of anxiety disorder. Resident 12's physician orders, dated 02/03/2026, showed Resident 12 had lorazepam (medication for anxiety) ordered every four hours as needed for anxiety related to anxiety disorder. Resident 12's Level 1 PASRR, dated 01/26/2026, showed Resident 12 was anticipated to be admitted to the facility on [DATE] and had no serious mental illness indicators and anxiety disorder was not documented. On 03/12/2026 at 1:13 PM, Staff C, Social Service…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-03-13 · tag F0605 — failed to not use drugs as a restraint — isolated
  Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure psychotropic medications (any drug that affects the brain activities associated with mental processes and behavior) were regularly monitored for side effects and target behaviors and provided justification for use of the psychotropic medications and non-pharmaceutical interventions were used prior to utilizing psychotropic medications for 3 of 5 sampled residents (Resident 22, 47 & 12) reviewed for unnecessary medication. This failure placed residents at risk of unnecessary medication usage, increase in side effects without interventions, and a diminished quality of life.Findings included.Review of the facility policy titled, Psychotropic Medication Use, revised 03/01/2025, showed the facility staff should take a holistic approach to behavior management that involved a thorough assessment of underlying causes of behaviors and individualized person-centered non-drug and pharmaceutical interventions and psychotropic medications may be used to…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2026-03-13 · tag F0644 — isolated
  Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to coordinate and follow-up on a preadmission screening and resident review (PASRR, a mental health screening tool) level 2 evaluation for residents diagnosed with a significant mental illness for 2 of 5 residents (3 and 4) reviewed for PASRR. This failure placed the residents at risk for unmet care needs and a decreased quality of life.Findings included .Resident 3Resident 3 was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. The Quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS, an assessment tool), dated 12/05/2025, showed Resident 3 was cognitively intact and needed set up assistance with oral hygiene and partial/moderate assist to dependent with dressing and showering.Resident 3's PASRR, dated 07/03/2025, showed serious mental illness indicators were checked for psychotic disorder (severe mental illnesses characterized by a loss of touch with reality) depressive disorder (mental health condition characterized by persistent low mood, loss of interest, and low energy), delusion…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2026-03-13 · tag F0677 — failed to help fully-dependent residents with daily care — isolated
  Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to provide the necessary services for a dependent resident for 1 of 2 sampled residents (3) reviewed for activities of daily living (ADL). This failure placed the resident at risk for a decline in health status and a diminished quality of life. Findings included.Resident 3 was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. The Quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS, an assessment tool) dated 12/05/2025, showed Resident 3 was cognitively intact and needed set up or clean-up assistance with eating.On 03/09/2026 at 1:37 PM, Resident 3 said sometimes they could not reach their call light. Resident 3 was asked what they do when they cannot reach their call light and Resident 3 said, I have to wait.On 03/09/2026 at 1:51 PM, Resident 3 said they needed the staff to help them drink. Resident 3 was asked what they did when they needed a drink, Resident 3 said sometimes I must wait. Resident 3 said, they tell me I am dehydrated and I do want to drink more.On 03/11/2026…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-03-13 · tag F0686 — failed to prevent and treat pressure sores (bedsores) — isolated
  Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to prevent facility acquired pressure ulcers (injury to skin and underlying tissue resulting from prolonged pressure) from developing for 1 of 3 sampled residents (Resident 6) reviewed for pressure ulcers. This failure placed residents at risk for developing pressure ulcers, worsening pressure ulcers, increased pain, and a diminished quality of life.Findings included .Resident 6Resident 6 was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. The Quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS, as assessment tool) dated 01/07/2026, documented Resident 6 was severely cognitively impaired, had communication deficits, was at risk for developing pressure ulcers and had two Stage 2 pressure ulcers. The skin integrity care plan, initiated on 07/10/2025, documented Resident 6 had an air overlay mattress (a medical device designed to prevent and treat pressure ulcers by redistributing pressure across the body. It typically consists of air-filled cells that inflate and deflate in a cyclical…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-03-13 · tag F0692 — failed to prevent malnutrition and dehydration — isolated
  Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to reassess current nutritional interventions and implement new nutritional interventions for 1 of 1 sampled residents (Resident 6) reviewed to weight loss. This failure placed residents at risk for continued weight loss, malnutrition, medical complications and a diminished quality of life. Findings included .Resident 6 was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. The Quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS, as assessment tool) dated 01/07/2026, documented Resident 6 was severely cognitively impaired, had communication deficits, had a 5 % weight loss and was not on a prescribed weight loss regimen.Resident 6's diet order, dated 07/09/2025, was regular diet, regular texture, thin consistency, finger foods/sandwiches when available. The electronic health record (EHR) documented no change in diet type to include nutritionally enhanced meals (NEM), fortified foods or calorie dense meals.On 10/11/2025, Resident 6 weighed 108 pounds (lbs.) On 03/07/2026, Resident 6 weighed…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2025-04-11 · tag F0604 — failed to not use physical restraints improperly — pattern
  Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY . Based on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure that potential restraints were appropriately assessed for safety, care planned, and/or documented on for 3 of 3 residents (Residents 14, 16, & 29) reviewed for physical restraints. This failure placed residents at risk for unidentified risks and care needs, of the potential for restraint, and for a diminished quality of life. Findings included . 1) Resident 14 was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. Review of the Quarterly Minimum Data Set Assessment (MDS), dated [DATE], showed Resident 14 was cognitively intact, was not in any therapies, had lower extremity impairment, and was dependent on staff for toileting/dressing. On 04/07/2025 at 10:42 AM, Resident 14 was observed with their bed against the wall. Review of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) showed Resident 14 had not had a physical restraint evaluation done for the bed against the wall. Review of Resident 14's care plans showed there was not a care plan for the bed against…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2025-04-11 · tag F0757 — failed to avoid unnecessary drugs — pattern
  Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY . Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to provide non-pharmacological interventions (health interventions/approaches used instead of medication), to implement and/or follow parameters for medications, and/or to reassess necessity of medication when vitals were abnormal for 3 of 6 sampled residents (Residents 19, 23 & 16) when reviewed for unnecessary medications and/or pain management. This failure placed the residents at risk for receiving unnecessary medications, avoidable medication side effects, and a diminished quality of life. Findings included . 1) Resident 19 was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. The Annual Minimum Dated Set (MDS, an assessment tool) , dated 02/07/2025, documented Resident 19 was cognitively intact. Resident 19 received an opioid medication for pain. A physician's order, dated 02/02/2023, documented Resident 19 was to be given the opioid medication when the pain level was above 3. Non-pharmacological interventions were to be offered and completed prior to…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-04-11 · tag F0644 — isolated
  Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY . Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to obtain an updated preadmission screening and resident review (PASRR, a mental health screening tool) when a diagnosis of significant mental illness was identified for 2 of 5 residents (Resident 4 & 1) reviewed for PASRR. This failure placed the residents at risk for unmet care needs and a decreased quality of life. Findings included . 1) Resident 4 admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses that included Alzheimer's disease, anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder (a mental disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally elevated mood). The Quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS, an assessment tool), dated 02/21/2025, showed Resident 4 was confused with poor memory recall. Review of Resident 4's Level 1 PASRR, dated 03/07/2025, showed Serious Mental Illness indicators of mood disorders and anxiety disorders had been selected. During an interview on 04/10/2025 at 1:19 PM, when reviewing guidance from the PASRR dear provider…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-04-11 · tag F0656 — failed to write and follow a full care plan — isolated
  Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY . Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure the comprehensive care plan included resident specific interventions for 5 of 12 sampled residents (Residents 42, 14, 16, 26 & 29) reviewed for care plans. This failure to establish care plans that were individualized, accurately reflected assessed care needs and provided direction to staff, placed residents at risk to receive inappropriate and inadequate care to meet their individual needs. Findings included . 1) Resident 42 was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. According to the Modification of Admission/Medicare 5-day Minimum Data Set (MDS, and assessment tool), dated 03/08/2025, Resident 42 required supervision or touching assistance for oral hygiene. Resident 42's diagnoses included Malignant Neoplasm of Rectum (cancer of the rectum). Review of Resident 42's physician orders showed three medications prescribed to treat chronic diarrhea. Review of Resident 42's care plan showed Resident 42 had occasional bowel incontinence…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

$34,808 in federal fines across 1 penalty.

• $34,808 — penalty dated 2023-10-04

Dates are the dates CMS records the penalty, not the date of the conduct behind it. CMS publishes penalties on a rolling window, so this is what is currently on the public file — not the home’s lifetime history, and an older fine may attach to a problem that has since been corrected. The amounts are as imposed: the CMS file does not record whether a penalty was appealed, reduced, or paid, so we don’t say. Ask the home what each one was for and what changed since.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA — 194 facilities. Here is how its ratings compare with the chain’s average across all its homes: See the whole chain — ratings, flags, fines and finances →

A home rated well below its chain’s average can signal local problems; a chain with a low average across the board is a bigger pattern worth researching. CMS chain data under-reports private-equity and REIT ownership, so treat this as a floor, not the full picture.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 28 rows in the source record cover these 15 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted. The source lists no ownership percentage for any of them — PECOS records a share only for equity interests, not for board or management roles.

2 organizational owners listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

This home reported $669K paid to related parties — landlords or management companies under common ownership — equal to about 11% of its total expenses. Money routed to affiliated companies can leave a home’s own books looking lean while owners still profit; it is the mechanism regulators watch most closely in private-equity and REIT deals. A reported operating loss is common in this industry and is not by itself a sign of trouble — but paired with large related-party payments it can mean profit is being taken elsewhere in the ownership structure.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2023). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

What families pay in WA