The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited September 2024 — isolated incident, actual harm.
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F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: G
Nursing home report
LIFE CARE CENTER OF COOS BAY
COOS BAY, OR · Medicare-certified · 114 beds
Needs attention
For-profitChain member
3 of 5 overall
LIFE CARE CENTER OF COOS BAY has a 3-star overall rating, with 4 stars for staffing and 3 stars for health inspections and quality measures. It reports 5.02 nurse hours per resident per day, above the federal benchmark of 4.1, and had $62,868 in fines in the last 24 months with a recent federal penalty.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
5.0205 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: December 19, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $62,868recent federal penalty
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 5.0205.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.85
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.86
- Nurse aides
- 3.32
- Weekend nursing
- 4.36
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 59%
Registered nurse turnover: 64%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
5.6%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
0.6%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
1.5%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
2%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
13.2%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
20.4%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
12.5%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
16.3%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0.7%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
2.7%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
25.8%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
2.2%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
71.4%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
76.3%Worsening
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
91.8%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
79%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The home failed to provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who needed it. Cited September 2024 — isolated incident, actual harm.
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F-Tag 697 — 42 CFR §483.25(k) — S/S: G
The home failed to protect residents’ right to complain without fear and did not ensure grievances were handled promptly. Cited December 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 585 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited December 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to post its nurse staffing information every day, so families could not easily see daily staffing levels. Cited September 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 732 — 42 CFR §483.35(i) — S/S: E
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 9 health deficiencies.
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- PENALTY
A federal fine of $62,868 was recorded.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 23 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 11 health deficiencies.
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Penalties & enforcement
On record with Medicare: 1 fine · $62,868 in total fines.
- $62,868
Federal fine
Sep 27, 2024
Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- Part of LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA · 194 homes · 3.5 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 59 residents on an average day (52% of 114 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 42 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.