Nursing home report
La Center, KY · Medicare-certified · 70 beds
Life Care Center of La Center has a 5-star overall rating, with 5 stars for health inspections and quality measures and 4 stars for staffing. It reported 3.57 nurse staffing hours per resident per day versus the 4.1-hour federal benchmark, had $0 in fines over the last 24 months, and recent inspection citations were noted.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.5676 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.5676.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to tell residents or their representatives in writing how long their bed would be held after a hospital transfer or therapeutic leave. Cited December 2019 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 625 — 42 CFR §483.15 — S/S: D
The home failed to complete and keep the resident’s care plan properly prepared, reviewed, and updated by the right health professionals. Cited December 2019 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 657 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(2) — S/S: D
The home failed to provide activities that met all residents’ needs. Cited December 2019 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 679 — 42 CFR §483.24 — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
Now operated by La Center Operations LLC, previously Life Care Centers of America, INC..
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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.
