The nursing home failed to provide proper pressure ulcer care and failed to prevent new pressure sores from developing. Cited April 2026 — isolated incident, actual harm.
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F-Tag 686 — 42 CFR §483.25(b) — S/S: G
Nursing home report
LIFE CARE CENTER OF PUYALLUP
PUYALLUP, WA · Medicare-certified · 102 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
3 of 5 overall
LIFE CARE CENTER OF PUYALLUP has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Its staffing is above the federal benchmark (4.75 vs. 4.1 hours per resident per day), with 4-star staffing and quality ratings, no fines in the last 24 months, and recent inspection citations related to pressure ulcer care, infection control, and monitoring antibiotic use.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.7488 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: April 10, 2026Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.7488.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.98
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.92
- Nurse aides
- 2.85
- Weekend nursing
- 4.15
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 31%
Registered nurse turnover: 33%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
12%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
2.3%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
7.6%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
1.5%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
3%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
4.7%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
9.8%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
12.6%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0.5%Worsening
Residents with a long-term catheter
0.8%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
23.6%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
0%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
96.2%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
90.8%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
92.9%Improving
What the inspectors found
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 April 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to monitor antibiotic use properly. Cited April 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 881 — 42 CFR §483.80 — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited January 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents’ medications were free from unnecessary drugs. Cited January 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 757 — 42 CFR §483.45(d) — S/S: E
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 14 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- Part of LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA · 194 homes · 3.5 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 90.9 residents on an average day (89% of 102 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 37 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.