Life Care Center Of La Center
252 W. 5Th Street, La Center, KY, 42056
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CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation · Chain: Life Care Centers Of America
- Certified beds
- 70 · avg 60 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 31.7% — lower than most Kentucky nursing homesKentucky avg: 46.6% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 30% — lower than most Kentucky nursing homesKentucky avg: 42.3% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Kentucky averageKentucky avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 185320
- Certified beds
- 70 beds · avg 60 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- La Center Operations Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Life Care Centers Of America
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Life Care Centers of America chain — 194 facilities across 26 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.5 / 5.
Disclosed owners (15 on record)
- Danny n Butler
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Ginger Atkins
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Aubrey Preston
Operational/managerial Control · since 2024
- Richard Swanker
Operational/managerial Control · since 2022
- Todd Fletcher
Operational/managerial Control · since 2021
- Lynn Plumley
Operational/managerial Control · since 2019
+ 9 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 3 of 3)
- D0679·Dec 18, 2019
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- D0657·Dec 18, 2019
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- D0625·Dec 18, 2019
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Fire-safety citations
4 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Feb 19, 2026. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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