CCN 105999 · Marion County, Florida
Life Care Center of Ocala
2800 SW 41st St, Ocala, FL 34474
Life Care Center of Ocala is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Ocala, Florida, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1999. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 113.1 residents a day, about 94% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $13 million originally, at 2.94%, with $9.4 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in February 2048.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 120
- Average residents per day
- 113.1 (94.2% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Individual
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Life Care Centers of America, Inc.
- Certified since
- Feb 5, 1999
- Chain or affiliated group
- Life Care Centers of America (194 facilities, chain average 3.4 stars)
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Florida median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 89 at 1, 143 at 2, 125 at 3, 156 at 4, 178 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.88 | 3.63 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.39 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 29.8% | 41.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 94.2% | 92.2% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 6 (Jan 15, 2026) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Life Care Center of Ocala meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 4 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/01/2004 |
| Fletcher, ToddIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2021 |
| Lay, LisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/24/2017 |
| Murthy, SrinivasaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/09/2024 |
| Preston, AaronIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/01/2018 |
| Preston, AubreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/27/2024 |
| Preston, ForrestIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/01/2004 |
| Swanker, RichardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2022 |
| Thomas, JefferyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/01/2024 |
| Williams, AndreaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/20/2017 |
| Ziegler, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/01/2004 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2013 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Life Care 29-Center of Ocala & The Bridge, 215 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $12,963,600 | Active: 2.94%, $9,423,370 balanceMatures Feb 1, 2048. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 06322063 |
| Mar 9, 2004 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Life Care Center-Bridge @ Ocala, 197 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding Group | $13,622,500 | Ended Jan 30, 2013Prepayment | 06322016 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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