CCN 135128 · Nez Perce County, Idaho
Life Care Center of Lewiston
325 Warner Drive, Lewiston, ID 83501
Life Care Center of Lewiston is a 121-bed for-profit nursing home in Lewiston, Idaho, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1997. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 77.1 residents a day, about 64% of its certified beds. HUD's healthcare database shows an FHA-insured Section 232 loan for a project matching this facility, most recently $8.2 million in March 2002 (223(f) refinance or purchase), and none of them appears in HUD's active-loan file.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 121
- Average residents per day
- 77.1 (63.7% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Clearwater Operations LLC
- Certified since
- Oct 15, 1997
- 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 | Idaho median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 16 at 1, 10 at 2, 17 at 3, 18 at 4, 18 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 5 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.43 | 3.85 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.90 | 0.78 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.88 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 50.6% | 50.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 63.7% | 80.0% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 6 (Aug 1, 2025) | ||
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 Lewiston meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater Operations LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/15/1997 |
| Developers Investment Company IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2017 |
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/15/1997 |
| Baker, LindaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2021 |
| Butner, NancyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/16/2018 |
| Fletcher, ToddIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
| Jansen, HeatherIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/16/2024 |
| Preston, AubreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
| Rudolph, JohnIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2020 |
| Ziegler, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2002 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Life Care Center of Lewiston, 121 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding Group | $8,162,600 | Ended Mar 29, 2011Prepayment | 12422005 |
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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