CCN 185320 · Ballard County, Kentucky
Life Care Center of La Center
252 W. 5th Street, La Center, KY 42056
Life Care Center of La Center is a 70-bed for-profit nursing home in La Center, Kentucky, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1992. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 61.4 residents a day, about 88% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 70
- Average residents per day
- 61.4 (87.7% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- La Center Operations LLC
- Certified since
- Feb 1, 1992
- 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 | Kentucky median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 59 at 1, 45 at 2, 55 at 3, 55 at 4, 52 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 5 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.57 | 3.75 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.08 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 25.9% | 45.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 87.7% | 90.3% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 0 (Feb 19, 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 La Center 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/24/2015 |
| Atkins, GingerIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/01/2005 |
| Butler, DannyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2019 |
| Fletcher, ToddIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2021 |
| Lay, LisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/24/2017 |
| Plumley, LynnIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/26/2019 |
| Preston, AubreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/27/2024 |
| Preston, ForrestIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/24/2015 |
| Solomon, JenniferIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/03/1997 |
| Swanker, RichardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2022 |
| Ziegler, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/24/2015 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2016 | La Center Operations LLC | Life Care Centers of America, Inc. |
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
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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