CCN 225191 · Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Life Care Center of Acton
One Great Road, Acton, MA 01720
Life Care Center of Acton is a 155-bed for-profit nursing home in Acton, Massachusetts, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1969. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 120.7 residents a day, about 78% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $9.2 million originally, at 2.50%, with $6.3 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in January 2046.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 155
- Average residents per day
- 120.7 (77.9% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Life Care Centers of America, Inc.
- Certified since
- Oct 27, 1969
- 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 | Massachusetts median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4 of 5 | State spread: 65 at 1, 68 at 2, 62 at 3, 72 at 4, 71 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.04 | 3.70 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.52 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.46 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 42.9% | 37.7% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 77.9% | 86.9% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 2 (Jul 21, 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 Acton meets that part today: 4 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 | 09/01/1986 |
| Fletcher, ToddIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2021 |
| Foye, ChristopherIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/28/2015 |
| Kamens, EdwardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/28/2017 |
| Lafortune, KeneeIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/12/2019 |
| Lay, LisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/24/2017 |
| Long, ZofiaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/1999 |
| Preston, AubreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/27/2024 |
| Preston, ForrestIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/06/1976 |
| Swanker, RichardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2022 |
| Ziegler, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/18/2001 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2012 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Life Care 29-Center of Action, 155 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $9,225,800 | Active: 2.50%, $6,293,614 balanceMatures Jan 1, 2046. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 02322130 |
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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