CCN 225661 · Worcester County, Massachusetts
Life Care Center of Auburn
14 Masonic Circle, Auburn, MA 01501
Life Care Center of Auburn is a 154-bed for-profit nursing home in Auburn, Massachusetts, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1994. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 135.3 residents a day, about 88% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $7 million originally, at 3.25%, with $6.3 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in July 2049.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 154
- Average residents per day
- 135.3 (87.9% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Auburn Medical Investors, LLC
- Certified since
- Dec 1, 1994
- 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 | 3 of 5 | State spread: 65 at 1, 68 at 2, 62 at 3, 72 at 4, 71 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.83 | 3.70 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.22 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 30.1% | 37.7% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 87.9% | 86.9% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $29,738 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 5 (Jun 18, 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 Auburn meets that part today: 3 stars overall, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developers Investment Company IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/29/2017 |
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/01/1994 |
| Fletcher, ToddIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
| Fontain, CathrineIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/27/2019 |
| Lacerda de la Cruz, ElieselIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/19/2022 |
| Long, ZofiaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/15/2004 |
| Preston, AubreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
| Szabo, SherryIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/31/2023 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2022 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Life Care Center of Auburn, 154 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $7,046,300 | Active: 3.25%, $6,270,420 balanceMatures Jul 1, 2049. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 02322242 |
| Sep 29, 2006 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Life Care Center of Auburn, 154 beds. Lender at endorsement: Greystone Servicing Company LLC | $8,962,800 | Ended Feb 28, 2022Prepayment | 02322052 |
| Nov 14, 2000 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Life Care Center of Auburn. Lender at endorsement: 0 | $8,962,800 | Ended Sep 29, 2006Prepayment | 02322024 |
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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