CCN 235471 · Allegan County, Michigan
Life Care Center of Plainwell
320 Brigham St, Plainwell, MI 49080
Life Care Center of Plainwell is a 119-bed for-profit nursing home in Plainwell, Michigan, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1988. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 94.7 residents a day, about 80% 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
- 119
- Average residents per day
- 94.7 (79.6% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Plainwell Operations, LLC
- Certified since
- Jun 6, 1988
- Chain or affiliated group
- Life Care Centers of America (194 facilities, chain average 3.4 stars)
- Location
- Rural
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 | Michigan median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 | State spread: 72 at 1, 84 at 2, 85 at 3, 75 at 4, 104 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.50 | 3.81 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.85 | 0.71 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.02 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 40.2% | 44.6% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 79.6% | 86.7% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 2 totaling $171,837 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 16 (Dec 17, 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 Plainwell does not meet it today: overall rating 1, health inspection rating 1. 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 | 09/21/2015 |
| Alvi, TahirIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/24/2023 |
| Fletcher, ToddIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2021 |
| Lay, LisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/24/2017 |
| Long, ZofiaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/15/2004 |
| Nickrent, DawnIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/21/2024 |
| Preston, AubreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/27/2024 |
| Preston, ForrestIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/21/2015 |
| Swanker, RichardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2022 |
| Westers, PennieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/17/2022 |
| Ziegler, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/18/2001 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2017 | Plainwell 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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