CCN 505334 · King County, Washington
Life Care Center of Kirkland
10101 Northeast 120th Street, Kirkland, WA 98034
Life Care Center of Kirkland is a 190-bed for-profit nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1989. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 87.3 residents a day, about 46% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $10 million originally, at 4.25%, with $8.1 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in May 2047.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 190
- Average residents per day
- 87.3 (45.9% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Lake Vue Operations, LLC
- Certified since
- May 1, 1989
- 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 | Washington median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 | State spread: 22 at 1, 46 at 2, 36 at 3, 38 at 4, 50 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.87 | 4.10 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.05 | 0.91 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.05 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 50.5% | 43.1% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 45.9% | 81.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 2 totaling $53,560 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 16 (Nov 26, 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 Kirkland meets that part today: 2 stars overall, 2 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 | 10/30/2008 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2017 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Life Care Center of Kirkland, 127 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $9,961,000 | Active: 4.25%, $8,078,504 balanceMatures May 1, 2047. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 12722138 |
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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