Life Care Center of Elyria: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Life Care Center of Elyria is a 99-bed for-profit nursing home in Elyria, Ohio, part of Life Care Centers of America. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.17 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% above the Ohio average of 2.09, and 34.7% nursing staff turnover (Ohio average 48.7%).
Life Care Center of Elyria
1212 South Abbe RoadElyria, OH 44035
Lorain County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Life Care Center of Elyria, nurse aides logged 2.17 hours per resident per day, 4% above the Ohio average. With about 92 residents a day, that works out to roughly 199 aide hours a day, or about 25 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Ohio avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.17 | 2.09 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.98 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.84 | 3.69 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.35 | 3.28 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
34.7% of nursing staff at Life Care Center of Elyria left over the year CMS measured, against a Ohio average of 48.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 7.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 20, 2023. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (Ohio average 10.7). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Life Care Center of Elyria holds 5 of 5 overall; the Ohio average is 3.2.
About Life Care Center of Elyria
- Ownership: For profit - Individual
- Chain: Life Care Centers of America, 194 homes
- Legal name: Lorain Medical Investors Limited Partnership
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 6, 1999
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Life Care Center of Elyria
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Wesleyan Village Elyria | 1.7 | 99 | 1.95 | 3.42 | 66.0% | 2 | $219,798 |
| O'Neill Healthcare North Ridgeville North Ridgeville | 2.2 | 150 | 1.94 | 3.50 | 40.4% | 5 | None |
| Northridge Rehabilitation and Care Center North Ridgeville | 4.0 | 96 | 1.93 | 3.51 | 65.6% | 2 | None |
| Avenue at North Ridgeville North Ridgeville | 5.5 | 103 | 1.94 | 3.69 | 46.7% | 2 | $68,390 |
| Avon Oaks Nursing Home Avon | 6.8 | 99 | 2.82 | 4.53 | 46.6% | 5 | None |
| Woods on French Creek Nursing & Rehab Center the Avon | 7.4 | 74 | 1.83 | 3.07 | 50.0% | 4 | $26,685 |
| Autumn Aegis Nursing Home Lorain | 7.7 | 99 | 2.33 | 3.65 | 32.9% | 4 | None |
| St Mary of the Woods Avon | 7.8 | 50 | 1.95 | 4.59 | 58.5% | 4 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.