Life Care Center of La Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Life Care Center of La Center is a 70-bed for-profit nursing home in La Center, Kentucky, part of Life Care Centers of America. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.15 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 9% below the Kentucky average of 2.36, and 25.9% nursing staff turnover (Kentucky average 46.4%).
Life Care Center of La Center
252 W. 5th StreetLa Center, KY 42056
Ballard 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 La Center, nurse aides logged 2.15 hours per resident per day, 9% below the Kentucky average. With about 61 residents a day, that works out to roughly 132 aide hours a day, or about 17 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kentucky avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.15 | 2.36 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.74 | 0.80 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.68 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.57 | 3.95 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.08 | 3.48 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
25.9% of nursing staff at Life Care Center of La Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Kentucky average of 46.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 12.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 19, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 0 health deficiencies (Kentucky average 2.9). 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 La Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Kentucky average is 3.0.
About Life Care Center of La Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Life Care Centers of America, 194 homes
- Legal name: La Center Operations LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 1, 1992
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Life Care Center of La Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Countryside Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Bardwell | 13.7 | 59 | 2.02 | 3.16 | 46.8% | 4 | None |
| Providence Pointe Healthcare Paducah | 14.2 | 108 | 2.19 | 4.02 | 41.7% | 4 | None |
| Southgate Health Care Center Metropolis | 15.0 | 140 | 2.45 | 3.75 | 58.4% | 1 | $20,170 |
| Metropolis Rehab & HCC Metropolis · abuse citation | 15.2 | 101 | 2.13 | 3.48 | 55.3% | 1 | $361,369 |
| Stonecreek Health and Rehabilitation Paducah | 17.6 | 90 | 2.16 | 3.40 | 58.3% | 2 | None |
| River Haven Nursing And Rehabilitation Center Paducah | 18.5 | 103 | 2.08 | 3.39 | 58.8% | 1 | $1,398 |
| Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Paducah | 18.6 | 228 | 2.06 | 3.65 | 37.4% | 4 | $5,519 |
| Hillview Senior Living & Rehab Vienna | 23.8 | 50 | 1.72 | 2.85 | — | 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.