Life Care Center of Seneca: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Life Care Center of Seneca is a 60-bed for-profit nursing home in Seneca, Kansas, part of Life Care Centers of America. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.61 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% below the Kansas average of 2.70, and 31.1% nursing staff turnover (Kansas average 48.1%).
Life Care Center of Seneca
512 Community DriveSeneca, KS 66538
Nemaha 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 Seneca, nurse aides logged 2.61 hours per resident per day, 3% below the Kansas average. With about 37 residents a day, that works out to roughly 95 aide hours a day, or about 12 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kansas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.61 | 2.70 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.82 | 0.65 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.60 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.02 | 4.07 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.59 | 3.60 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
31.1% of nursing staff at Life Care Center of Seneca left over the year CMS measured, against a Kansas average of 48.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 28.6%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 30, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (Kansas average 9.5). 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 Seneca holds 4 of 5 overall; the Kansas average is 3.1.
About Life Care Center of Seneca
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Life Care Centers of America, 194 homes
- Legal name: Seneca Operations, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 27, 2000
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Life Care Center of Seneca
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Crestview Nursing & Residential Living Seneca | 0.8 | 34 | 2.95 | 4.34 | 41.2% | 5 | None |
| Eastridge Centralia | 8.4 | 28 | 3.05 | 5.34 | 53.8% | 2 | $12,798 |
| Sabetha Manor Sabetha | 15.0 | 40 | 2.55 | 3.92 | 29.6% | 4 | None |
| Apostolic Christian Home Sabetha | 15.1 | 76 | 2.38 | 4.15 | 41.0% | 3 | $13,397 |
| Frankfort Community Care Home Frankfort | 19.9 | 40 | 2.58 | 3.93 | 57.1% | 1 | $19,386 |
| Colonial Acres of Humboldt Humboldt | 24.0 | 49 | 2.80 | 4.35 | 53.3% | 2 | None |
| Onaga Operator, LLC Onaga | 24.6 | 45 | 2.15 | 3.90 | 33.3% | 4 | $42,578 |
| Cambridge Place Marysville | 29.7 | 91 | 2.38 | 3.44 | 48.8% | 2 | 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.