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Life Care Center of St Louis

A nursing home in Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

3520 Chouteau Ave, Saint Louis, Missouri 63103. (314) 771-2100.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 26 citations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean8
Star ratings
CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Scope and severity (A to L)
CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
Nurse staffing hours
The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
Fines and payment denials
A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
Immediate jeopardy
CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

9 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The Missouri average is 11.4.

Last standard inspection Jan 16, 2026.

Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J), at a complaint inspection on Oct 21, 2024

Source:

CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those citations happened

26 citations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

26 citations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 26 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 8 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Aug 14, 2026: complaint inspection2 citations
  • Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.

    Rule F0604. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 5, 2026.

  • Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.

    Rule F0744. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 5, 2026.

Jan 16, 2026: standard inspection5 citations
  • Honor the resident’s right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

    Rule F0561. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 27, 2026.

  • Honor the resident’s right to manage his or her financial affairs.

    Rule F0567. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 27, 2026.

  • Allow residents to easily view the nursing home’s survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.

    Rule F0577. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 27, 2026.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 11, 2026.

  • Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.

    Rule F0947. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 27, 2026.

Jan 16, 2026: standard and complaint inspection2 citations
  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Rule F0658. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 27, 2026.

  • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

    Rule F0677. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 27, 2026.

Oct 21, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. J: immediate jeopardy to health or safety. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 16, 2024.

Apr 23, 2024: standard inspection13 citations
  • Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

    Rule F0623. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.

    Rule F0636. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.

    Rule F0638. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.

    Rule F0640. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

    Rule F0656. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.

    Rule F0676. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.

    Rule F0685. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Observe each nurse aide’s job performance and give regular training.

    Rule F0730. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Post nurse staffing information every day.

    Rule F0732. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

    Rule F0760. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

    Rule F0761. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 31, 2024.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 31, 2024.

Apr 23, 2024: standard and complaint inspection1 citation
  • Plan the resident’s discharge to meet the resident’s goals and needs.

    Rule F0660. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 31, 2024.

Feb 14, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations
  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 15, 2024.

  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Rule F0686. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 15, 2024.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Apr 6, 1995.
  • Not on CMS’s special focus list.
  • No abuse icon from CMS.
  • No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
  • CMS lists its ownership as for profit, individual.
  • 100 certified beds.
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • 1 fine in the last three years, $15,646 in all.
  • No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
  • 8 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
Source:

CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Fines and payment denials, newest first
DateKindAmount
Oct 21, 2024Fine$15,646

Who does the caring?

3.90 nurse hours per resident per day

The Missouri average is 3.40.

CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis homeMissouri average
Nurse hours per resident per day3.903.40
Of which registered nurses0.420.46
At weekends3.392.96
Nursing staff turnover66.1%56.9%
Registered nurse turnover66.7%50%
Administrators who left1Not given

Who owns it?

  • Life Care Centers of America, Inc. runs it.
  • 9 owners or officers are people: Forrest L Preston (owns 5% or more directly, 100%); Forrest L Preston (corporate officer); Forrest L Preston (corporate director); Forrest L Preston (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Joanna J Crooks (corporate officer); Joanna J Crooks (corporate director); Joan E Thurmond (corporate officer); Cindy S Cross (corporate officer); Richard Swanker (corporate officer).
  • Part of Life Care Centers of America (194 homes in CMS’s data).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Runs it (operational or managerial control)100%Mar 23, 1995

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 5 of 5 (Missouri average 2.9).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS’s star ratings, from 1 to 5
MeasureRating
Overall rating4 of 5
Health inspections3 of 5
Staffing3 of 5
Quality measures5 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 4.3 miles, this one had the 10th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (9; the middle value was 16).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
Life Care Center of St Louis This nursing home9
Beauvais Rehab and Healthcare Center1.319
Bernard Care Center1.429
Grand Manor Health Care Center1.416
Blue Circle Rehab and Nursing1.827
Magnolia Wellness Center3.025
Delhaven Manor3.110
Pine Grove Manor3.221
Lansdowne Village3.414
Oak Park Care Center3.57
Carrie Elligson Gietner Health Care Center4.013
St Louis Altenheim4.3Not given

What the record doesn’t say

  • Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
  • Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
  • CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
  • Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.

Sources

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).

    Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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