Life Care Center Of Federal Way
Life Care Center Of Federal Way is a 157-bed nursing home in FEDERAL WAY, Washington. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1968-09-17. It averages 83.8 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at Life Care Center Of Federal Way?
CMS lists 82 health-inspection deficiencies for Life Care Center Of Federal Way since 2022-09-15, 66 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is G; the most recent health inspection was 2026-05-01.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | F0697 | Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | D |
| 2025-03-18 | F0656, F0657, F0658, F0689, F0801, F0883, F0887, F0947 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. / Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. / Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status. / Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. | E |
| 2025-03-18 | F0550, F0552, F0578, F0584, F0623, F0625, F0644, F0645, F0676, F0677, F0678, F0684, F0692, F0695, F0700, F0742, F0761, F0842, F0849, F0880, F0940 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. / Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. / Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. / Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. / Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. / PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities / Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail. / Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder. / 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. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. / Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members. | D |
| 2024-12-31 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | G |
| 2024-12-31 | F0559, F0684 | Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | E |
| 2024-11-07 | F0610 | Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | E |
| 2024-09-26 | F0686 | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | G |
| 2024-09-03 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | G |
| 2024-04-03 | F0600 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | G |
| 2024-04-03 | F0609, F0610 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | D |
| 2024-01-10 | F0791 | Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. | G |
| 2024-01-10 | F0880 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | F |
| 2024-01-10 | F0657, F0684, F0695, F0758 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. | E |
| 2024-01-10 | F0552, F0557, F0561, F0578, F0585, F0609, F0610, F0637, F0645, F0658, F0677, F0679, F0685, F0688, F0689, F0693, F0699, F0740, F0761, F0842, F0883 | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. / Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. / Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. / Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. / Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition / PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. / Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. / Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. / Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent. / Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. / 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. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. / Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | D |
| 2022-09-15 | F0641, F0645, F0880, F0881, F0886, F0888 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. / Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff. / Ensure staff are vaccinated for COVID-19 | E |
| 2022-09-15 | F0657, F0658, F0684, F0686, F0688, F0692, F0698, F0740, F0745, F0756 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. / Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. / Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. | D |
Why was Life Care Center Of Federal Way fined 2 times?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-03 | Fine | $44,272 |
| 2024-01-10 | Fine | $54,698 |
How is Life Care Center Of Federal Way staffed relative to the WA average?
| Measure | This facility | WA average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 4.19843 | 4.36934 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 53.0 | 45.1 |
| Average number of residents per day | 83.8 | 76.0 |
Who owns Life Care Center Of Federal Way, and what chain is it in?
Life Care Center Of Federal Way is registered with CMS as For profit - Limited Liability company, operates under the legal business name CONSOLIDATED RESOURCES HEALTH CARE FUND I LP and belongs to the LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | DEVELOPERS INVESTMENT COMPANY INC | since 08/23/1995 |
| MANAGING CONTROL - GOVERNING BODY | BUTNER, NANCY, LEE, LORETTA, PROCTOR, LYNDSEY | since 05/15/2024 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | CROSS, CINDY, FLETCHER, TODD, HENRY, TERRY, LAY, LISA, SWANKER, RICHARD, THURMOND, JOAN, ZIEGLER, JAMES | since 02/09/2018 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | CONSOLIDATED RESOURCES HEALTH CARE FUND I LP, HCF INC, LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC., BUTNER, NANCY, LEE, LORETTA, PRESTON, AUBREY, PROCTOR, LYNDSEY, SEKERAMAYI, MAGGIE | since 02/05/1990 |
| GENERAL PARTNERSHIP INTEREST | CRHC LLC | since 01/01/2017 |
| LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST | DEVELOPERS INVESTMENT COMPANY INC, FUND I INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, HCF INC | since 08/23/1995 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | CONSOLIDATED RESOURCES HEALTH CARE FUND I LP, FUND I INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC., PRESTON, FORREST, PROCTOR, LYNDSEY, SEKERAMAYI, MAGGIE | since 03/26/2025 |
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