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Life Care Center Of St Louis

3520 Chouteau Ave, Saint Louis, MO 631033147712100Ownership: For profit - IndividualCertified beds: 100Avg. daily residents: 92Chain: Life Care Centers Of America (194 facilities)County: St. Louis City

The complete public record on Life Care Center Of St Louis, a Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing home in Saint Louis, Missouri, from the CMS Care Compare database (August 2026 release). Every figure below is published by federal regulators; ClearPath adds the state comparisons and the plain-English reading.

CMS Star Ratings

Overall rating
★★★★☆
CMS’s composite of the three ratings below. Missouri average: 2.5 stars.
Health inspection
★★★☆☆
Based on the last three years of on-site inspections and complaint investigations — the rating CMS weights most heavily.
Staffing
★★★☆☆
Nurse and aide hours per resident per day, adjusted for how much care residents need, plus staff turnover.
Quality measures
★★★★★
Clinical outcomes CMS tracks, such as falls with injury, pressure ulcers and hospital readmissions.
Life Care Center Of St Louis holds a 4-star overall rating, in the top tier CMS assigns. Its health-inspection rating is lower than its overall rating — the overall score is being lifted by staffing or quality-measure ratings, which draw partly on facility-reported data. Nursing staff turnover of 66% is well above the Missouri average of 56%; high turnover is one of the strongest predictors of inconsistent care. Federal regulators have fined this facility $15,646 in the last three years. None of this tells you whether a bed is open, whether your insurance is in network, or whether the facility will accept a given level of care — confirm those three directly with the facility before you commit.

Staffing

3.54 total nurse staff hours per resident per day
about the state average (3.43)
0.40 RN hours per resident per day
below the state average (0.46)
3.14 weekend nurse staff hours per resident per day
66.4% total nursing staff turnover
above the state average (56.0)
50.0% RN turnover
1 administrator left in the reporting period

Hours are per resident per day, from payroll-based journal data facilities submit to CMS. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over the past year.

Inspections & Penalties

January 16, 2026 most recent standard health inspection
7 health deficiencies cited in the most recent inspection cycle
below the state average (11.5)
17 health deficiencies in the two prior cycles combined
$15,646 in federal fines across 1 penalty (last 3 years)
below the state average ($36,698)
0 payment denials
CMS withholding Medicare/Medicaid payment for new admissions until problems were fixed

Recent Inspection Citations

37 citations on record across recent inspections, 1 at the actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy level. Showing the most recent inspection. Severity uses CMS’s A–L scope-and-severity scale; G and above means residents were actually harmed.

InspectionTagWhat was citedSeverity
January 16, 20260880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.E · Potential for more than minimal harm
January 16, 20260947Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.E · Potential for more than minimal harm
January 16, 20260561Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
January 16, 20260567Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
January 16, 20260577Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
January 16, 20260658Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
January 16, 20260677Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm

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Source: CMS Care Compare (data.cms.gov), August 2026 monthly release. Figures are as published by CMS and change monthly; ClearPath refreshes automatically. ClearPath Senior Guide is an independent information service, accepts no referral fees or placement incentives from any facility, and does not recommend facilities. Verify current details with the facility.