Life Care Center Of Port Townsend is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1986-11-06. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (360) 385-3555 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Life Care Center Of Port Townsend holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 83.0/100, placing it #2402 of 14703 facilities nationally and #50 of 194 in Washington. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Life Care Center Of Port Townsend receives a reported average of 3 hours 45 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 51 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 32 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 22 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 23 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 59.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $34,808. 9 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $34,808, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 45.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Life Care Center Of Port Townsend ranks 2402nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 83.0/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within WA, it ranks 50th out of 194 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #6,788 nationally and RN hours rank #3,130 nationally (#87 in WA). Our composite quality score of 83.0/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Port Townsend, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/washington/port-townsend/