Life Care Center Of Cape Girardeau is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1982-11-30. 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 (573) 335-2086 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Life Care Center Of Cape Girardeau holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 59.6/100, placing it #12179 of 14703 facilities nationally and #279 of 487 in Missouri. 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 Cape Girardeau receives a reported average of 3 hours 40 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 31 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 3 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 6 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 13 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 77.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $149,578. 18 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $149,578, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 5. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 183.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Life Care Center Of Cape Girardeau ranks 12179th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 59.6/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within MO, it ranks 279th out of 487 nursing homes. In Cape Girardeau, it ranks 5th out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #7,505 nationally and RN hours rank #8,532 nationally (#136 in MO). Our composite quality score of 59.6/100 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 Cape Girardeau, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/missouri/cape-girardeau/