Life Care Center Of Bridgeton is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1989-01-01. 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 (314) 298-7444 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Life Care Center Of Bridgeton holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 66.5/100, placing it #9790 of 14703 facilities nationally and #181 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 Bridgeton receives a reported average of 3 hours 59 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 21 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 3 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 35 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 28 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 58.3%. 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 $21,801. 122 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 $21,801, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 88.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Life Care Center Of Bridgeton ranks 9790th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 66.5/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MO, it ranks 181st out of 487 nursing homes. In Bridgeton, it ranks 2nd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,910 nationally and RN hours rank #11,955 nationally (#287 in MO). Our composite quality score of 66.5/100 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 Bridgeton, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/missouri/bridgeton/