Life Care Center Of Hendersonville is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1994-07-19. 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 (828) 697-4348 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Life Care Center Of Hendersonville 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 (2★), Staffing (2★), 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 77.4/100, placing it #4850 of 14703 facilities nationally and #94 of 418 in North Carolina. 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 Hendersonville receives a reported average of 3 hours 43 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 57 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 2 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 44 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 25 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 65.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $40,986. 31 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 2 fine(s) totaling $40,986, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 63.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Life Care Center Of Hendersonville ranks 4850th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 77.4/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within NC, it ranks 94th out of 418 nursing homes. In Hendersonville, it ranks 3rd out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #7,060 nationally and RN hours rank #2,371 nationally (#39 in NC). Our composite quality score of 77.4/100 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 Hendersonville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_carolina/hendersonville/