Life Care Center Of Kona is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2001-10-23. 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 (808) 322-2790 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Life Care Center Of Kona 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 (4★), 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 79.0/100, placing it #4130 of 14703 facilities nationally and #28 of 42 in Hawaii. 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 Kona receives a reported average of 3 hours 41 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 7 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 35 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 59 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 17 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 39.6%. 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 $27,612. 6 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 $27,612, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 97.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Life Care Center Of Kona ranks 4130th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 79.0/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within HI, it ranks 28th out of 42 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #7,337 nationally and RN hours rank #1,459 nationally (#34 in HI). Our composite quality score of 79.0/100 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 Kailua Kona, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/hawaii/kailua-kona/