Life Care Center Of St Louis is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1995-04-06. 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 (314) 771-2100 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Life Care Center Of St Louis 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 #4120 of 14703 facilities nationally and #44 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 St Louis receives a reported average of 3 hours 53 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 28 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 20 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 4 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 27 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 57.5%. 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 $15,646. 48 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 $15,646, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 107.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Life Care Center Of St Louis ranks 4120th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 79.0/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within MO, it ranks 44th out of 487 nursing homes. In Saint Louis, it ranks 4th out of 36 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,711 nationally and RN hours rank #9,326 nationally (#163 in MO). 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 Saint Louis, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/missouri/saint-louis/