Life Care Center of Port Saint Lucie
Nursing home in Port Saint Lucie, FL
Medicare & Medicaid certified3★ overall (CMS)
Public-record details
- Address
- 3720 Se Jennings Rd, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952
- Phone
- (772) 398-8080
- Listed under
- For-profit, No fines in 3 years
- Medicare CCN
- 106012
- Overall star rating
- 3 of 5 ★★★☆☆
- Health inspection rating
- 2 of 5
- Staffing rating
- 4 of 5
- Quality measures rating
- 5 of 5
- Certified beds
- 123
- Average residents per day
- 113
- Ownership
- For-profit, corporation
- Legal business name
- Port St. Lucie Operations LLC
- Chain
- Life Care Centers of America (194 facilities)
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
- Sep 9, 1999
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Located inside a hospital
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident council
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes
Inspection record
Most recent standard health inspection: Jan 29, 2026. CMS lists 33 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Jun 8, 2023 to Jan 29, 2026): 8 from complaint inspections, 0 at the “actual harm” level or higher.
| Inspection | Citation | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2026 | Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. | D |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | D |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with… | D |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. | D |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | D |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | D |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | D |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in… | D |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | D |
| Sep 11, 2025 | Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | D |
Fines and payment denials
CMS records no fines or payment denials for this facility in the last three years.
Staffing
- Total nurse staffing per resident per day
- 3.99 hours
- Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
- 0.70 hours
- Nurse aide time per resident per day
- 2.23 hours
- Total nurse staffing on weekends
- 3.44 hours
- Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
- 38%
- RN turnover (yearly)
- 63%
- Administrators who left in the past year
- 1
A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.
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