LIFE CARE CENTER OF WAYNESVILLE — Nursing Home in WAYNESVILLE, MO

700 BIRCH LANE, WAYNESVILLE, MO, 65583 | 5737746456

CMS Five-Star Rating

★☆☆☆☆ 1/5

Based on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures

Facility Overview

Medicare Medicaid
Certified Beds120
Average Residents/Day86.3
CMS Certification Number265373

Staffing Levels

Hours Per Resident Day (HPRD)

Total Nurse Staffing 3.37 HPRD
RN Staffing 0.30 HPRD

Health Inspection Findings & Deficiencies

Most Recent Inspection November 24, 2025
Total Deficiencies 2

LIFE CARE CENTER OF WAYNESVILLE had 2 health inspection deficiencies on its most recent inspection (November 24, 2025).

Inspection Findings — November 24, 2025

  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Level D)
    Corrected — January 6, 2026
  • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (Level D)
    Corrected — January 6, 2026
CareQED Analysis

Life Care Center of Waynesville is a 120-bed nursing home in Waynesville, Missouri. It holds a 1-star CMS overall rating. Total nurse staffing is 3.4 hours per resident day, below the Missouri average of 3.5. Its most recent inspection, in November 2025, cited 2 deficiencies, none of them severe.

The facility has a low overall quality rating and slightly lower-than-average nurse staffing, and its most recent inspection found a couple of deficiencies that were not rated severe. A plus is that the problems cited were limited in number and not severe, but you should ask how the facility has addressed medication safety given repeated citations for medication errors.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is LIFE CARE CENTER OF WAYNESVILLE Medicare and Medicaid certified?

LIFE CARE CENTER OF WAYNESVILLE is Medicare certified and Medicaid certified according to CMS data.

What is LIFE CARE CENTER OF WAYNESVILLE's CMS star rating?

LIFE CARE CENTER OF WAYNESVILLE has an overall CMS rating of 1 out of 5 stars.

How is staffing at LIFE CARE CENTER OF WAYNESVILLE?

LIFE CARE CENTER OF WAYNESVILLE reports 3.36575 total nurse hours per resident day.

Has LIFE CARE CENTER OF WAYNESVILLE had health inspection deficiencies?

On its most recent inspection, LIFE CARE CENTER OF WAYNESVILLE had 2 total deficiencies, including 0 classified as severe.

How many beds does LIFE CARE CENTER OF WAYNESVILLE have?

LIFE CARE CENTER OF WAYNESVILLE has 120 certified beds.

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Data Source

This information is sourced from official CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) public datasets.

CMS Provider Information updated May 1, 2026.

CMS Survey Summary updated May 1, 2026.

CMS Health Deficiencies updated May 1, 2026.

CareQED last updated June 22, 2026.

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