Overview
Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Missouri average of 2.6. It ranks 6th of 6 nursing homes in Cape Girardeau. Its strongest area is quality of care (4 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 4.0 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 83% of nursing homes in Missouri (the state average is 3.4 hours). Of that, 0.7 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on May 22, 2025, found 18 health deficiencies, more than the Missouri average of 11.4. 1 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 4 fines totaling $149,578 in the past three years.
Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau is a for-profit facility with 120 certified beds, caring for about 83 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1982.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
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Top 59%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- May 22, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 18
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 1
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 4 totaling $149,578
- Payment denials
- 1
- Total penalties
- 5
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.95 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.68 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)1.11 hrs
- Nurse aides2.17 hrs
- Physical therapists0.13 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 120
- Average residents per day
- 83
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- November 30, 1982
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes