Overview
Life Care Center of Federal Way has a Medicare overall rating of 3 out of 5, below the Washington average of 3.3. It ranks 3rd of 4 nursing homes in Federal Way. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 4.2 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 54% of nursing homes in Washington (the state average is 4.4 hours). Of that, 0.8 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on June 3, 2026, found 20 health deficiencies, more than the Washington average of 15.5. 1 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 2 fines totaling $98,970 in the past three years.
Life Care Center of Federal Way is a for-profit facility with 157 certified beds, caring for about 86 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1968.
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.
Top 75%
Top 48%
Top 48%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- June 3, 2026
- Health deficiencies cited
- 20
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 1
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 2 totaling $98,970
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 2
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff4.19 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.80 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.95 hrs
- Nurse aides2.45 hrs
- Physical therapists0.02 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Partnership
- Certified beds
- 157
- Average residents per day
- 86
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- September 17, 1968
- 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