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Life Care Center of Hilton Head

120 LAMOTTE DRIVE, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC, 29926
(843) 681-6006
lcca.com
88 licensed beds
★★★★★1/5CMS Five-Star overall1/5 health inspections3/5 staffing4/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Public record summary

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Bed capacity
88
CMS facility ID
425147
Care type
Nursing home
County
Beaufort
Facility name
Life Care Center of Hilton Head
Street address
120 LAMOTTE DRIVE
City / state / ZIP
Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
Phone
(843) 681-6006
Website
lcca.com

About this facility — Life Care Center of Hilton Head

Life Care Center of Hilton Head is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. It is licensed for 88 beds — close to the median for skilled nursing facilities in South Carolina (96 beds).

It is one of 5 senior care facilities in Hilton Head Island and 187 skilled nursing facilities across South Carolina. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Life Care Center of Hilton Head 15 times across 7 inspections in the last three years, and CMS has imposed $8,281 in fines. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
Life Care Centers of America
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Annunziata, Jacy
Governing body · Operational control — since 2020
Boyles, Sheri
Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2022
Cross, Cindy
Officer — since 1997
Cusano, Matthew
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2016
Fletcher, Todd
Director · Officer · Operational control — since 2020
Henry, Terry
Officer — since 1999
Lay, Lisa
Director · Officer · Operational control — since 2017
Life Care Centers of America, Inc.
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 1997
Preston, Aubrey
Operational control — since 2024
Preston, Forrest
Indirect owner · Director · Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 1976
Solomon, Jennifer
Governing body · Operational control — since 2019
Swanker, Richard
Director · Officer · Operational control — since 2011
Thurmond, Joan
Officer — since 2000
Ziegler, James
Director · Officer · Operational control — since 1999

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
20 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
1982-01-26
CMS overall rating
1 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
5 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$8,281 total
Last standard inspection
2025-07-17
Nurse staffing
3.7 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges
$386 per day (≈ $11,730/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
60% Medicaid · 11% Medicare · 30% private/other
Occupancy
60% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
5% above the SC median of $366/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
88
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

CleanNo food-safety or dietary citations in the last three years of federal inspections.
2025-07-17Health inspectionComplaint-triggered5 citations
F-0600
J · Immediate jeopardyFrom a complaint
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Corrected 2025-08-12
F-0609
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Corrected 2025-08-12
F-0658
D · No harm found
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2025-08-12
F-0677
E · No harm found
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2025-08-12
F-0761
F · No harm found
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 locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Corrected 2025-08-12
2024-06-06Health inspection6 citations
F-0578
D · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Corrected 2024-07-06
F-0657
D · No harm found
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected 2024-07-06
F-0677
D · No harm found
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2024-07-06
F-0689
D · No harm found
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2024-07-06
F-0710
D · No harm found
Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
Corrected 2024-07-06
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2024-07-06
1 earlier / fire-safety inspection (4 citations)
2022-02-16Health inspection4 citations
F-0678
D · No harm found
Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
Corrected 2022-03-17
F-0726
D · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2022-03-17
F-0756
D · No harm found
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Corrected 2022-03-17
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2022-03-17

Federal penalties

2025-07-17Fine$8,281
Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 425147.

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Ownership & corporate history

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Prior operators & transfers
Corporate network & affiliates
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Owners' other facilities
· · 2 more

Inspection citations — last 5 years

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CDC infection data
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Original records

Sources we pull for this facility.
Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
Secretary of State filings
Entity & officer search
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Source
PACER federal dockets
pacer.uscourts.gov
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