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Life Care Center of Jacksonville

4813 LENOIR AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE, FL, 32216
(904) 332-4546
120 licensed beds
★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall5/5 health inspections4/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Bed capacity
120
CMS facility ID
106064
Care type
Nursing home
County
Duval
Facility name
Life Care Center of Jacksonville
Street address
4813 LENOIR AVENUE
City / state / ZIP
Jacksonville, FL 32216
Phone
(904) 332-4546
Website

Life Care Center of Jacksonville is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Jacksonville, Florida. It is licensed for 120 beds — close to the median for skilled nursing facilities in Florida (120 beds).

It is one of 215 senior care facilities in Jacksonville and 694 skilled nursing facilities across Florida. 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 Jacksonville 11 times across 6 inspections in the last three years; no federal fines are on record. 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.

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

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

Registered owners & officers

Cross, Cindy
Officer — since 2004
Developers Investment Company Ii, Inc
Direct owner · Operational control — since 2002
Duval Medical Investors Llc
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2010
Fletcher, Todd
Operational control — since 2024
Henry, Terry
Officer — since 2004
Hutchison, Angela
Governing body · Operational control — since 2022
Lay, Lisa
Officer — since 2004
Life Care Centers of America, Inc.
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2004
Preston, Aaron
Governing body · Operational control — since 2018
Preston, Aubrey
Operational control — since 2024
Preston, Forrest
Direct owner · Indirect owner · Additional disclosable party — since 2002
Swanker, Richard
Officer — since 2004
Taylor, Wade
Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2024
Thurmond, Joan
Officer — since 2004
Yu, Zhi
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2022
Ziegler, James
Operational control — since 2024

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
1 naming this facility · 20 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
2005-01-04
CMS overall rating
5 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
0 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
None on record
Last standard inspection
2024-09-26
Nurse staffing
3.8 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2024 cost report)

Average billed charges
$544 per day (≈ $16,540/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
65% Medicaid · 11% Medicare · 24% private/other
Occupancy
94% (fiscal year 2024)
Vs. state median
33% above the FL median of $408/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
120
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Wheelchair accessible
entrance and parking
Visiting hours
Daily Open 24 hours
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report; hours/accessibility via Google · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.
Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

CleanNo food-safety or dietary citations in the last three years of federal inspections.
2022-10-20Health inspection1 citation
F-0677
D · No harm found
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2022-11-20
2021-03-18Health inspection2 citations
F-0759
D · No harm found
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Corrected 2021-04-18
F-0761
D · 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 2021-04-18
1 earlier / fire-safety inspection (8 citations)
2024-09-26Fire-safety inspection8 citations
K-0100
E · No harm found
Meet other general requirements.
Corrected 2024-10-26
K-0222
E · No harm found
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
Corrected 2024-10-26
K-0231
D · No harm found
Provide large enough exits.
Corrected 2024-10-26
K-0353
D · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2024-10-26
K-0761
D · No harm found
To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
Corrected 2024-10-26
K-0914
E · No harm found
Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.
Corrected 2024-10-26
K-0918
E · No harm found
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Corrected 2024-10-26
K-0923
E · No harm found
Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
Corrected 2024-10-26
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 106064.
What people say on Google.
4.4341 ratings on Google
★★★★★Patricia Forst · 2026-05-11 · via Google

“My husband and I came to visit my brother, a resident here. First impressions coming onto the grounds — lovely. The grounds and exterior of the building are well cared for, and the landscaping is very pretty. Inside Life Care Center at JAX is pleasant, bright, and cheerful. Friendly staff greeted us. Everyone we saw seemed quite attentive in caring for the residents, and showed interest, respect …”

★★★★★Suzanne Rose · 2026-07-09 · via Google

“So far so good. Husband just arrived tonight . The staff seems nice, only interacted with two but they were very nice and compassionate the building itself looks lovely. It’s kept up well. It’s clean which means a lot. I hope my husband’s stay here is as good as it seems it will be. I’ll let you know later.! Spent several weeks since my husband entered this facility. We have found that all the Sta…”

★Jennifer Williams · 2026-06-05 · via Google

“At this very moment, I am extremely annoyed and disappointed in this facility. I was ball faced lied to about my mother by Angela Hudgensons (or how ever its spelled), who told me my mother had been wearing a night gown at 8:30 in the morning and she observed this but my mother was in bed in the clothes she had on the day before and had slept in them. My sister was there both days and saw what our…”

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Ownership & corporate history

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

Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Civil & criminal lawsuits

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Active civil suits
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Federal dockets
CDC infection data
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Citations, owner history, lawsuits — decoded into one PDF.
Sources we pull for this facility.
Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
Google Business Profile
Photos, reviews & hours
Displayed with attribution · refreshed on re-run
Source
Secretary of State filings
Entity & officer search
Pulled when a report is ordered
Source
PACER federal dockets
pacer.uscourts.gov
Pulled when a report is ordered