Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Life Care Center of Orange Park
2145 Kingsley Ave, Orange Park, FL 32073 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Life Care Centers Of America (194 facilities) · 180 certified beds
Life Care Center of Orange Park is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Orange Park, Florida. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.79 hours per resident per day, below the Florida average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Feb 6, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Life Care Center of Orange Park compares
This facility vs. the Florida and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Florida avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.79 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.45 | 0.73 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.30 | 2.34 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 41.5% | 42.3% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 7.3 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the February 6, 2025 inspection was corrected by February 28, 2025
What inspectors found at Life Care Center of Orange Park
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 23, 2023 - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jul 29, 2021
Show all 8 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 29, 2021 - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 29, 2021 - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 29, 2021
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 2145 Kingsley Ave
Orange Park, FL 32073 - CMS certification #
- 105928
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 180
- Avg residents/day
- 173.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1996-09-19
- Chain
- Life Care Centers Of America (194 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Life Care Centers Of America
Life Care Centers Of America operates 194 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Life Care Centers Of America facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Life Care Center of Orange Park using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, transportation
- Staff pay 2 federal wage cases with violations found, since 2005
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2021, no violations cited
- Emergency Generator: fully implemented permanent generator (Florida AHCA)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Life Care Center of Orange Park says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Nov 5, 2008 to Nov 4, 2010. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $8,336 owed to 4 employees. Civil money penalties assessed: $880. DOL marked the employer as a repeat violator. Employer as DOL recorded it: Life Care Center of Orange Park (CLAY COUNTY MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC). Case 1591548.
- Findings for Jan 1, 2005 to Dec 23, 2006. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $162 owed to 1 employee. DOL marked the employer as a repeat violator. Employer as DOL recorded it: Life Care Center of Orange Park (Clay County Medical Investors, LLC). Case 1461362.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Aug 4, 2021: referral inspection, partial (health). Case closed Oct 1, 2021. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Life Care Centers of America, INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Hca Florida Orange Park Hospital, Orange Park. 0.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Orange Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Orange Park. 0.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Accentcare Home Health Of Jacksonville, Orange Park. 1.0 mile away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 32073 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Orange Park Kidney Center, Orange Park, 0.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Northeast Florida Dialysis Center, Orange Park, 0.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Orange Park North, Orange Park, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 32073.
Community Hospice Of Northeast Florida Inc, office in Jacksonville, 8.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Heartland Hospice (Jacksonville), office in Jacksonville, 10.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Hospice Of Florida, office in Jacksonville, 11.5 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- William Sessions, MD, Orange Park. 0.8 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Emergency power
- Fully Implemented Permanent Generator. (Florida AHCA generator status, as of Oct 15, 2026)
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| Florida AHCA generator status | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Life Care Center of Orange Park a good nursing home?
CMS gives Life Care Center of Orange Park an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Life Care Center of Orange Park staffed?
Life Care Center of Orange Park reports 3.79 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Florida average of 3.86.
Has Life Care Center of Orange Park had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Life Care Center of Orange Park have?
Life Care Center of Orange Park is certified for 180 beds.