Post Falls · 83854
Life Care Center of Post Falls
460 North Garden Plaza Court
Post Falls, ID 83854
Idaho State Veterans Home - Post Falls
⌖ Post Falls, ID · Kootenai County
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Medicare overall rating 1 of 5 stars
Certified beds64
Medicare / MedicaidMedicare & Medicaid
OwnershipGovernment (state)
About Idaho State Veterans Home - Post Falls
Idaho State Veterans Home - Post Falls is a 64-bed government-run nursing home in Post Falls, ID. Medicare rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (much below average); the average in Idaho is 3.2. At its last full inspection (Aug 2025), inspectors found 12 problems, close to the Idaho average of 10.3. 2 citations in its recent inspections were for residents being harmed or put in immediate danger. Nurses and aides spend about 4 hr 16 min a day with each resident, about the same as the Idaho average of 4 hr 03 min. About 70% of its nursing staff left in the past year. Medicare fined it $36,855 in the last three years.
Written from Medicare’s published figures; nothing here is paid for or written by the home. Our methodology
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Key details
Facility nameIdaho State Veterans Home - Post Falls
LocationKootenai County, Idaho
Phone(208) 415-3430
Address590 S Pleasant View Rd, Post Falls, ID 83854 · Kootenai County
CMS provider number135148
Ownership typeGovernment (state)
Official inspection reportsRead them on Medicare.gov ↗
Medicare enrolled sinceMarch 21, 2023 (3 years)
✓ Medicare✓ Medicaid
Certified for Medicaid; ask whether a Medicaid bed is available.
Quality & inspections
Explore this facility's official CMS inspection history, staffing levels and quality measures below — sourced directly from Medicare's public records.
Ratings and inspection data on this page come directly from CMS's public records and are never altered for any paid listing. Medicare data as of September 2026.
What Medicare found
1 strength and 4 things to ask about in Medicare's inspection, fine and staffing records for this home. 2 care-quality measures are worse than the state average in the rehab and long-term care section below.
Strengths
- Registered nurse time per resident1 hr 24 min a dayIdaho average: 51 minStrength
About average
- Health citations at last inspection12 (Aug 2025)Idaho average: 10.3. Most citations are minor and corrected within weeks.About average
- Nurse staffing per resident4 hr 16 min a dayIdaho average: 4 hr 03 minAbout average
Things to ask about
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- Abuse citationOn recordMedicare shows this icon when a home was cited for abuse, neglect or exploitation in recent inspections. Ask what happened and what changed.Ask about this
- Serious health citations2 for actual harmCitations where inspectors found residents were harmed or put in immediate danger, most recently in Nov 2025 (within the past year). All 2 were later corrected.Ask about this
- Fines and penalties2 fines totaling $36,855Federal penalties from the last three years, most recently in Nov 2025 (within the past year). The national average is $30,972 per home.Ask about this
- Nursing staff turnover70% a yearIdaho average: 50%Worse than state average
Source: Medicare (CMS) inspection, penalty and staffing records, compared with the Idaho average. Problems may have been corrected since; ask the home about anything listed here. How we choose these
Short-term rehab or long-term care?
Medicare rates these separately, and many homes are better at one than the other.
Long-term care
For residents who live at the home for months or years.
- Falls with a major injury6.0%State average: 3.0%Worse than average
- Pressure sores (bedsores)4.3%State average: 3.2%Worse than average
- Given antipsychotic drugs17.9%State average: 20.1%About average
- Hospital stays per 1,000 resident days1.1State average: 1.2About average
Source: Medicare (CMS) quality measures, compared with the Idaho average. Lower is better for every rate shown.
Who pays, and how full it is
Many residents here pay privately or through insurance. In Idaho, Medicaid pays for 69% of resident days at a typical home.
- 26% Medicaid
- 1% Medicare
- 72% Private pay, insurance and other
Beds in use, on average90%Idaho typical: 72%
Cost of care per resident day$673Idaho typical: $409
Shares of resident days, from the home’s Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. The cost per day is what care costs the home to provide, not the price you would pay; ask the home for its private-pay rate. A busy home may have fewer open beds, so ask about availability.
Ratings over time
Its overall Medicare rating is 1 star now, down from 5 stars in October 2024. It has ranged from 1 to 5 stars and changed 3 times.
Overall rating1★
Health inspections1★
Staffing4★
Quality of care2★
Nurse hours per resident per day4.3
202420252026
Show the values by year
| Month | Overall | Inspections | Staffing | Quality | Nurse hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 5 | 5 | 5 | – | 4.6 |
| Feb 2025 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4.7 |
| Feb 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4.6 |
| Sep 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4.3 |
Source: Medicare (CMS) monthly Care Compare releases since 2019. Medicare has changed how some ratings are calculated over the years and paused most inspections in 2020, so some jumps reflect rule changes rather than changes at the home. Our methodology
See the full inspection reportEvery citation, fine, staffing figure and quality measure Medicare publishes for this home
From Medicare’s September 2026 data. Each inspection is dated below; staffing comes from payroll records for a recent quarter, and resident outcomes cover the latest period Medicare reports.
Inspection summary
How this facility compares to state and national averages on CMS-reported problems.
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Three-survey history
Citation counts across this facility's three most recent inspection cycles, so you can see whether problems are trending up, down, or holding steady.
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