Life Care Centers of America was founded by Forrest Preston in 1970, and he remains the sole owner, chairman, and CEO.

[1] In 2016, Life Care agreed to pay $145 million to resolve allegations of over-billing the government for unnecessary or unreasonable rehabilitation services in violation of the False Claims Act.

Between January 1, 2006, and February 28, 2013, Life Care submitted fraudulent claims for rehabilitation therapy by engaging in a systematic effort to increase its Medicare and Tricare billings.

[3] The suit combined complaints by two separate whistleblowers under the qui tam provision of the Act.

Twenty-five of Kirkland's firefighters were in isolation, as they had visited the facility, and two police officers, 17 nursing students and 4 staff from Lake Washington Institute of Technology had been potentially exposed and were being monitored.

The Institute of Technology closed its 7,000-student campus for a cleaning and canceled meetings and events.

[10] The following day gave updated numbers of 18 residents and six workers who were infected with a further 10 cases linked to the site being non-residents who visited the location.

[26] In addition, the staff had inadequate personal protective equipment, and were using bag valve masks which are known to increase dispersion of airborne particles.

[26] Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley in Littleton, Massachusetts, experienced an outbreak of COVID-19 in April 2020.