Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
1121 E Lasalle Ave, South Bend, IN 46617 · St. Joseph County · (574) 287-6501
144 certified beds, about 67 residents a day · For profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 1970
CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 155115 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes
The record in brief
At its most recent standard inspection, on April 16, 2025, inspectors cited 0 health deficiencies (the Indiana average is 7.2, the national average 9.2).
None of its 13 health citations since June 2023 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.
Nurses and nurse aides worked 3.35 hours per resident per day, against 3.69 across Indiana and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.47 of those hours.
37.7% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Indiana average 45.9%).
CMS links it to American Senior Communities, an affiliated group of 90 nursing homes.
Health inspections
Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.
Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.
Where its citations fall on CMS's grid
CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 13 health citations on file.
April 16, 2025Standard inspection · 0 citations
June 13, 2024Standard inspection · 2 citations
- D Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation and interview the facility failed to store and prepare food in a sanitary manner in 1 of 1 kitchens and 1 of 2 nourishment pantries. This deficient practice had the potential to affect 58 residents who food from the kitchen and/or pantry.
- D Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to maintain the cleanliness of resident's personal refrigerators, for 2 of 3 personal refrigerators that were observed. (Resident 42 & 24)
December 13, 2023Complaint inspection · 1 citation
- D Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure 1 of 3 residents reviewed for resident rights and dignity, were treated in a manner that respected the resident's dignity, when the resident was photographed without permission by a facility employee (Resident B).
November 9, 2023Complaint inspection · 1 citation
- D Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Inspectors wroteBased on interviews and record review the facility failed to notify the attending physician for a change in condition for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for change in condition. (Resident B)
June 19, 2023Standard inspection · 9 citations
- E Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation and interview, the facility failed to ensure food items in the freezer were dated/labeled and sealed securely after opening and failed to ensure used by dates on foods. This deficient practice had the potential to affect 62 of 64 residents who received meals out of the kitchen.
- D 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.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the signed advance directive was updated in the plan of care and physician order for 1 of 25 residents reviewed for advanced directives. (Resident 20)
- D Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure a notification of change in Medicare covered services was provided for 1 of 3 residents reviewed for Medicare services. (Resident 64)
- D Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interview, the facility failed to protect a residents right to be free from verbal abuse for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for abuse. (Resident C)
- D Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure showers were provided for 1 out of 3 Residents reviewed for activities of daily living. (Resident 50)
- D Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure Activities of daily living assistance was provided for 2 of 4 residents reviewed. (Resident 20 and 53)
- D Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure antibiotic medications were administered as directed by the physician's orders and anti- coagulant medication was resumed timely for 1 of 3 residents reviewed. (Resident C)
- D Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure respiratory equipment was maintained per professional standards for 3 of 3 residents reviewed for respiratory care. (Resident 44, 33 and 1 )
- D 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.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations and interviews, the facility failed to ensure that medications were secure and inaccessible to unauthorized staff and residents by 1 of 2 medication carts, 1 of 3 treatment carts.
Fire safety inspections
8 fire safety citations on file: 1 on April 16, 2025, 3 on June 13, 2024, 4 on June 19, 2023.
Every fire safety citation8 citations
- E Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- F To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
- E Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
- E Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
- F Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- E Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- E Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
- E Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.
Staffing
Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.
| Measure | This home | Indiana | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides) | 3.35 | 3.69 | 3.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.47 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff on weekends | 2.63 | 3.25 | 3.42 |
| Nurse aides | 2.01 | ||
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.87 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year) | 37.7% | 45.9% | 45.8% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 0.0% | 40.3% | 42.9% |
| Administrators who left | 0 |
CMS expects 4.01 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.
Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records
Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 3.64 on weekdays and 2.63 on weekends, 28% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 5.3% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 3.72 in April to June 2025 to 3.35 in January to March 2026.
| Quarter | All nursing staff | Registered nurses | Weekdays | Weekends | Contract staff share | Days with no RN hours | Residents a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.35 | 0.47 | 3.64 | 2.63 | 5.3% | 0 of 90 | 67 |
| Oct to Dec 2025 | 3.38 | 0.71 | 3.65 | 2.68 | 1.2% | 0 of 92 | 63 |
| Jul to Sep 2025 | 3.68 | 0.70 | 3.99 | 2.90 | 0.0% | 0 of 92 | 56 |
| Apr to Jun 2025 | 3.72 | 0.69 | 4.08 | 2.82 | 0.0% | 0 of 91 | 59 |
| United States, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.75 | 0.62 | 3.92 | 3.33 | 5.3% | 0.5% of days | |
| Indiana, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.63 | 0.62 | 3.80 | 3.19 | 3.4% | 0.4% of days |
Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.
Staff pay reports
Staff pay at this home
No staff pay figure for this home has passed review yet. A figure appears only after at least 5 reports from at least 3 different people, sent over at least 60 days, have passed review.
Official wage estimates for Indiana
| Job | Median | Middle half | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana, all employers | |||
| CNAs (nursing assistants) | $18.43 | $17.80 to $21.36 | 33,640 |
| LPNs and LVNs | $31.60 | $29.35 to $35.30 | 14,480 |
| Registered nurses | $40.14 | $37.86 to $48.28 | 68,980 |
| United States, nursing care facilities | |||
| CNAs (nursing assistants) | $20.67 | $17.91 to $22.55 | 534,270 |
| LPNs and LVNs | $33.86 | $30.05 to $37.40 | 188,210 |
| Registered nurses | $41.11 | $37.85 to $47.68 | 142,270 |
Hourly wages; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS has no separate estimate for medication aides. These are survey estimates for whole occupations, not figures for any one home.
Quality measures
The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.
| Measure | This home | Indiana | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 3.7 | 11.0 | 13.9 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 4.0 | 11.9 | 14.1 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 3.4 | 13.6 | 15.4 |
Owners and operators
Legal business name: THE HEALTH AND HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF MARION COUNTY. CMS links this home to American Senior Communities, a group of 90 nursing homes averaging 3.9 stars overall.
| Name | Role | Type | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horn, Brenda | Corporate director | Individual | 12/01/2023 | |
| Babcock, Paul | Corporate officer | Individual | 09/30/2020 | |
| American Senior Communities LLC | Operational/managerial control | Organization | 12/01/2023 | |
| Corpe, Jamie | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 08/22/2023 | |
| Dice, Mark | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 06/01/2023 | |
| Van Camp, Steven | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 06/01/2023 | |
| Waite, Antoinette | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 07/03/2022 | |
| Wolfram, Donald | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 02/01/2025 | |
| American Senior Communities LLC | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 12/01/2023 | |
| Corpe, Jamie | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 08/22/2023 | |
| Dice, Mark | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 06/01/2023 | |
| Van Camp, Steven | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 06/01/2023 | |
| Wolfram, Donald | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 03/23/2026 |
As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.
Questions to ask on a visit
Chosen from this home's own inspection record.
- How do residents and families raise a complaint or grievance, and how fast is it answered?Inspectors cited 4 problems in this area, most recently on December 13, 2023: "Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions."
- How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 4 problems in this area, most recently on June 19, 2023: "Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason."
- Can we see a week of menus and the kitchen, and how are special diets handled?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on June 13, 2024: "Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards."
- Can we see a resident room, a shower room and the dining room on this visit?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on June 13, 2024: "Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public."
- Who is on the floor on Saturday and Sunday, and how many residents does each aide care for?Weekend nurse staffing here was 2.63 hours per resident per day, below the Indiana average of 3.25.
Other nursing homes nearby
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- Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame Inc Notre Dame, 1 mi · 3 of 5 stars · 14 citations
- Wellbrooke of South Bend South Bend, 2.3 mi · 4 of 5 stars · 17 citations
- Trailpoint Village South Bend, 2.6 mi · 4 of 5 stars · 13 citations
- Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center Mishawaka, 2.7 mi · 2 of 5 stars · 45 citations
- Holy Cross Rehabilitation and Wellness South Bend, 2.8 mi · 2 of 5 stars · 26 citations
- Majestic Care of South Bend South Bend, 3.6 mi · 1 of 5 stars · 53 citations
- Healthwin Health & Rehabilitation South Bend, 3.9 mi · 2 of 5 stars · 34 citations
Indiana contacts for a concern about a nursing home
These are the official offices in Indiana. NursingHomeClear cannot take or act on complaints.
- Inspections and complaints: Indiana Department of Health, Division of Long-Term Care, the state agency that inspects nursing homes for CMS and takes complaints about care.
- Resident advocate: Indiana Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, 800-622-4484. The long-term care ombudsman is a free, confidential advocate for residents and families, set up under the federal Older Americans Act.
- State inspection reports: Indiana Department of Health, Nursing Home Report Cards, where Indiana publishes its own records on licensed homes.
Common questions
- What is Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center's Medicare star rating?
- CMS rates Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 5 for health inspections, 2 for staffing and 5 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
- How many deficiencies did Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center get at its last inspection?
- 0 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on April 16, 2025. The Indiana average is 7.2.
- Has Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center been fined?
- CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
- Does Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center accept Medicaid?
- It is certified to take Medicaid (CMS lists it as "Medicare and Medicaid"). Certification does not mean a Medicaid bed is open: ask the admissions office.
- Who owns Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center?
- CMS lists 13 owners and managers, and links the home to American Senior Communities. Legal business name: THE HEALTH AND HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF MARION COUNTY.
Sources
- Ratings, staffing and fines: CMS Provider Information, released September 30, 2026, data as of September 1, 2026.
- Citations: CMS Health Deficiencies and Fire Safety Deficiencies.
- Owners: CMS Ownership. Penalties: CMS Penalties.
- Staffing by quarter: CMS Payroll Based Journal Daily Nurse Staffing, April 2025 to March 2026, summed by NursingHomeClear.
- Inspector summaries: CMS Full Statement of Deficiencies (CMS-2567 text), data as of September 1, 2026. Each quote is the part of the statement before the detailed findings.
- Inspection reports with the inspectors' full notes are on this home's Medicare.gov page.
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