Life Care Center of Lagrange
0770 North 075 East, Lagrange, IN 46761 · Lagrange County · (260) 463-7445
87 certified beds, about 46 residents a day · For profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 1989
CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 155343 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes
The record in brief
At its most recent standard inspection, on April 24, 2026, inspectors cited 3 health deficiencies (the Indiana average is 7.2, the national average 9.2).
None of its 9 health citations since March 2024 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 3.71 hours per resident per day, against 3.69 across Indiana and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.67 of those hours.
49.1% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Indiana average 45.9%).
CMS links it to Life Care Centers of America, an affiliated group of 194 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 9 health citations on file.
April 24, 2026Standard inspection · 3 citations
- D Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure a resident's body was not exposed and visible to passersby for 2 of 8 residents reviewed (Resident 2, and Resident 8).
- D Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure a Self-Administration of Medication assessment was completed for medication left at the bedside for 1 of 7 residents reviewed. (Resident 5)
- D Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure bed hold policy notification was provided to resident emergency contacts for 2 of 3 residents reviewed (Resident 5 and Resident 57).
March 11, 2025Standard inspection · 3 citations
- D Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure a resident received oral hygiene for 1 of 5 residents reviewed (Resident 10).
- D Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure maintenance of a tube feeding for 1 of 1 resident reviewed (Resident 10).
- D Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure freedom from unnecessary medications for 1 of 3 residents reviewed (Resident 17).
March 28, 2024Standard inspection · 3 citations
- F Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review the facility failed to ensure quality improvement plans were developed for identified recurrent environmental concerns. 41 residents resided in the facility.
- F 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 ensure a sanitary environment free of hazards on 4 of 4 halls where residents resided or received services.
- D Post nurse staffing information every day.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review the facility failed to ensure nurse staffing hours were posted for 3 of 4 days reviewed.
Fire safety inspections
13 fire safety citations on file: 1 on April 24, 2026, 12 on March 28, 2024.
Every fire safety citation13 citations
- F 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.
- F Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).
- F Develop Emergency Preparedness policies and procedures.
- F Develop a communication plan.
- F Establish emergency prep training and testing.
- F Conduct testing and exercise requirements.
- F Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
- F Have proper fire barriers, ventilation and signs for the transfilling of oxygen.
- E Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
- E Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
- E Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- E Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.
- 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) | 3.71 | 3.69 | 3.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff on weekends | 3.39 | 3.25 | 3.42 |
| Nurse aides | 2.25 | ||
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.78 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year) | 49.1% | 45.9% | 45.8% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 55.6% | 40.3% | 42.9% |
| Administrators who left | 0 |
CMS expects 3.62 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 3.83 on weekdays and 3.39 on weekends, 11% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 10.1% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 3.94 in April to June 2025 to 3.71 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 | 3.71 | 0.67 | 3.83 | 3.39 | 10.1% | 0 of 90 | 46 |
| Oct to Dec 2025 | 3.41 | 0.64 | 3.53 | 3.10 | 24.3% | 0 of 92 | 51 |
| Jul to Sep 2025 | 3.40 | 0.72 | 3.55 | 3.04 | 19.5% | 0 of 92 | 46 |
| Apr to Jun 2025 | 3.94 | 0.79 | 4.19 | 3.32 | 27.9% | 0 of 91 | 45 |
| 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.
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 | 7.6 | 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 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 6.6 | 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 | 14.2 | 11.9 | 14.1 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 15.4 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 9.1 | 22.2 | 23.8 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 16.6 | 10.8 | 12.0 |
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
Owners and operators
Legal business name: HENDRICKS COUNTY HOSPITAL. CMS links this home to Life Care Centers of America, a group of 194 nursing homes averaging 3.4 stars overall.
| Name | Role | Type | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engels, Erin | Managing control - governing body | Individual | 10/01/2018 | |
| Gentry, Mark | Managing control - governing body | Individual | 01/12/2022 | |
| Starkey, Tyler | Managing control - governing body | Individual | 08/01/2020 | |
| Waite, John | Managing control - governing body | Individual | 08/01/2020 | |
| Whicker, Timothy | Managing control - governing body | Individual | 01/12/2022 | |
| Fenoughty, Deanna | Corporate officer | Individual | 07/10/2023 | |
| Lagrange Medical Investors Limited Partnership | Operational/managerial control | Organization | 10/01/2018 | |
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc. | Operational/managerial control | Organization | 10/01/2018 | |
| Bernacchi, Tina | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 06/10/2024 | |
| Cross, Cindy | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 10/01/2018 | |
| Fenoughty, Deanna | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 07/10/2023 | |
| Fletcher, Todd | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 10/01/2018 | |
| Henry, Terry | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 10/01/2018 | |
| Lay, Lisa | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 10/01/2018 | |
| Pechin, Thomas | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 10/01/2010 | |
| Preston, Aubrey | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 03/06/2025 | |
| Preston, Forrest | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 10/01/2018 | |
| Swanker, Richard | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 10/01/2018 | |
| Thurmond, Joan | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 10/01/2018 | |
| Ziegler, James | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 10/01/2018 | |
| Engels, Erin | Trustee of the SNF | Individual | 10/01/2018 | |
| Gentry, Mark | Trustee of the SNF | Individual | 01/12/2022 | |
| Starkey, Tyler | Trustee of the SNF | Individual | 08/01/2020 | |
| Waite, John | Trustee of the SNF | Individual | 08/01/2020 | |
| Whicker, Timothy | Trustee of the SNF | Individual | 01/12/2022 | |
| Hendricks County Hospital | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 02/27/2025 | |
| Lagrange Medical Investors Limited Partnership | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 10/01/2018 | |
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc. | Adp of the SNF | Organization | 03/14/2025 | |
| Bernacchi, Tina | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 06/10/2024 | |
| Pechin, Thomas | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 10/01/2010 | |
| Preston, Forrest | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 10/01/2018 |
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 3 problems in this area, most recently on April 24, 2026: "Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights."
- How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on March 11, 2025: "Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable."
- How are medications reviewed, and how often are antipsychotic or sedating drugs used?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on March 11, 2025: "Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs."
- Who is the administrator and director of nursing, and how long have they been in the job?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on March 28, 2024: "Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action."
Other nursing homes nearby
- Waters of Lagrange Skilled Nursing Facility, the Lagrange, 0.4 mi · 2 of 5 stars · 35 citations
- Froh Community Home Sturgis, 10.4 mi · 4 of 5 stars · 16 citations
- Orchard Pointe Health Campus Kendallville, 15.2 mi · 4 of 5 stars · 12 citations
- Avalon Village Ligonier, 16.6 mi · 5 of 5 stars · 12 citations
- Lutheran Life Villages Kendallville, 17 mi · 5 of 5 stars · 5 citations
- Kendallville Manor Kendallville, 17 mi · 5 of 5 stars · 7 citations
- Fairview Nursing and Rehabilitation Community Centreville, 19.5 mi · 5 of 5 stars · 23 citations
- Majestic Care of Goshen Goshen, 20.9 mi · 1 of 5 stars · 84 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 Life Care Center of Lagrange's Medicare star rating?
- CMS rates Life Care Center of Lagrange 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 5 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
- How many deficiencies did Life Care Center of Lagrange get at its last inspection?
- 3 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on April 24, 2026. The Indiana average is 7.2.
- Has Life Care Center of Lagrange been fined?
- CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
- Does Life Care Center of Lagrange 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 Life Care Center of Lagrange?
- CMS lists 31 owners and managers, and links the home to Life Care Centers of America. Legal business name: HENDRICKS COUNTY HOSPITAL.
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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