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Life Care Center of Lagrange

0770 NORTH 075 EAST, LAGRANGE, IN, 46761

(260) 463-7445

87 licensed beds

CMS rates Life Care Center of Lagrange 4 out of 5 overall. Federal inspectors issued 23 citations across 7 inspections in the last three years, with no federal fines. Listing last updated 2026-11-06.

★★★★★4/5CMS Five-Star overall3/5 health inspections2/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Lagrange, IN 46761

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Bed capacity

CMS facility ID

155343

Care type

Nursing home

County

Lagrange

Facility name

Life Care Center of Lagrange

Street address

0770 NORTH 075 EAST

City / state / ZIP

Lagrange, IN 46761

Phone

(260) 463-7445

Website

lcca.com

About this facility — Life Care Center of Lagrange

Life Care Center of Lagrange is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Lagrange, Indiana. It is licensed for 87 beds — close to the median for skilled nursing facilities in Indiana (92 beds).

It is one of 2 senior care facilities in Lagrange and 507 skilled nursing facilities across Indiana. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

It is listed as part of Life Care Centers of America, a group of 194 facilities on this site.

Federal inspectors have cited Life Care Center of Lagrange 23 times across 7 inspections in the last three years; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on November 6, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company

Life Care Centers of America

Ownership type

For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Bernacchi, Tina

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2024

Cross, Cindy

Operational control — since 2018

Engels, Erin

Governing body · Trustee — since 2018

Fenoughty, Deanna

Officer · Operational control — since 2023

Fletcher, Todd

Operational control — since 2018

Gentry, Mark

Governing body · Trustee — since 2022

Hendricks County Hospital

Additional disclosable party — since 2025

Henry, Terry

Operational control — since 2018

Lagrange Medical Investors Limited Partnership

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2018

Lay, Lisa

Operational control — since 2018

Life Care Centers of America, Inc.

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2018

Pechin, Thomas

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2010

Preston, Aubrey

Operational control — since 2025

Preston, Forrest

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2018

Starkey, Tyler

Governing body · Trustee — since 2020

Swanker, Richard

Operational control — since 2018

Thurmond, Joan

Operational control — since 2018

Waite, John

Governing body · Trustee — since 2020

Whicker, Timothy

Governing body · Trustee — since 2022

Ziegler, James

Operational control — since 2018

Regulatory standing

Federal court records

20 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)

Licensed / certified since

1989-11-13

CMS overall rating

4 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

4 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2026-04-24

Nurse staffing

3.3 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$385 per day (≈ $11,700/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

72% Medicaid · 7% Medicare · 21% private/other

Occupancy

49% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

3% above the IN median of $373/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-11-06. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

CleanNo food-safety or dietary citations in the last three years of federal inspections.

2026-08-06Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0689

G · Actual harmFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

2026-04-24Health inspection3 citations

F-0550

D · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Corrected 2026-05-01

F-0554

D · No harm found

Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

Corrected 2026-05-01

F-0628

D · No harm found

Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.

Corrected 2026-05-01

4 earlier / fire-safety inspections (19 citations)

2025-03-11Health inspection3 citations

F-0677

D · No harm found

Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

Corrected 2025-04-05

F-0693

D · No harm found

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.

Corrected 2025-04-05

F-0757

D · No harm found

Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

Corrected 2025-04-05

2024-03-28Health inspection3 citations

F-0732

D · No harm found

Post nurse staffing information every day.

Corrected 2024-04-28

F-0867

F · No harm found

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

Corrected 2024-04-28

F-0921

F · No harm found

Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.

Corrected 2024-04-28

2026-04-24Fire-safety inspection1 citation

K-0222

F · No harm found

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.

Corrected 2026-06-04

2024-03-28Fire-safety inspection12 citations

E-0004

F · No harm found

Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).

Corrected 2024-06-05

E-0013

F · No harm found

Develop Emergency Preparedness policies and procedures.

Corrected 2024-06-05

E-0029

F · No harm found

Develop a communication plan.

Corrected 2024-06-05

E-0036

F · No harm found

Establish emergency prep training and testing.

Corrected 2024-06-05

E-0039

F · No harm found

Conduct testing and exercise requirements.

Corrected 2024-06-05

K-0321

E · No harm found

Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.

Corrected 2024-06-05

K-0351

E · No harm found

Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.

Corrected 2024-06-05

K-0353

E · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2024-06-05

K-0355

F · No harm found

Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.

Corrected 2024-06-05

K-0511

E · No harm found

Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.

Corrected 2024-06-05

K-0741

E · No harm found

Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.

Corrected 2024-06-05

K-0927

F · No harm found

Have proper fire barriers, ventilation and signs for the transfilling of oxygen.

Corrected 2024-06-05

Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 155343.

Quality of care & staffing

How it compares in Indiana.

Inspection citations, 3 years

More than 23% of nursing homes in the state

State median: 35

Federal fines, 3 years

No federal fines on record

State median: $0

Nurse staffing, hours per resident per day

3.3

Higher than 13% of nursing homes in the state

State median: 3.6

Nursing staff turnover, annual

56%

Higher than 80% of nursing homes in the state

State median: 46%

Resident outcomes

On 21 federal quality measures, this facility does better than the Indiana average on 13 and worse on 4. Differences within 10% of the average are shown as near average.

Long-stay residents	This facility	State	US	Compared with state
Need for help with daily activities has increased	7.3%	10.8%	13.5%	Better than state
Lose too much weight	3.2%	5.3%	5.1%	Better than state
With a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	0.0%	0.3%	0.7%	Better than state
With a urinary tract infection	0.6%	1.1%	1.5%	Better than state
Have depressive symptoms	5.3%	25.5%	13.5%	Better than state
Were physically restrained	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	Better than state
Experiencing one or more falls with major injury	5.3%	3.8%	3.2%	Worse than state
Assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	94.1%	93.7%	93.7%	Near state average
Ability to walk independently worsened	9.3%	11.1%	12.7%	Better than state
Received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication	10.9%	23.5%	19.5%	Better than state
Assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	100.0%	95.1%	95.3%	Near state average
With pressure ulcers	2.6%	3.5%	4.5%	Better than state
With new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence	25.9%	22.4%	18.3%	Worse than state
Received an antipsychotic medication	16.1%	13.7%	15.4%	Worse than state
Hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days	1.31	1.51	1.81	Better than state
Outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days	0.82	1.37	1.69	Better than state

Short-stay residents	This facility	State	US	Compared with state
Assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	82.4%	81.9%	82.3%	Near state average
Newly received an antipsychotic medication	0.0%	1.1%	1.5%	Better than state
Were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	84.3%	79.2%	80.1%	Near state average
Were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission	9.1%	21.8%	23.4%	Better than state
Had an outpatient emergency department visit	12.5%	10.9%	11.8%	Worse than state

Source: CMS MDS and Medicare claims quality measures, measure period 2025Q3-2026Q2. Averages are computed from all nursing homes reporting each measure.

Verify & compare

Where to check, and what's nearby.

Who to contact in Indiana

Licensing: Indiana Department of Health, Division of Long-Term Care
File a complaint: 800-246-8909 · Online
Long-Term Care Ombudsman: 800-622-4484. A free advocate for residents and families.
Adult Protective Services: 800-992-6978. Some states send facility cases to licensing instead. In an emergency, call 911.
Eldercare Locator: 800-677-1116, a federal service for local aging help.

Nearest emergency hospitals

Parkview Lagrange Hospital, about 0.9 miles. CMS rating 5 of 5.
Sturgis Hospital, about 9.7 miles.
Parkview Noble Hospital, about 15 miles. CMS rating 3 of 5.

Source: CMS Hospital General Information. Straight-line distance.

Nearby facilities with inspection records

The Waters of Lagrange Skilled Nursing Facility, Lagrange, about 0.4 miles. CMS rating 3 of 5.
Froh Community Home, Sturgis, about 10 miles. CMS rating 4 of 5.
Orchard Pointe Health Campus, Kendallville, about 15 miles. CMS rating 4 of 5.
Avalon Village, Ligonier, about 17 miles. CMS rating 5 of 5.
Lutheran Life Villages, Kendallville, about 17 miles. CMS rating 5 of 5.

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CMS Nursing Home Compare

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Last verified 2026-11-06

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