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Life Care Center of Valparaiso

3405 N CAMPBELL RD, VALPARAISO, IN, 46385

(219) 462-1023

110 licensed beds

CMS rates Life Care Center of Valparaiso 5 out of 5 overall. Federal inspectors issued 30 citations across 6 inspections in the last three years, with no federal fines. Listing last updated 2026-11-06.

★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall4/5 health inspections3/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Address

3405 N Campbell Rd

Valparaiso, IN 46385

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Bed capacity

110

CMS facility ID

155331

Care type

Nursing home

County

Porter

Facility name

Life Care Center of Valparaiso

Street address

3405 N CAMPBELL RD

City / state / ZIP

Valparaiso, IN 46385

Phone

(219) 462-1023

Website

lcca.com

About this facility — Life Care Center of Valparaiso

Life Care Center of Valparaiso is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Valparaiso, Indiana. It is licensed for 110 beds — above the median for skilled nursing facilities in Indiana (92 beds).

It is one of 15 senior care facilities in Valparaiso 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 Valparaiso 30 times across 6 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation; 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

Government - County

Registered owners & officers

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

Janeczko, Amber

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

Nallari, Surya

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2019

Preston, Aubrey

Operational control — since 2018

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

Valparaiso Operations, Llc

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — 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

1989-03-27

CMS overall rating

5 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

5 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2026-01-06

Nurse staffing

3.5 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$514 per day (≈ $15,630/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

60% Medicaid · 21% Medicare · 19% private/other

Occupancy

84% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

38% above the IN median of $373/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

110

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Wheelchair accessible

entrance and parking

Visiting hours

Daily Open 24 hours

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

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 1 food-safety citation on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2026-01-06Health inspection5 citations

F-0554

D · No harm found

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

Corrected 2026-01-30

F-0684

E · No harm found

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Corrected 2026-01-30

F-0695

D · No harm found

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Corrected 2026-01-30

F-0757

D · No harm found

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

Corrected 2026-01-30

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2026-01-30

2024-11-01Health inspection6 citations

F-0656

D · No harm found

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2024-12-03

F-0657

D · No harm found

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

Corrected 2024-12-03

F-0684

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Corrected 2024-12-03

F-0688

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

Corrected 2024-12-03

F-0690

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

Corrected 2024-12-03

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2024-12-03

3 earlier / fire-safety inspections (19 citations)

2023-10-25Health inspection6 citations

F-0577

C · No harm found

Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.

Corrected 2023-11-17

F-0684

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Corrected 2023-11-17

F-0688

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

Corrected 2023-11-17

F-0695

D · No harm found

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Corrected 2023-11-17

F-0812

E · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2023-11-17

F-0881

D · No harm found

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

Corrected 2023-11-17

2026-01-06Fire-safety inspection10 citations

E-0041

F · No harm found

Implement emergency and standby power systems.

Corrected 2026-02-13

K-0211

D · No harm found

Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.

Corrected 2026-02-13

K-0293

E · No harm found

Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.

Corrected 2026-02-13

K-0324

E · No harm found

Provide properly protected cooking facilities.

Corrected 2026-02-13

K-0341

E · No harm found

Install a fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility.

Corrected 2026-02-13

K-0351

F · No harm found

Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.

Corrected 2026-02-13

K-0511

D · No harm found

Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.

Corrected 2026-02-13

K-0741

D · No harm found

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

Corrected 2026-02-13

K-0918

F · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2026-02-13

K-0927

F · No harm found

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

Corrected 2026-02-13

2024-11-01Fire-safety inspection3 citations

K-0324

E · No harm found

Provide properly protected cooking facilities.

Corrected 2024-12-20

K-0345

F · No harm found

Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.

Corrected 2024-12-20

K-0920

E · No harm found

Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Corrected 2024-12-20

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 155331.

Quality of care & staffing

How it compares in Indiana.

Inspection citations, 3 years

More than 36% 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

3.5

Higher than 41% of nursing homes in the state

State median: 3.6

Nursing staff turnover, annual

28%

Higher than 6% 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 9 and worse on 8. 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	8.5%	10.8%	13.5%	Better than state
Lose too much weight	3.4%	5.3%	5.1%	Better than state
With a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	0.3%	0.3%	0.7%	Better than state
With a urinary tract infection	0.0%	1.1%	1.5%	Better than state
Have depressive symptoms	0.0%	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	2.7%	3.8%	3.2%	Better than state
Assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	83.8%	93.7%	93.7%	Worse than state
Ability to walk independently worsened	12.0%	11.1%	12.7%	Near state average
Received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication	28.7%	23.5%	19.5%	Worse than state
Assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	95.0%	95.1%	95.3%	Near state average
With pressure ulcers	3.9%	3.5%	4.5%	Worse than state
With new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence	30.8%	22.4%	18.3%	Worse than state
Received an antipsychotic medication	11.2%	13.7%	15.4%	Better than state
Hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days	1.70	1.51	1.81	Worse than state
Outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days	1.32	1.37	1.69	Near state average

Short-stay residents	This facility	State	US	Compared with state
Assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	21.1%	81.9%	82.3%	Worse than state
Newly received an antipsychotic medication	2.7%	1.1%	1.5%	Worse than state
Were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	30.5%	79.2%	80.1%	Worse than state
Were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission	23.0%	21.8%	23.4%	Near state average
Had an outpatient emergency department visit	6.0%	10.9%	11.8%	Better than state

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

Cited more than once

The same rule cited at separate inspections can point to a problem that wasn't fully fixed.

F-0684 3 inspections. Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
F-0695 2 inspections. Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
F-0880 2 inspections. Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
K-0324 2 inspections. Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
F-0688 2 inspections. Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

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

Northwest Health - Porter, about 3.6 miles. CMS rating 2 of 5.
St Mary Medical Center Inc, about 10 miles. CMS rating 3 of 5.
Regional Mental Health Center, about 16 miles.

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

Nearby facilities with inspection records

Brookdale Valparaiso, Valparaiso, about 0.7 miles. 7 state visits on record.
Valparaiso Care & Rehabilitation, Valparaiso, about 1.0 miles. CMS rating 1 of 5.
Rittenhouse Senior Living of Valparaiso, Valparaiso, about 1.2 miles. 7 state visits on record.
Life Care Center of the Willows, Valparaiso, about 1.9 miles. CMS rating 3 of 5.
Avalon Springs Health Campus, Valparaiso, about 2.1 miles. CMS rating 4 of 5.

Visitor reviews

What people say on Google.

4.6140 ratings on Google

★★★★★Sue Moore · 2026-04-20 · via Google
“My family had an excellent experience with Life Care Center in Valpo while my Dad was in their care. From the moment he arrived, we felt reassured by the compassion, professionalism and attentiveness of the staff. I especially want to recognize Nurse John, who truly went above and beyond. He treated every patient with dignity, kindness and humor that brought comfort during a difficult time. It wa…”

★★★★★Yessenia Rodriquez · 2026-03-12 · via Google
“During a visit to a relative in rehab, we were struck by the genuine care and authenticity of the staff. A restless patient couldn’t be calmed despite several attempts—then one staff member came in, sat with her, and instantly made her smile! He even worked on his computer right there beside her to keep her calm. Every staff member and patient passing by greeted him warmly (even fist-bumping), lik…”

★★★★★Lori Bales · 2026-05-08 · via Google
“Such a wonderfully place! EVERYONE was soooo friendly! They took care of my father john( herb) with such care. Even the residents were friendly. Absolutely recommend this place. Thanks to all the cnas ashley and Dwayne for the best care ever! God bless you all you are all angels. Thanks for keeping my dad comfortable. God bless”

Ratings and reviews are from Google and reflect visitor opinions, not our verification. See all reviews on Google

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