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LIFE CARE CENTER OF MICHIGAN CITY provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation services designed to support recovery and independence. Our experienced team in Michigan City, Indiana delivers personalized care plans, therapeutic services, and compassionate support for patients navigating their path to wellness.
Capacity
120 residents
Location
Michigan City, IN
Status
Listed in a public registry
802 US HIGHWAY 20 EAST, Michigan City, Indiana 46360
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on August 8, 2025, state inspectors cited 12 health deficiencies (the Indiana average is 7.2).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 35 minutes with each resident a day, about the same as the Indiana average.
Medicare has not fined Life Care Center of Michigan City in the last three years.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 35 minutes |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 32 minutesBelow the Indiana average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 46% |
23 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
October 28, 2025 · Complaint investigation · 2 citations
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
August 8, 2025 · Standard inspection · 10 citations
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Provide appropriate foot care.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
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.
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
802 US HIGHWAY 20 EASTMichigan City, IN 46360
1101 E COOLSPRING AVE, Michigan City, IN 46360
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4400 E MICHIGAN BLVD, Michigan City, IN 46360
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2424 FRANKLIN ST STE 101, Michigan City, IN 46360
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State inspectors visited on August 8, 2025 and cited 12 health deficiencies, 2 of them from complaint investigations. The Indiana average is 7.2.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 35 minutes with each resident per day, including 32 minutes from registered nurses. 46% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Medicare's records show no fines against Life Care Center of Michigan City in the last three years.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.