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Life Care Center of the Willows provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation services to Valparaiso, Indiana residents who need specialized medical care and recovery support. Our team focuses on helping patients regain independence through personalized treatment plans and compassionate daily support.
Capacity
92 residents
Location
Valparaiso, IN
Status
Listed in a public registry
1000 ELIZABETH DR, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
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 January 27, 2026, state inspectors cited 17 health deficiencies (the Indiana average is 7.2).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 27 minutes with each resident a day, below the Indiana average of 3 hours 41 minutes.
Medicare has not fined Life Care Center of the Willows in the last three years.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 27 minutesBelow the Indiana average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 33 minutesBelow the Indiana average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 49%Above the Indiana average |
37 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
March 25, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
January 27, 2026 · Standard inspection · 13 citations
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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.
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
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State inspectors visited on January 27, 2026 and cited 17 health deficiencies, 4 of them from complaint investigations. The Indiana average is 7.2.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 27 minutes with each resident per day, including 33 minutes from registered nurses. 49% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Medicare's records show no fines against Life Care Center of the Willows 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.