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The Waters of Indianapolis provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation care designed to support recovery and healing. Our Indianapolis, Indiana team combines medical expertise with compassionate attention, helping patients regain independence and return home whenever possible.
Capacity
81 residents
Location
Indianapolis, IN
Status
Listed in a public registry
3895 S KEYSTONE AVE, Indianapolis, Indiana 46227
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 June 26, 2025, state inspectors cited 8 health deficiencies (the Indiana average is 7.2).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 17 minutes with each resident a day, below the Indiana average of 3 hours 41 minutes.
Medicare has not fined Waters of Indianapolis, the in the last three years.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 17 minutesBelow the Indiana average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 33 minutesBelow the Indiana average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 47% |
20 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
December 31, 2025 · Complaint investigation · 2 citations
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
July 21, 2025 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
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 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.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Have policies on smoking.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
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State inspectors visited on June 26, 2025 and cited 8 health deficiencies, 3 of them from complaint investigations. The Indiana average is 7.2.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 17 minutes with each resident per day, including 33 minutes from registered nurses. 47% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Medicare's records show no fines against Waters of Indianapolis, the 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.