LIFE CARE CENTER OF THE WILLOWS
Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since 1974-07-15, LIFE CARE CENTER OF THE WILLOWS is a 92-bed nursing home in VALPARAISO, Indiana, averaging 66.4 residents a day.
Has LIFE CARE CENTER OF THE WILLOWS been cited for violations?
CMS lists 37 health-inspection deficiencies for LIFE CARE CENTER OF THE WILLOWS, all of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is F; the most recent health inspection was 2026-03-25.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | F0677 | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | D |
| 2026-01-27 | F0921 | Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | F |
| 2026-01-27 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | E |
| 2026-01-27 | F0550, F0552, F0656, F0684, F0688, F0689, F0693, F0695, F0757, F0880, F0881 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / 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. / 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. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | D |
| 2025-12-04 | F0880 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
| 2025-09-29 | F0921 | Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | E |
| 2025-09-29 | F0842 | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | D |
| 2024-11-13 | F0583, F0657, F0686, F0692, F0880, F0881 | Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. / 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. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | D |
| 2024-03-15 | F0609 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | D |
| 2024-01-03 | F0921 | Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | E |
| 2024-01-03 | F0561, F0655, F0656, F0677, F0684, F0688, F0689, F0692, F0757, F0758, F0770, F0881 | Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. / Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / 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. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / 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. / Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | D |
How is LIFE CARE CENTER OF THE WILLOWS staffed relative to the IN average?
| Measure | This facility | IN average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.45023 | 3.67961 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 49.3 | 45.9 |
| Average number of residents per day | 66.4 | 72.5 |
Who owns LIFE CARE CENTER OF THE WILLOWS, and what chain is it in?
LIFE CARE CENTER OF THE WILLOWS is registered with CMS as Government - County, operates under the legal business name HENDRICKS COUNTY HOSPITAL and belongs to the LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| MANAGING CONTROL - GOVERNING BODY | ENGELS, ERIN, GENTRY, MARK, STARKEY, TYLER, WAITE, JOHN, WHICKER, TIMOTHY | since 01/12/2022 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | FENOUGHTY, DEANNA | since 07/10/2023 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | CONSOLIDATED RESOURCES HEALTH CARE FUND I LP, LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC., ADAMS, TAMI, CROSS, CINDY, FENOUGHTY, DEANNA, FLETCHER, TODD, HENRY, TERRY, LAY, LISA, MIROCHNA, MICHAEL, PRESTON, AUBREY, PRESTON, FORREST, SWANKER, RICHARD, THURMOND, JOAN, ZIEGLER, JAMES | since 02/01/2019 |
| TRUSTEE OF THE SNF | ENGELS, ERIN, GENTRY, MARK, STARKEY, TYLER, WAITE, JOHN, WHICKER, TIMOTHY | since 01/12/2022 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | CONSOLIDATED RESOURCES HEALTH CARE FUND I LP, HENDRICKS COUNTY HOSPITAL, LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC., ADAMS, TAMI, MIROCHNA, MICHAEL, PRESTON, FORREST | since 02/01/2019 |
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