The nursing home failed to keep its areas safe, easy to use, clean, and comfortable for residents, staff, and visitors. Cited January 2026 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 921 — 42 CFR §483.90 — S/S: F
Nursing home report
APERION CARE PERU
PERU, IN · Medicare-certified · 92 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
2 of 5 overall
APERION CARE PERU has a 2-star overall rating, with a 2-star health inspection rating and 1-star staffing rating, though quality measures are 5 stars. Reported nurse staffing is 3.38 hours per resident per day versus the 4.1-hour federal benchmark, there were $0 fines in the last 24 months, and recent inspection citations included safety, cleanliness, and medication storage issues.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.3797 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: January 30, 2026Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.3797.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.43
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.79
- Nurse aides
- 2.15
- Weekend nursing
- 3.14
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 50%
Registered nurse turnover: 57%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
52%Steady
Residents with a fall causing major injury
2.5%Steady
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
2.4%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0.3%Steady
Residents who lost too much weight
4.4%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
2.7%Steady
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
8.7%Worsening
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
23.5%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
18.1%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
76.1%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
97.7%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
94.1%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited January 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents had a safe, clean, comfortable, homelike environment and daily care supports were provided safely. Cited December 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 584 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited September 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited January 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 10 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 10 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- Part of APERION CARE · 33 homes · 2.1 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 82.2 residents on an average day (89% of 92 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 24 years
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.