The home failed to provide safe, appropriate dialysis care for a resident who needed it. Cited February 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 698 — 42 CFR §483.25(l) — S/S: E
Nursing home report
HERITAGE PARK
FORT WAYNE, IN · Medicare-certified · 180 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
5 of 5 overall
HERITAGE PARK (FORT WAYNE, IN) has an overall 5-star rating, with strong quality measures and health inspection scores, but a low 2-star staffing rating and reported nurse staffing below the federal benchmark (3.73 vs. 4.1 hours per resident day). There were no fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.7251 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: February 20, 2026Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.7251.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.53
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.71
- Nurse aides
- 2.49
- Weekend nursing
- 3.24
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 48%
Registered nurse turnover: 50%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
8.8%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
3.6%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
4.1%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
1.4%Steady
Residents who lost too much weight
4.2%Steady
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
5.4%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
4.7%Worsening
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
11.2%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0.2%Improving
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
20.7%Steady
Residents with depressive symptoms
23.7%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
98.6%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
96.2%Worsening
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
92.8%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
88.7%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited February 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide needed care and help with daily activities for residents who could not do them on their own. Cited February 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 677 — 42 CFR §483.24(a)(2) — S/S: E
The home failed to provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who needed it. Cited February 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 697 — 42 CFR §483.25(k) — S/S: D
The home failed to educate residents and staff about COVID-19 vaccination, offer the vaccine to eligible people, and properly record vaccination status. Cited February 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 887 — 42 CFR §483.80 — 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 4 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- Part of AMERICAN SENIOR COMMUNITIES · 91 homes · 4 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 142 residents on an average day (79% of 180 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 57 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.