The nursing home failed to keep its areas safe, easy to use, clean, and comfortable for residents, staff, and visitors. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 921 — 42 CFR §483.90 — S/S: E
Nursing home report
LIFE CARE CENTER OF MICHIGAN CITY
MICHIGAN CITY, IN · Medicare-certified · 120 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
2 of 5 overall
2 out of 5 stars overall. The facility has a 2-star health inspection rating, 3-star staffing, and 4-star quality measures; reported nurse staffing is 3.57 hours per resident per day, below the 4.1-hour federal benchmark, and there were no fines in the last 24 months. Recent inspection citations involved safety/cleanliness, following care orders and resident preferences, and allowing self-administration of drugs when appropriate.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.5653 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: October 28, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.5653.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.62
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.86
- Nurse aides
- 2.09
- Weekend nursing
- 3.08
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 42%
Registered nurse turnover: 30%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
7.4%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
5.8%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
3.2%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0%Steady
Residents who lost too much weight
4.2%Steady
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
6.1%Steady
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
4%Worsening
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
11.6%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0.3%Improving
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
28%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
6.1%Worsening
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
94.7%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
79.2%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
92.2%Improving
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to provide appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited April 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents who could safely take their own medicines were allowed to self-administer them. Cited April 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 554 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E
The home failed to provide safe and appropriate breathing care when a resident needed it. Cited April 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 695 — 42 CFR §483.25(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited April 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 10 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Chain
- Part of LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA · 194 homes · 3.5 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 87.6 residents on an average day (73% of 120 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 36 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.