The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: E
Nursing home report
LUTHERAN LIFE VILLAGES
FORT WAYNE, IN · Medicare-certified · 120 beds
In good standing
Non-profit
4 of 5 overall
LUTHERAN LIFE VILLAGES (Fort Wayne, IN) has an overall 4-star rating, with strong quality measures (5 stars) and staffing (4 stars) above the federal benchmark of 4.1 hours/resident/day at 4.17. Its health inspection rating is 3 stars, with no fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.1724 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: October 20, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.1724.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.56
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.82
- Nurse aides
- 2.79
- Weekend nursing
- 3.60
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 35%
Registered nurse turnover: 31%
Resident outcomes
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Negative outcomes
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
15.7%13.4%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
9.3%2.3%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
2.6%4.8%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0%2.3%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
6.8%6.6%No change
Residents who were physically restrained
0%0%No change
Residents needing more help with daily activities
36.9%7.1%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
29%13.5%Improving
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
9.6%19.5%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%0%No change
Residents with a long-term catheter
2.1%1%Improving
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
33.6%28.2%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
0%0%No change
Positive outcomes
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
—90.4%—
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
90.7%91.9%Improving
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
—42.9%—
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
63.9%92.7%Improving
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect by others. Cited October 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 600 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: D
The home failed to promptly report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and share the investigation results with the proper authorities. Cited August 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 609 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to provide proper pressure ulcer care and failed to prevent new pressure sores from developing. Cited August 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 686 — 42 CFR §483.25(b) — S/S: D
The home failed to provide safe, appropriate dialysis care for a resident who needed it. Cited August 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 698 — 42 CFR §483.25(l) — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Occupancy
- 94 residents on an average day (78% of 120 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 30 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.