Brickyard Healthcare - Portage Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Brickyard Healthcare - Portage Care Center is a 186-bed for-profit nursing home in Portage, Indiana, part of Brickyard Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.30 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% above the Indiana average of 2.23, and 45.4% nursing staff turnover (Indiana average 45.9%).
Brickyard Healthcare - Portage Care Center
3175 Lancer StPortage, IN 46368
Porter County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Brickyard Healthcare - Portage Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.30 hours per resident per day, 3% above the Indiana average. With about 161 residents a day, that works out to roughly 370 aide hours a day, or about 46 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Indiana avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.30 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.58 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.50 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.38 | 3.68 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.93 | 3.24 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
45.4% of nursing staff at Brickyard Healthcare - Portage Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Indiana average of 45.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 40.9%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 12, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 13 health deficiencies (Indiana average 7.2). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Brickyard Healthcare - Portage Care Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Indiana average is 3.1.
About Brickyard Healthcare - Portage Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Brickyard Healthcare, 23 homes
- Legal name: Hendricks County Hospital
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 1979
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Brickyard Healthcare - Portage Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Miller's Merry Manor Portage | 0.5 | 66 | 2.08 | 3.99 | 59.4% | 2 | None |
| The Waters of Hobart Skilled Nursing Facility Hobart | 5.6 | 110 | 1.76 | 3.24 | 48.1% | 1 | None |
| Casa of Hobart Hobart | 7.1 | 138 | 2.06 | 3.46 | — | 1 | $14,433 |
| Chesterton Manor Chesterton | 7.2 | 100 | 1.87 | 3.22 | 69.4% | 1 | None |
| Ignite Medical Resort Chesterton Chesterton | 7.2 | 70 | 1.98 | 3.71 | 74.2% | 1 | None |
| Life Care Center of Valparaiso Valparaiso | 7.2 | 110 | 1.97 | 3.60 | 23.3% | 5 | None |
| Addison Pointe Health & Rehabilitation Center Chesterton | 7.7 | 100 | 2.04 | 3.54 | 34.4% | 3 | None |
| Valparaiso Care & Rehabilitation Valparaiso | 8.2 | 164 | 2.00 | 3.40 | 50.4% | 1 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.