Brickyard Healthcare - Valparaiso Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Brickyard Healthcare - Valparaiso Care Center is a 85-bed for-profit nursing home in Valparaiso, Indiana, part of Brickyard Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.83 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 18% below the Indiana average of 2.23, and 36.8% nursing staff turnover (Indiana average 45.9%).
Brickyard Healthcare - Valparaiso Care Center
251 Sturdy RdValparaiso, IN 46383
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 - Valparaiso Care Center, nurse aides logged 1.83 hours per resident per day, 18% below the Indiana average. With about 78 residents a day, that works out to roughly 143 aide hours a day, or about 18 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Indiana avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.83 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.82 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.42 | 3.68 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.02 | 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
36.8% of nursing staff at Brickyard Healthcare - Valparaiso 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 13.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 25, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 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 - Valparaiso Care Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Indiana average is 3.1.
About Brickyard Healthcare - Valparaiso Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Brickyard Healthcare, 23 homes
- Legal name: Hendricks County Hospital
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 3, 1972
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Brickyard Healthcare - Valparaiso Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Life Care Center of the Willows Valparaiso | 1.3 | 92 | 2.14 | 3.45 | 49.3% | 1 | None |
| Avalon Springs Health Campus Valparaiso | 2.1 | 61 | 1.83 | 3.52 | 46.4% | 4 | None |
| Valparaiso Care & Rehabilitation Valparaiso | 2.2 | 164 | 2.00 | 3.40 | 50.4% | 1 | None |
| Life Care Center of Valparaiso Valparaiso | 3.1 | 110 | 1.97 | 3.60 | 23.3% | 5 | None |
| Ignite Medical Resort Chesterton Chesterton | 8.2 | 70 | 1.98 | 3.71 | 74.2% | 1 | None |
| Addison Pointe Health & Rehabilitation Center Chesterton | 9.2 | 100 | 2.04 | 3.54 | 34.4% | 3 | None |
| Chesterton Manor Chesterton | 9.4 | 100 | 1.87 | 3.22 | 69.4% | 1 | None |
| Brickyard Healthcare - Portage Care Center Portage | 10.1 | 186 | 2.30 | 3.38 | 45.4% | 2 | 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.