Heritage Healthcare: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Heritage Healthcare is a 127-bed government-run nursing home in West Lafayette, Indiana, part of Life Care Centers of America. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.84 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 18% below the Indiana average of 2.23, and 45.5% nursing staff turnover (Indiana average 45.9%).
Heritage Healthcare
3401 Soldiers Home RdWest Lafayette, IN 47906
Tippecanoe 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 Heritage Healthcare, nurse aides logged 1.84 hours per resident per day, 18% below the Indiana average. With about 79 residents a day, that works out to roughly 145 aide hours a day, or about 18 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Indiana avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.84 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.35 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.24 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.42 | 3.68 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.06 | 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
45.5% of nursing staff at Heritage Healthcare left over the year CMS measured, against a Indiana average of 45.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 31.6%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 5, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 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. Heritage Healthcare holds 3 of 5 overall; the Indiana average is 3.1.
About Heritage Healthcare
- Ownership: Government - County
- Chain: Life Care Centers of America, 194 homes
- Legal name: Hendricks County Hospital
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 18, 1989
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Heritage Healthcare
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Indiana Veterans Home West Lafayette | 1.0 | 212 | 3.87 | 5.61 | 64.2% | 4 | None |
| Westminster Village - West Lafayette West Lafayette | 1.0 | 72 | 3.56 | 5.47 | 39.3% | 3 | $72,545 |
| Cumberland Pointe Health Campus West Lafayette | 1.1 | 71 | 1.99 | 3.22 | 46.7% | 3 | None |
| University Place Health Center and Assisted Living West Lafayette | 2.4 | 30 | 4.60 | 7.02 | 39.3% | 4 | None |
| Saint Anthony Rehab and Nursing Center Lafayette | 2.8 | 120 | 2.02 | 3.66 | 35.0% | 4 | None |
| Rosewalk Village at Lafayette Lafayette | 3.2 | 141 | 2.15 | 3.16 | 42.6% | 3 | None |
| St Mary Healthcare Center Lafayette | 3.5 | 79 | 2.57 | 3.47 | 29.2% | 3 | None |
| The Springs at Lafayette Lafayette | 3.7 | 70 | 1.99 | 3.52 | 52.5% | 5 | 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.