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Nursing Homes in Elkhart County, IN

Licensed nursing homes providers across Elkhart County, the cities they are in, and where to get free local help.

Licensed nursing homes providers: 13

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Cities in Elkhart County

What federal inspectors recorded here

Elkhart County, IN has 13 facilities certified by Medicare or Medicaid, as of the CMS penalty file published October 1, 2026. CMS publishes what it fined them, when it stopped paying for new admissions, how many nursing hours they staffed, and what its inspectors wrote up. These are those records counted. A penalty is an enforcement action on a date, not a verdict on the care a resident receives today.

Facilities with a federal penalty

38%5 of 13 (38%)

A civil money penalty, a payment denial, or both, among the penalties CMS recorded between July 17, 2023 and September 23, 2026.

Facilities where CMS stopped paying for new admissions

23%3 of 13 (23%)

A payment denial is CMS refusing to pay for newly admitted Medicare and Medicaid residents until the facility corrects the problem it cited.

Median penalty total, among facilities that were fined

Only 4 facilities here have a fine on record. We publish a median at 5 values or more, because below that the middle of the list is one building's number.

Median nurse staffing hours per resident day

3.66hours · 13 facilities

0.05 hours above the Indiana median of 3.61 hours.

Total nurse hours per resident per day from payroll records CMS collects, quarter Q2 2026. Staffing is an input, not an outcome.

Facilities with an inspection citation in the last 12 months

77%10 of 13 (77%)

Counts facilities with at least one deficiency CMS inspectors wrote up in the last 365 days. The most recent one here is dated May 1, 2026. A facility inspected and found compliant records no citation, so this is not a survey date.

These figures cover nursing homes only. CMS keeps these penalty, staffing and inspection records for Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes. Assisted living, memory care and home care agencies are licensed by each state under different rules, so their records are not comparable.

Each share above shows how many facilities it is based on. Where there are too few for a percentage to mean much, we show the count instead. More in our methodology.

Local aging & Medicaid contacts

Long-term care ombudsman

Free help with complaints about care and residents' rights in nursing homes and assisted living.

Indiana Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

Official ombudsman website

Source: State LTC Ombudsman

Area Agency on Aging

REAL Services, Inc. · (574) 284-2644

Official AAA website

Source: State aging agency

Aging & Disability Resource Center

INconnect Alliance · 1-800-713-9023

Official ADRC page

Source: Aging & disability resource center

Medicare counseling (SHIP)

Indiana State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)

Official SHIP website

Source: Medicare counseling (SHIP)

Indiana Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

State-level Medicaid waiver contacts (not invented county Medicaid offices). Official agency pages only.

  • PathWays for Aging Waiver. Indiana 1915(c) PathWays for Aging Waiver for adults 65+ and adults 60–64 with physical/other disabilities (CMS factsheet; successor branding to Aged & Disabled for older adults).
Source: State Medicaid program

Questions families ask

Which cities in Elkhart County have nursing homes listings?

Elkhart County has nursing homes in 2 cities, each listed on this page with its own provider list.

Who do I call about a complaint at a nursing home in Elkhart County?

Indiana Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is the long-term care ombudsman program serving Elkhart County. It takes complaints about care, safety and residents' rights. Its website is in the contacts section of this page.

Who is the Area Agency on Aging for Elkhart County?

REAL Services, Inc. is the Area Agency on Aging covering Elkhart County. Contact details on this page come from official aging-network sources.

How do families in Elkhart County learn about Medicaid long-term care options?

Indiana runs named Medicaid programs that pay for care at home and in assisted living. This page links to the official state pages for each.

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