Indiana State Department of Health
Division of Long Term Care
 
CONSUMER REPORT
 
 
THIS FACILITY HAS CLOSED
 
APERION CARE VALPARAISO
 
NURSING HOME
SKILLED NURSING FACILITY / NURSING FACILITY DUALLY CERTIFIED
Created on: 10/11/2019
 
Posted to the Web on: 10/23/2019
 
 



Basic Information

FACILITY CONTACT INFORMATION:
Address: 3301 N CALUMET AVE
City: VALPARAISO
Telephone: (219) 462-0508
Web Site:  
 
NAME CHANGES:
Most recent name change: N/A
Date of most recent name change: N/A
 
LICENSE INFORMATION:
  License number: 18-000176-1
  License effective date: 09/01/2018
  License expiration date: 08/31/2019
 


Administration and Staff

Administrator: 
  Start date: N/A
 
 
Medical director: Sudhakar Garlapati
  Start date:   /  /  
 
Wound care specialist:  
  Start date:   /  /  
 
Infection preventionist:  
  Start date:   /  /  
 


Ownership

CURENT OWNERSHIP:
 
Owning corporation: MAJOR HOSPITAL
N/A
N/A N/A N/A
 
Ownership type:  OTHER
 
Officer(s): JERRY KEMPER
 
PREVIOUS OWNERSHIP CHANGES:
Name of previous owner: MAJOR HOSPITAL
Date of last change of ownership:   /  /  
 


Bed Counts and Census

COMPREHENSIVE CARE BEDS:
Number of Medicaid beds (NF):                     0
Number of Medicare beds (SNF):                    0
Number of Medicare/Medicaid beds (SNF/NF):        150
Number of non-certified comprehensive care beds (State Licensed only):     0
Total number of comprehensive care beds:     150
 
RESIDENTIAL CARE BEDS:
 
Total number of residential beds:            0
 
Total number of beds in facility:            150
 
CENSUS:
Facility census:  81
As reported by the facility on: 01/03/2019
 
Number of comprehensive care beds occupied in this facility. 0
As reported by the facility on: 01/03/2019
 
Residential care beds occupied:  0
As reported by the facility on: 01/03/2019
 
Alzheimer Beds:  54
Alzheimer Beds Occupied:  48
As reported by the facility on:   /  /  
 
Ventilator Beds:  0
Ventilator Beds Occupied:  0
As reported by the facility on:   /  /  
 


Sprinklers and Smoke Detectors

This facility is:  
 
Number of comprehensive care resident rooms: 120
Number of comprehensive care resident rooms with battery 
                    operated smoke detectors: 28
Number of comprehensive care resident rooms 
             with hard wired and/or wireless smoke detectors: 92
 
  If hard wired and/or wireless smoke detectors are provided in resident's room, do they:
    (A) Provide a visual and audible signal at the nurses'stations that attend each room? - Yes
    (B) Transmit to a central station service - Yes
    (C) Connect to the health facility's fire alarm system - Yes
 
Person completing form - MATTHEW COONEY
Title of the person who completed the sprinkler, smoke detector form submitted to the ISDH. MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR
Date form completed - 02/19/2018
 


Nurse Aide Training

NURSE AIDE TRAINING PROGRAM APPROVALS:
Nurse aide training and competency evaluation program (NATCEP) approved: 03/23/2006
Nurse aide training and competency evaluation program (NATCEP) expires: 04/01/2008
Nurse aide training and competency evaluation program (NATCEP) banned: Yes
Nurse aide training and competency evaluation program (NATCEP) ban expires: 12/09/2020
 
CLINICAL TRAINING SITES:
This facility is a Clinical training site for the following nurse aide training (NAT) classroom sites: 
     APERION CARE VALPARAISO
         Approved: 03/07/2002
         Terminated: 08/21/2013
     MED ED INCORPORATED
         Approved: 04/03/2012
         Terminated: 08/21/2013
     IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE
         Approved: 01/08/2013
         Terminated: 08/21/2013
     IN TRAINING COLLEGE OF ADULT EDUCATION
         Approved: 02/24/2012
         Terminated: 08/21/2013
     CARETECH HEALTHCARE TRAINING
         Approved: 12/15/2011
         Terminated: 08/21/2013
     PORTER COUNTY CAREER CENTER
         Approved: 04/29/2016
         Terminated: 07/17/2017
 


Complaints

NUMBER OF SUBSTANTIATED COMPLAINTS: 
 
  Current year:  1
  Previous year:  7
  2 years previous:  1

 


Enforcement Actions

Event ID: GCNE11
  Action - Citation / Fine
  Notice to facility: 11/01/2016
             Appeal: N/A
  Action Cease/Recind: 07/21/2017
         Case Closed: 07/21/2017
  Initial Amount: $3000
 
Federal Certification Actions Imposed
     Civil Money Penalty
     Date Imposed: 11/07/2018  Date Ended: 12/16/2018
     Amount proposed per day: 910
     Civil Money Penalty
     Date Imposed: 07/17/2018  Date Ended: 07/29/2018
     Amount proposed per day: 12500
     Amount proposed per day: 510
     Directed Plan of Correction
     Date Imposed: 10/26/2017  Date Ended: 10/17/2017
     Civil Money Penalty
     Date Imposed: 05/22/2017  Date Ended: 07/17/2017
     Amount proposed per day: 
     Amount proposed per day: 0
     Amount proposed per day: 
 
Date terminated from Medicare/Medicaid: 04/17/2019
 


Survey History


    The survey report is not posted until the report has been provided to the facility and their plan of correction submitted and approved.
    The survey report therefore will likely not be posted until four to six weeks after the exit date.
        
    In the grid below click on an event ID that is underlined to see the survey report for that event.
 
Event ID
Survey Type
Exit Date

L4IG12
Complaint, Follow Up
03/25/2019


L4IG11
Complaint
02/19/2019


FUOC12
Complaint, Follow Up
01/10/2019


NK1Q12
Complaint, Follow Up
01/10/2019


FUOC11
Complaint
11/29/2018


NK1Q11
Complaint
11/07/2018


1WSL11
Complaint
09/12/2018


9BVZ22
Follow Up, Life Safety Code, Recertification
08/16/2018


9BVZ13
Follow Up, Recertification, State Licensure
08/07/2018


61JJ11
Complaint
08/07/2018


9BVZ12
Recertification, Follow Up, State Licensure
07/19/2018


B6RZ11
Complaint
07/19/2018


VEVH12
Complaint, Follow Up
07/19/2018


9BVZ21
Recertification, Life Safety Code
07/05/2018


VEVH11
Complaint
06/08/2018


9BVZ11
Recertification, State Licensure
06/08/2018


YUSU12
Complaint, Follow Up
05/25/2018


5N0411
Complaint
05/10/2018


YUSU11
Complaint
04/25/2018


71UF11
Complaint
02/18/2018


W4XI12
Complaint, Follow Up
02/08/2018


W4XI11
Complaint
01/09/2018


C9I711
Complaint
11/08/2017


GCWN23
Recertification, Follow Up, Life Safety Code
10/17/2017


GCWN22
Recertification, Follow Up, Life Safety Code
09/27/2017


N3IB12
Complaint, Follow Up
09/27/2017


GCWN13
Follow Up, Recertification, State Licensure
09/27/2017


GCWN12
Recertification, Follow Up, State Licensure
08/30/2017


N3IB11
Complaint
08/30/2017


GCWN21
Recertification, Life Safety Code
08/17/2017


GCWN11
Recertification, State Licensure
07/17/2017


Q31E11
Complaint
06/14/2017


WT2I11
Complaint
03/27/2017


B8RJ11
Complaint
01/11/2017


PCZW12
Complaint, Follow Up
12/14/2016


PCZW11
Complaint
11/18/2016


NEK612
Complaint, Follow Up
10/31/2016


ZW5M12
Complaint, Follow Up
10/31/2016


 
 


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