Indiana

• While Indiana’s nursing home ranking inched higher, the state still failed to gain enough momentum to achieve a passing grade overall.
• Indiana score below average grades in three staffing measures and barely achieved a below average grade in the fourth, showing that Indiana nursing homes are chronically understaffed.
• Indiana suffered a major setback in the percentage of facilities with severe deficiencies, as the state recovered nearly all the previous report’s decrease in homes cited for abuse and neglect of residents.
• The percentage of nursing homes with above average health inspections declined nearly 40 percent, dropping the state’s grade to a “D” overall in this quality measure.
• Indiana nursing home care ranks near the bottom in the Great Lakes Region for the third consecutive report.

Read The Press Release