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Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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1121 E Lasalle Ave, South Bend, IN 46617 (opens Google Maps) · St. Joseph County · (574) 287-6501· 144 certified beds · avg 67 residents/day · certified since May 12, 1970 · Medicare and Medicaid certified

Certified for both programmes. Certification means the facility can bill Medicaid — it does not mean a Medicaid-funded bed is free right now, so ask directly. Who pays for nursing home care →

Part of chain: AMERICAN SENIOR COMMUNITIES (90 facilities, chain avg rating 3.9★)

5/5
Health inspection rating (on-site)
inspected Apr 16, 2025
0
Serious findings on record
$0
Fines, last 3 years
3.21
Nurse hours/resident/day (adjusted)

What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)

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Health inspection rating: ★★★★★5/5 · CMS overall rating: 5/5 · how star ratings work →

The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and quality measures from resident assessments and claims.

Inspection findings in the public record

Showing the latest 3 of 13 inspection findings. Open the full record below to read every finding.

  1. D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

    The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. F-0812

  2. D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

    The facility did not keep its building and grounds safe, functional, clean, and comfortable for residents, staff, and visitors. F-0921

  3. D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

    The facility did not treat residents with respect and dignity, or did not let them keep and use their own personal belongings. · from a complaint F-0557

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CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed — that window is CMS's, not ours. Within it, every citation CMS publishes for this facility is listed here: none excluded.

DateSeverityWhat the facility was cited for
Jun 13, 2024D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · F-0812
Jun 13, 2024D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not keep its building and grounds safe, functional, clean, and comfortable for residents, staff, and visitors. · F-0921
Dec 13, 2023D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not treat residents with respect and dignity, or did not let them keep and use their own personal belongings. · from a complaint · F-0557
Nov 9, 2023D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not immediately notify the resident, their doctor, and a family member when something significant happened — such as an injury, a decline in health, or a room change. Families and doctors are entitled to know right away. · from a complaint · F-0580
Jun 19, 2023E · Potential for more than minimal harm, patternThe facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · F-0812
Jun 19, 2023D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not honor residents' rights to request, refuse, or stop treatment, to decline participation in medical research, or to make an advance directive — a written statement of their wishes for future medical care. · F-0578
Jun 19, 2023D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not give residents proper notice about what Medicare or Medicaid covers, or about charges the resident might owe for services that aren't covered. · F-0582
Jun 19, 2023D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not protect residents from abuse or neglect. This covers physical, mental, and sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect, by anyone — staff, other residents, or visitors. · F-0600
Jun 19, 2023D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility allowed residents to lose the ability to do daily activities — like bathing, dressing, and eating — when there was no medical reason for the decline. Good care helps residents keep the abilities they have. · F-0676
Jun 19, 2023D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not provide the help residents need with basic daily activities — like bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom — for residents who cannot do these things on their own. · F-0677
Jun 19, 2023D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. · F-0684
Jun 19, 2023D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it. · F-0695
Jun 19, 2023D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. · F-0761

Inspection trend by year

Citations by recorded inspection yearPublished citation counts, not a quality score · Source: CMS, 2026-08-01
All citationsSerious citations (G–L)
2023
All citations: 11
Serious citations (G–L): 0
2024
All citations: 2
Serious citations (G–L): 0

All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.

YearCitationsSerious (G–L)Worst severity that year
2023110E
202420D

Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.

Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)

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No fines or payment denials in the published 3-year window.

Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)

What these staffing numbers mean →

Nurse time, in contextAdjusted hours per resident per day · Source: CMS, 2026-08-01
This facilityIndiana averageU.S. average
Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day)
This facility: 3.21
Indiana average: 3.42
U.S. average: 3.95
Registered Nurse hours
This facility: 0.45
Indiana average: 0.62
U.S. average: 0.69
Weekend total nurse staffing
This facility: 2.52
Indiana average: 3.01
U.S. average: 3.50

All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.

MeasureThis facilityIndiana avgU.S. avgWhere it stands
Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day)3.213.423.95bottom 46% in Indiana; bottom 22% in the U.S.
Registered Nurse hours0.450.620.69bottom 29% in Indiana; bottom 30% in the U.S.
Weekend total nurse staffing2.523.013.50bottom 19% in Indiana; bottom 10% in the U.S.
Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted)0.250.470.48bottom 12% in Indiana; bottom 21% in the U.S.
Total nursing staff turnover (%)37.745.945.8top 25% in Indiana; top 30% in the U.S.
RN turnover (%)0.040.442.9top 1% in Indiana; top 1% in the U.S.

Hours are per resident per day for the most recent quarter of payroll data in this CMS release (2026-08-01) — the same quarter for every facility — case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 3.35, RN 0.47, weekend 2.63.Comparing with Medicare Care Compare? Care Compare shows the raw figure (3.35 here, displayed there as hours and minutes), not the adjusted one above. Both are correct; they answer different questions. Staffing rating: 2/5.

Quality measures: assessments & claims

Note: CMS combines facility-reported resident assessments (MDS) with claims-based measures. These are different sources from on-site inspection findings. Read the measures alongside inspection and staffing records; a high QM rating does not establish that a home is safe.

Quality measures rating: 5/5 · long-stay residents: 5/5 · short-stay residents: —/5

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Who owns this facility

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Ownership records as published by CMS on 2026-08-01. CMS records when an owner joined but not when they left. Listed here and no longer involved? Tell us →

For profit - Corporation

Owner / managerTypeRoleStakeSince
American Senior Communities LLCOrganizationOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE12/01/2023
American Senior Communities LLCOrganizationADP of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE12/01/2023
Babcock, PaulIndividualCorporate OfficerNOT APPLICABLE09/30/2020
Corpe, JamieIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE08/22/2023
Corpe, JamieIndividualADP of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE08/22/2023
Dice, MarkIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE06/01/2023
Dice, MarkIndividualADP of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE06/01/2023
Horn, BrendaIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE12/01/2023
Van Camp, StevenIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE06/01/2023
Van Camp, StevenIndividualADP of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE06/01/2023
Waite, AntoinetteIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE07/03/2022
Wolfram, DonaldIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE02/01/2025
Wolfram, DonaldIndividualADP of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE03/23/2026

All 13 owning or managing parties CMS has on file are shown — none excluded.

Other facilities in the same chain

CMS lists this facility under the chain American Senior Communities — 90 facilities in the current records. Chain membership says who operates these homes. It says nothing about how any individual one of them was inspected; each has its own record.

Listed by state, then facility name — not a ranking. Showing 8 of the 89 others, continuing from this facility's own place in that list.

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Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.

  • "What did your most recent kitchen inspection find, and can I see how food is stored and prepared?"
  • "Can we tour the whole building today, including resident bathrooms and common areas, not just the lobby?"
  • "How do you train staff to treat residents with dignity, and how do you protect residents' personal belongings?"
  • "If my family member falls or their condition changes, exactly when and how will I be notified?"
  • "How do you record and honor each resident's treatment wishes and advance directives, and how do staff know about them?"
  • "Before any service that isn't covered by Medicare or Medicaid, how will you notify us and get our agreement?"
  • "Tell me about this abuse or neglect citation — what happened, and what specific changes did you make afterward?"
  • "How do you help residents maintain their daily living skills, and how do you measure whether it's working?"

Also worth asking anywhere

  • "Your weekend nurse staffing is reported below the Indiana midpoint — how does the weekend schedule differ from a weekday?"
  • "Can I see the plan of correction for the findings in your most recent state inspection?"
  • "CMS reports 38% total nursing staff turnover here — who on the care team has been with you longest?"
  • "The ownership record on file lists 13 owning or managing parties — who makes the decisions about staffing levels?"
  • "Can I visit again unannounced, at a mealtime or on a weekend?"

Nearby facilities (12 closest of 31 within 20 miles)

FacilityDistanceCityOverallInspectionFlags
Milton Home, the0.7 miSouth Bend, IN★★★★★4/5
Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame INC1.0 miNotre Dame, IN★★★☆☆3/5
Wellbrooke of South Bend2.3 miSouth Bend, IN★★★★☆3/5
Trailpoint Village2.6 miSouth Bend, IN★★☆☆☆2/5abuse
Brickyard Healthcare - Fountainview Care Center2.7 miMishawaka, IN★★☆☆☆2/5
Holy Cross Rehabilitation and Wellness2.8 miSouth Bend, IN★★☆☆☆2/5
Majestic Care of South Bend3.6 miSouth Bend, IN★☆☆☆☆1/5
Healthwin Health & Rehabilitation3.9 miSouth Bend, IN★★☆☆☆2/5
Brickyard Healthcare - Twelfth Street Care Center3.9 miMishawaka, IN★★☆☆☆2/5
West Bend Nursing and Rehabilitation4.0 miSouth Bend, IN★★★★★4/5
Creekside Village4.1 miMishawaka, IN★★★★☆3/5
Belltower Health & Rehabilitation Center4.5 miGranger, IN★★★★☆4/5

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Other facilities in the same county

CMS records place this facility in St. Joseph, IN — 18 certified facilities there. These are outside the 20-mile list above, or far enough down it not to appear.

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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 155115.

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