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University Heights Health and Living Community

Nursing Home in Indianapolis — Marion County

Quick answer

University Heights Health and Living Community is a nursing home provider located at 1380 East County Line Road South, Indianapolis, 46227, in Marion County.

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A CarDon & Associates skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and memory-support community on the south side of Indianapolis, near County Line Road.

University Heights Health and Living Community, at 1380 East County Line Road South in Indianapolis, is a CarDon & Associates community offering rehabilitation, long-term nursing care, and memory support, per the operator's own site. It is located on the far south side of Indianapolis near the Marion/Johnson county line.

CarDon markets University Heights as part of its 20-community, family-first senior-living network; the community focuses on skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and memory support rather than independent or assisted living, so families seeking those levels of care in this part of Indianapolis would need a different community.

Short answer

University Heights Health and Living Community is a nursing home provider at 1380 East County Line Road South, Indianapolis, 46227, in Marion County.

Location and contact

CommunityUniversity Heights Health and Living Community
Care typeNursing Home
Address1380 East County Line Road South, Indianapolis, 46227
CountyMarion County
WebsiteOfficial site
What we do not publish, and why. We list only details we confirmed against this provider's own published information. We do not publish bed counts, license numbers, pricing or quality ratings for this community because we could not verify them from a primary source. Confirm licensing yourself using the state tools below, and get pricing in writing directly from the community.
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Indianapolis in context

Indianapolis holds the metro's oldest and most varied senior-housing stock, much of it built for aging in place in neighborhoods that predate the suburban boom. Eskenazi Health and IU Health's Methodist, Riley and University campuses anchor discharge planning downtown and near-north, while Community Health Network and Franciscan Health cover the east and south sides.

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Listing details verified 2026-07-21 against the provider's own published information. We are not affiliated with this community and do not represent it. Details change — confirm directly before making a decision.

Questions families ask

My parent is being discharged from an Indianapolis hospital in 72 hours. What now?

Ask the case manager for the discharge plan in writing, confirm whether your parent was admitted as an inpatient or held under observation status (only inpatient stays count toward Medicare's skilled-nursing benefit), and ask which facilities have actually accepted the referral -- not just which ones were contacted.

Does Medicare pay for a nursing home stay after a hospitalization?

Medicare covers a limited skilled-nursing-facility stay only after a qualifying inpatient hospital admission, for rehabilitation, not long-term placement. Time spent under observation status does not count, even after multiple nights in a hospital bed -- ask the hospital directly which status applies.

Which Indianapolis-area hospital systems most often discharge patients to senior care?

IU Health, Ascension St. Vincent, Community Health Network, Franciscan Health and Eskenazi Health handle the bulk of Indianapolis-area discharge planning, alongside Hendricks Regional Health, Riverview Health, and Hancock Regional Health in the collar counties.

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