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Skilled nursing facilities licensed in Indiana as Comprehensive Care Facilities, a separate license from assisted living, providing 24-hour licensed nursing care and short-term rehabilitation.

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Indiana regulates nursing homes through the Indiana Department of Health.

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A skilled nursing facility provides 24-hour licensed nursing. Indiana licenses these as Comprehensive Care Facilities, a separate license from the Residential Care Facility (assisted living) rule chapter. Two different populations often live under the same roof: short-term rehab patients and long-term residents.

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We list 36 verified nursing homes providers across your metro. A skilled nursing facility provides 24-hour licensed nursing.

Three things worth knowing first

  • Medicare may cover a short rehab stay after a qualifying inpatient hospital admission, but it does not pay for long-term custodial nursing care.
  • Nursing facilities are the one senior care category with federal CMS star ratings.
  • Indiana's 2025 CareScout medians are $8,943/month semi-private and $10,326/month private -- semi-private is often Medicaid-weighted and lower than a private-pay quote.
How Indiana licenses assisted living. Indiana licenses assisted living as a Residential Care Facility (RCF) under 410 IAC 16.2-5 -- one license type, not tiered like Texas's Type A/B. Read the full explanation →

Verified nursing homes across the region

We list 36 verified nursing homes providers across your metro. The full table with addresses and counties lives in the directory.

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Nursing Homes by city

Nursing Homes in Indianapolis

15 verified · Marion County

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Nursing Homes in Carmel

4 verified · Hamilton County

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Nursing Homes in Fishers

1 verified · Hamilton County

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Nursing Homes in Noblesville

2 verified · Hamilton County

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Nursing Homes in Greenwood

4 verified · Johnson County

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Nursing Homes in Avon

2 verified · Hendricks County

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Nursing Homes in Plainfield

2 verified · Hendricks County

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Nursing Homes in Zionsville

0 verified · Boone County

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Questions families ask

Which long-term care ombudsman office covers Indianapolis?

Region 8 of Indiana's Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, operated by Indiana Legal Services, covers Marion County and all five surrounding collar counties this site serves -- Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Boone and Hancock -- plus Morgan and Shelby. Reach the regional office at 317-631-9424 or the statewide line at 800-622-4484.

What does a long-term care ombudsman actually do?

An ombudsman advocates for a resident free of charge, and only with the resident's consent. They can attend a care conference with a family but do not license, inspect, or fine a facility -- that is the state health department's job, not the ombudsman's.

Can an ombudsman file a complaint even if my parent doesn't want to?

No. Consent matters: if a parent has capacity and does not want a complaint pursued, that decision stands, even where family disagrees with it. The ombudsman represents the resident's wishes, not the family's.

Is the ombudsman the same as filing a state licensing complaint?

No, they're two different systems. The ombudsman advocates for an individual resident; the Indiana Department of Health investigates regulatory complaints and can take enforcement action against a facility's license. Using one does not preclude using the other.

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