CCN 155402 · Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Heritage Healthcare
3401 Soldiers Home Rd, West Lafayette, IN 47906
Heritage Healthcare is a 127-bed government-owned nursing home in West Lafayette, Indiana, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1989. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 79.2 residents a day, about 62% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $2.3 million originally, at 2.87%, with $0.2 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in February 2028.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 127
- Average residents per day
- 79.2 (62.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Government - County
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Hendricks County Hospital
- Certified since
- Aug 18, 1989
- Chain or affiliated group
- Life Care Centers of America (194 facilities, chain average 3.4 stars)
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Indiana median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 | State spread: 90 at 1, 99 at 2, 83 at 3, 113 at 4, 119 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.42 | 3.55 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.24 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.06 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 45.5% | 45.3% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 62.4% | 78.6% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 8 (Aug 5, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Heritage Healthcare meets that part today: 3 stars overall, 2 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Medical Investors Limited PartnershipOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2018 |
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2018 |
| Bentinganan, VictorIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/01/2021 |
| Cross, CindyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2018 |
| Davis, JoshuaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/24/2021 |
| Fenoughty, DeannaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/10/2023 |
| Fletcher, ToddIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2018 |
| Henry, TerryIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2018 |
| Lay, LisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2018 |
| Preston, AubreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/06/2025 |
| Preston, ForrestIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2018 |
| Swanker, RichardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2018 |
| Thurmond, JoanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2018 |
| Ziegler, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2018 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2018 | Hendricks County Hospital | Lafayette Medical Investors Limited Partnership |
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2003 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Heritage Healthcare, 127 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding Group | $2,297,400 | Active: 2.87%, $219,922 balanceMatures Feb 1, 2028. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 07322018 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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