Vernon Health & Rehabilitation

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.24 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 31% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 15% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 71 beds and averages 44.2 residents a day — about 62% occupied, or roughly 27 beds typically open. It often has substantial empty capacity — worth asking why, since low census can reflect either a new or shrinking home or one families are avoiding. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 4.26 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 1.11 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.30 is below the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 3.70 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 4.49 on weekdays — 18% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 1.26 to 0.74 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 61% is well above the national median of 45%. 2 administrators have left in the past year — frequent leadership churn is a warning sign families often miss.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are fewer than at the previous inspection — improving. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

27 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 17 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-12-19 · tag F0580 — failed to tell family and doctor about changes — isolated
  Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to consistently notify the nurse practitioner or physician of a resident's weight gain per order for 1 of 5 residents reviewed for unnecessary medications. (Resident 3) Finding includes: Resident 3's clinical record was reviewed on 12/17/25 at 10:48 a.m. Diagnoses included atherosclerotic heart disease of the native coronary artery with angina pectoris (buildup of plaque in the heart's arteries), chronic atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat), acute on chronic combined systolic (congestive) and diastolic (congestive) heart failure, cardiomegaly (enlarged heart), ischemic cardiomyopathy (weakened and enlarged heart caused by lack of blood flow), edema, and stage 3 chronic kidney disease. Current orders included bumetanide (diuretic) 2 mg twice a day (8/28/25), metolazone (diuretic) 2.5 mg every Monday (11/10/25), and daily weight in the morning - notify the Nurse Practitioner (NP) for 3-pound weight gain in 24-hour period or 5 pounds in 48 hours (7/22/25). A current care plan, initiated on 5/13/25, indicated the resident…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-12-19 · tag F0759 — failed to keep medication error rate low — isolated
  Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure a medication error rate of less than 5%, related to medications not being administered via ordered route for 2 observed medication administration opportunities of 34, resulting in a medication error rate of 5.88%.Findings include:During a medication administration observation, on 12/19/25 at 8:08 a.m., the following was observed:LPN 7 prepared aspirin 81 milligrams (mg) and ferrous sulfate (iron) 325 mg for Resident 17. Both medications were removed from medication cards and placed into a plastic sleeve to be crushed. Both medications were crushed by a pill crusher then mixed with vanilla pudding before administering the mixture orally to Resident 17.Resident 17's current physician orders included aspirin 81 mg daily via gastrostomy tube ([g- tube], a tube placed directly into the stomach for feedings, medications, nutrients, etc) and ferrous sulfate 325 mg daily via g-tube.During an interview, on 12/19/25 at 8:13 a.m., LPN 7 indicated Resident 17 did not have an order to give medications orally. Both…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-12-19 · tag F0761 — failed to label and store drugs safely — isolated
  Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to remove discontinued medications from the Kalor Court medication cart for 2 of 15 residents' medications contained in the medication cart. (Resident 10 and Resident 26) Findings include: During an observation, on 12/16/25 at 10:51 a.m., of the Kalor Court medication cart with LPN 13, an undated and opened bottle of GenTeal Tears (eye drops) with a pharmacy sent date of 6/20/25 and instructions to instill two drops a day to both eyes four times a day for Resident 10 was in the top right-hand drawer of the medication cart. An undated opened bottle of Blink Tears (eye drops) with a pharmacy sent date of 10/22/25 and instructions to instill two drops into right eye every six hours for two days was in the top right-hand drawer of the medication cart for Resident 26. The bottle did not have a change of directions sticker or writing on it. At the same time as the observation, LPN 13 indicated when the last dose of the eye drops was given, they should have been discarded. 1. Resident 10's clinical record was reviewed…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-12-19 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — isolated
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to ensure food was served under safe sanitary conditions during meal service regarding food handling for 1 of 35 residents who received meals orally. (Resident 37) Findings include:During a lunch service observation, on 12/15/25 at 12:31 p.m., the following was observed. CNA 14 touched a piece of bread inside a storage bag. With her bare hands, she reached into the storage bag and pulled the bread out with her bare hands before placing it on Resident 37's plate. She then proceeded to butter the bread before she picked the bread up with her bare hands, folded it in half, and handed it to Resident 37. Resident 37 took a bite out of the bread before placing it down on his plate.During an interview, on 12/15/25 at 12:48 p.m., CNA 14 indicated she did not recall pulling the bread from the plastic bag with her bare hands. She probably touched the bread with her bare hands when she folded it in half and handed it to the resident.On 12/19/25 at 9:05 a.m., the Corporate Consultant indicated the facility had already started in-servicing…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-12-19 · tag F0883 — failed to offer flu and pneumonia vaccines — isolated
  Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to offer eligible residents and/or the residents' representatives the current pneumococcal immunization according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for 2 of 5 residents reviewed for immunizations. (Resident 2 and Resident 7). Findings include: 1. Resident 2's clinical record was reviewed on 12/17/25 at 9:12 a.m. Diagnoses included tracheostomy status, heart failure, obstructive sleep apnea, chronic pulmonary edema, and emphysema. Current orders included Vaccines - May receive vaccines as scheduled as recommended per CDC, per responsible part consent unless contraindicated (4/30/25); Change Trach Shiley 8 cuffless and as needed once a day on the first day of the month (5/1/25); Albuterol nebulizer 0.083% inhale orally twice a day (5/11/25); and Ipratropium solution 0.02% inhale orally via nebulizer twice a day (5/11/25). Resident 2's immunization record was reviewed. A pneumococcal vaccination, Prevnar 13 (PCV13), was given…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-08-25 · tag F0684 — failed to provide proper treatment and quality of care — isolated
  Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to administer medications according to physician order for 1 of 3 residents reviewed for medication administration. (Resident B) Findings include:Resident B's closed clinical record was reviewed on 8/25/25 at 10:44 a.m. Diagnoses included spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and scoliosis. Current orders during the resident's stay included diazepam 2.5 milligram (mg) four times a day. A June 2025 Medication Administration Record (MAR) indicated he received four doses of diazepam on 6/7/25.A June 2025 narcotic count sheet indicated the medication was not removed for his 6/7/25 morning and noon doses. During an interview, on 8/25/25 at 4:25 p.m., the ADON indicated it showed the medication was documented as administered on the MAR but was not signed out on the controlled medication log. Staff should double check the medication, dispense the medication from the medication card, mark that the medication was prepped on the MAR, give the medication, and then mark that the medication administered on the MAR. During an…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-05-14 · tag F0628 — isolated
  Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure the resident's representative was notified in writing of the transfer/discharge appeal rights for 1 of 3 hospitalizations. (Resident D) Findings include: Resident D's clinical record was reviewed on 5/12/25 at 3:24 p.m. Diagnoses included cerebral palsy, fracture of left lower leg, adult failure to thrive, Cauda Equina syndrome, severe intellectual disabilities, osteoarthritis, congenital deformities of feet, and diabetes. Review of a progress note, dated 3/18/25 at 10:24 a.m., indicated the resident yelled out upon being rolled onto his left side during care. The resident's left hip had non-pitting edema, was warm to the touch, and slight green discoloration was noted. An order was received for a left hip x-ray. The resident's representative was notified. A progress note, dated 3/19/25 at 12:45 a.m., indicated x-ray results showed resident had a left hip fracture. The resident's representative was notified. A progress note, dated 3/19/25 at 2:04 a.m., indicated an order was received to send the resident to the ER…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-05-14 · tag F0684 — failed to provide proper treatment and quality of care — isolated
  Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to follow physician orders regarding continuation of care for residents transported to day programs with medications for 2 of 3 residents reviewed for day services (Resident B and C). Findings include: During an interview, on 5/12/25 at 9:14 a.m., LPN 6 indicated the Social Services Director informed her of Resident B and Resident C's school schedules. LPN 6 was unsure if the school had received their medications, but sent Resident C to school anyway without checking on 5/6/25. The school immediately called the facility to have Resident C picked up, as he was not approved to attend at that time. During an interview, on 5/12/25 at 10:36 a.m., the DON indicated all documents were sent to the school before the residents could attend. She ordered the school their own medication supply, but it wasn't delivered at this time. Staff sent Resident C to school one day before his care plan was approved or medications were delivered. During an interview, on 5/12/25 at 11:05 a.m., the Administrator indicated Resident B was sent to school…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2024-10-22 · tag F0600 — failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect — pattern
  Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to provide adequate supervision and intervention to prevent physical resident-to-resident abuse for 4 of 4 residents reviewed for resident-to-resident abuse (Resident 19, Resident 21, Resident 43, and Resident 44). Findings include: 1. During an observation, on 10/15/24 at 9:15 a.m., Resident 43 stood up from her wheelchair, grabbed the nurses' desk to steady herself, her foot caught behind the wheelchair pedal, and she continued to lean forward to attempt to ambulate toward facility visitors. CNA 10 attempted to assist the resident to sit down in the wheelchair. Resident 43 declined and continued to ambulate toward the visitors with the assistance of CNA 10. Resident 43 reached out and attempted to grab a visitor's drink. CNA 10 redirected the resident by offering her a soda if she would sit down in the wheelchair. The resident agreed. During an observation, on 10/16/24 at 9:03 a.m., Resident 43 sat in her wheelchair beside the nurses' station near the administrator's office and facility's front entrance doors.…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Ecited before2024-10-22 · tag F0847 — pattern
  Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to provide an arbitration agreement that granted the resident or their representative the right to rescind the agreement within 30 days of signing it for 3 of 3 current residents reviewed who were admitted after 2/1/24 (Resident 26, Resident 44, and Resident 97). Findings include: During an interview conducted in conjunction with the entrance conference on 10/15/24 at 9:37 a.m., the Administrator indicated the facility offered arbitration agreements in the admission agreement packet. The sample admission agreement packet, provided as indicated above, was reviewed on 10/21/24 at 2:39 p.m. The admission/arbitration agreement packet lacked mention of the resident's or resident's representative's right to rescind the arbitration agreement within 30 days of signing the agreement. 1. Resident 44's 2/25/24, admission Agreement document indicated section 8.7 addressed an agreement not to elect a trial by jury of any fact trialable by a jury. The resident initialed agree. The form lacked mention of the resident's or resident's…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Administration Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to STERLING HEALTHCARE — 5 facilities. Here is how its ratings compare with the chain’s average across all its homes: See the whole chain — ratings, flags, fines and finances →

A home rated well below its chain’s average can signal local problems; a chain with a low average across the board is a bigger pattern worth researching. CMS chain data under-reports private-equity and REIT ownership, so treat this as a floor, not the full picture.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 34 rows in the source record cover these 20 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted.

8 organizational owners listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

About 96% of this home’s resident-days are paid by Medicaid, which reimburses well below the cost of care in most states. Heavily Medicaid-dependent homes run on thinner budgets — a context worth holding next to the staffing and inspection record, not a fault in itself. This home reported $683K paid to related parties (affiliated landlords or management companies) in its most recent cost report. A reported operating loss is common in this industry and is not by itself a sign of trouble — but paired with large related-party payments it can mean profit is being taken elsewhere in the ownership structure.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2023). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

What families pay in IN