Pulaski Health Care Center

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.

62.8% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — which CMS reads as no different from the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 44 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 50.0% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 24 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.17 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 16% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 7% 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 58 beds and averages 50.2 residents a day — about 87% occupied, or roughly 8 beds typically open. It runs fairly full. 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 3.27 hrs/resident/day is below the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.51 is below the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.37 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 2.93 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.40 on weekdays — 14% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.58 to 0.31 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 46% is about the same as the national median of 45%. 1 administrator has left in the past year.

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 more than at the previous inspection — worsening. 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.

21 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 11 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-11-13 · tag F0686 — failed to prevent and treat pressure sores (bedsores) — isolated
  Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to ensure a resident with a pressure ulcer received the necessary treatment and services to promote healing related to a lack of treatment change or new interventions implemented timely after the pressure ulcer had worsened for 1 of 3 residents reviewed for pressure ulcers. (Resident C)Finding includes: Record review for Resident C was completed on 11/12/25 at 2:13 p.m. Diagnoses included, but were not limited to, anemia, diabetes mellitus, and end stage renal disease.The Quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment, dated 10/13/25, indicated the resident was cognitively intact. The resident was dependent on staff for bed mobility and transfers. The resident was admitted to the facility with two stage 2 pressure ulcers. A Care Plan, dated 1/22/25 and revised 8/25/25, indicated the resident had a pressure wound to the left ischium (curved bone forming the base of each half of the pelvis). On 7/23/25 the pressure wound healed. On 8/22/25 the resident returned from the hospital with the left ischium open again as a…

  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 · F2025-08-22 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — widespread
  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, record review, and interview, the facility failed to serve food under sanitary conditions related to touching food with gloved hands after touching other items for 1 of 1 kitchen observed. (The Main Kitchen). This had the potential to affect 44 residents who received food from the kitchen. Finding includes: During the follow-up tour of the kitchen on 8/20/25 at 10:01 a.m., [NAME] 1 was observed preparing pureed enchiladas. The cook had donned clean gloves. She had an enchilada prepared in a mixing bowl. Using her gloved hands, she scooped out the enchilada into the blender. She removed a set of gloves, as she had another pair of gloves on underneath. The Dietary Food Manager brought [NAME] 1 a container of broth mix from the cooler. [NAME] 1 opened the container, scooped out a small amount using a measuring spoon, and used her gloved finger to remove the broth mix into another container. She mixed the broth mix with water to create the beef broth mixture to add to the enchilada in the blender. She changed her gloves and did not perform hand hygiene before…

  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 · E2025-08-22 · tag F0584 — failed to keep a safe, clean, comfortable home — pattern
  Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
  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 a safe, comfortable environment related to elevated hot water temperatures in 2 of 5 units observed for water temperatures. (North and Northeast Units)Finding includes:During the initial facility tour on 8/18/25 at 2:45 p.m., observations by hand of the water temperature were felt to be elevated in resident bathrooms on the North and Northeast Units. The Maintenance Assistant checked the water temperature in Rooms NE4, N2 and N3 and indicated it was 130 degrees Fahrenheit.During an interview at that time, the Maintenace Assistant indicated that was hottest he had seen the water temperature. He indicated rooms were checked randomly once a week. During an interview on 8/18/25 at 2:55 p.m., the Maintenance Director indicated water temperature should be around 111 degrees.The current policy, Weekly Water Temperatures, indicated, .if a water temperature is below or above the set temperature of 100-120, the maintenance supervisor or designee will adjust the mixing valve to bring water to the proper…

  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 · D2025-08-22 · tag F0627 — isolated
  Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
  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 documentation for residents' transfer to the hospital was complete and accurate related to lack of documentation of preparation for transfer or discharge, assessment of the resident at the time of transfer, and notification to the physician at the time of transfer for 2 of 3 residents reviewed for hospitalization. (Residents 8 and 45) Findings include: 1. Resident 8's record was reviewed on 8/20/25 at 3:44 p.m. Diagnosis included, but were not limited to, intellectual disabilities, aphasia, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The Quarterly Minimum Data Set assessment, dated 7/9/25, indicated the resident was severely cognitively impaired. A Progress Note, dated 3/19/25 at 12:49 p.m., indicated the resident was in the main dining room and was observed to be shivering, hands cyanotic (blue) from proximal knuckle to the tips of his fingers. The physician was notified, and new orders were received for labs. He had elevated finger sticks into the 300s and new orders were placed for glucose monitoring twice daily. A Progress…

  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 · D2025-08-22 · 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 to send the facility's bed-hold and reserve bed payment policy before and upon transfer to the hospital and transfer or discharge form to the resident and/or representative. The facility also failed to ensure appropriate information was conveyed to the receiving provider for 3 of 3 residents reviewed for hospitalization. (Resident 3, 8, and 45)1. Resident 3's record was reviewed on 8/21/25 at 12:28 p.m. Diagnoses included, but were not limited to, chronic respiratory failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure, and high blood pressure. The Quarterly Minimum Data Set assessment, dated 7/7/25, indicated the resident was cognitively intact. She was dependent on staff for toileting, showering, bed mobility, and transfers. A Progress Note, dated 6/24/25 at 12:20 a.m., indicated the resident did not respond per normal when trying to wake the resident to take scheduled medications. She would open her eyes but not keep them open for long when rubbing her chest. She was slow to respond verbally. The…

  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 before2025-08-22 · tag F0656 — failed to write and follow a full care plan — isolated
  Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
  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 a comprehensive care plan was developed and in place for resident receiving an antidepressant medication for 1 of 13 care plans reviewed. (Resident 2) Finding includes: Resident 2's record was reviewed on 8/19/25 at 3:03 p.m. Diagnoses included, but were not limited to, paraplegia, schizoaffective disorder, and chronic pain. The Significant Change in Status Minimum Data Set assessment, dated 7/15/25, indicated the resident was cognitively intact for daily decision making. In the 7-day look-back period, he had received injections, antipsychotic, antidepressant, antibiotic, opioid, and hypoglycemic medications. The August 2025 Physician Order Summary indicated the resident received amitriptyline (an antidepressant medication) 50 milligram tablet twice daily since 7/12/25. There was no care plan related to antidepressant medication use. During an interview on 8/22/25 at 1:00 p.m., the Director of Nursing and Regional Nurse Consultant indicated there was no care plan initiated for the antidepressant use because the…

  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 Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-08-22 · 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

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure a speech therapy evaluation was completed as ordered for 1 of 4 residents reviewed for nutrition and also failed to ensure there was documentation and interventions in place for bowel management for 1 of 5 residents reviewed for unnecessary medications. (Residents B and D)Findings include: 1. The closed record for Resident B was reviewed on 8/19/25 at 3:48 p.m. Diagnoses included, but were not limited to, myasthenia gravis, cyclical vomiting syndrome and pervasive developmental disorder. The resident was admitted on [DATE] for a respite stay. The Quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment, dated 5/6/25, indicated the resident had severe cognitive deficits and required moderate assistance with eating and substantial assistance with bed mobility and transfers. A Progress Note, dated 4/28/25, indicated the resident had arrived at the facility accompanied by family. The family indicated he was only to drink from a slow flow sippy cut, could not…

  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 · Dcited before2025-08-22 · tag F0688 — failed to keep residents mobile / prevent decline — isolated
  Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
  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 ensure a splinting device was in place as ordered for a resident with a limited range of motion for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for range of motion. (Resident 13) Finding includes:During random observations on 8/18/25 at 2:52 p.m., 8/19/25 at 12:45 p.m., 8/21/25 at 10:01 a.m. and 4:01 p.m., Resident 13 was observed sitting in his wheelchair. At that time, his right arm was in his lap with no splinting devices observed on the right hand. Resident 13's record was reviewed on 8/21/25 at 10:07 a.m. Diagnoses included, but were not limited to, hemiplegia and hemiparesis (weakness and paralysis) following a stroke affecting the right dominant side, vascular dementia, and cognitive communication deficit. The Annual Minimum Data Set assessment, dated 6/18/25, indicated the resident was rarely or never understood. The resident had limited range of motion impairment to one side for the upper and lower extremity. He was dependent on staff for toileting, showering, personal hygiene, bed mobility, and transfers. A Care Plan,…

  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 · D2025-08-22 · tag F0842 — failed to keep accurate, complete medical records — isolated
  Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
  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 record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure medical records were accurate and complete related to incomplete meal intakes, snack intakes and fluid intakes for 3 of 13 resident records reviewed. (Residents B, E, and C)Findings include: 1. The closed record for Resident B was reviewed on 8/19/25 at 3:48 p.m. Diagnoses included, but were not limited to, myasthenia gravis, cyclical vomiting syndrome and pervasive developmental disorder. The resident was admitted on [DATE] for a respite stay. The Quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment, dated 5/6/25, indicated the resident had severe cognitive deficits and required moderate assistance with eating and substantial assistance with bed mobility and transfers. The Nutrition Care Plan, dated 5/7/25, indicated the resident was at nutritional risk due to dysphagia, feeding problems and vomiting syndrome. Interventions included, but were not limited to, monitor oral intakes. The Task Meal Consumption Logs were documented with percentage of meals…

  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 Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-08-22 · tag F0881 — failed to use antibiotics responsibly — isolated
  Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
  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 record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure residents that received antibiotics met the criteria of a true infection or provide a rationale for use if infection criteria were not met for 2 of 2 residents reviewed for antibiotic stewardship. (Residents 51 and 2)Findings include:1.The record for Resident 51 was reviewed on 8/19/25 at 3:00 p.m. Diagnoses included, but were not limited to, acute kidney failure, unspecified dementia and congestive heart failure. The resident was admitted on [DATE]. A Physician's Order, dated 8/15/25, indicated to obtain a urinalysis with reflex culture and sensitivity if indicated for mental status changes. The urinalysis results, dated 8/16/25, indicated there were moderate bacteria present, and a culture and sensitivity had not been done with a note, Recollect? An Observation McGeer's Criteria (tool used to determine true infections), dated 8/17/25, indicated the resident had no catheter, no dysuria, no fever and no pain. The resident's urinalysis results…

  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

“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.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 19 rows in the source record cover these 15 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted. The source lists no ownership percentage for any of them — PECOS records a share only for equity interests, not for board or management roles.

1 organizational owner 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.

This home reported $438K paid to related parties (affiliated landlords or management companies) in its most recent cost report.

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