Poplar Care Strategies is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1991-01-22. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (812) 295-4433 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Poplar Care Strategies holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 67.1/100, placing it #9552 of 14703 facilities nationally and #389 of 507 in Indiana. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Poplar Care Strategies receives a reported average of 4 hours 5 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 41 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 25 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 59 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 39 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,021. 11 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,021, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 86.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Poplar Care Strategies ranks 9552nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 67.1/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within IN, it ranks 389th out of 507 nursing homes. In Loogootee, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,310 nationally and RN hours rank #5,151 nationally (#188 in IN). Our composite quality score of 67.1/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Loogootee, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/indiana/loogootee/