University Place Health Center And Assisted Living is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2004-01-05. 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 (765) 464-5600 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

University Place Health Center And Assisted Living holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 89.0/100, placing it #702 of 14703 facilities nationally and #13 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 University Place Health Center And Assisted Living receives a reported average of 7 hours 35 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 44 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 45 minutes; Nurse Aide — 5 hours 6 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 6 hours 59 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 54.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 5 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $3,900. 23 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 30.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, University Place Health Center And Assisted Living ranks 702nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 89.0/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within IN, it ranks 13th out of 507 nursing homes. In West Lafayette, it ranks 2nd out of 5 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 5. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #125 nationally and RN hours rank #356 nationally (#5 in IN). Our composite quality score of 89.0/100 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 West Lafayette, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/indiana/west-lafayette/