Overview
Brickyard Healthcare - Portage Care Center has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Indiana average of 3.2. It ranks 2nd of 2 nursing homes in Portage. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is staffing (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.4 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 72% of nursing homes in Indiana (the state average is 3.7 hours). Of that, 0.5 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on January 12, 2026, found 13 health deficiencies, more than the Indiana average of 7.1. 4 of them came from complaint investigations. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 18% of Indiana nursing homes have been fined.
Brickyard Healthcare - Portage Care Center is a for-profit facility with 186 certified beds, caring for about 156 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1979.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
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Top 54%
Top 66%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- January 12, 2026
- Health deficiencies cited
- 13
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 4
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.40 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.47 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.52 hrs
- Nurse aides2.41 hrs
- Physical therapists0.04 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 186
- Average residents per day
- 156
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- July 1, 1979
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes