Overview
Great Lakes Healthcare Center has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Indiana average of 3.2. It is the highest-rated of the 3 nursing homes in Dyer. It scores best on quality of care (5 of 5) and lowest on health inspections (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.5 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 58% 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 March 24, 2026, found 26 health deficiencies, more than the Indiana average of 7.1. 10 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.
Great Lakes Healthcare Center is a for-profit facility with 134 certified beds, caring for about 112 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1983.
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.
Top 34%
Top 57%
Top 70%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- March 24, 2026
- Health deficiencies cited
- 26
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 10
- 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 staff3.53 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.49 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)1.07 hrs
- Nurse aides1.98 hrs
- Physical therapists0.07 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 134
- Average residents per day
- 112
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- August 10, 1983
- 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