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South Shore Health & Rehabilitation Center

353 Tyler St, Gary, IN, 46402

Type
Nursing home
Medicare/Medicaid certified · CCN 155530

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Federal Quality Data

Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.

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CMS Star Ratings

Overall1 / 5
Health inspections1 / 5
Staffing2 / 5
Quality measures3 / 5

Facility & Staffing

Ownership
For profit - Corporation · Chain: Sterling Healthcare
Certified beds
100 · avg 78 residents/day
Total nursing staff turnover
63.6%higher than most Indiana nursing homesIndiana avg: 46.6% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
RN turnover
56.3%higher than most Indiana nursing homesIndiana avg: 41.3% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
Administrators who left
3 departednear the Indiana averageIndiana avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare

Medicare certification

CMS Certification Number
155530
Certified beds
100 beds · avg 78 residents/day
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation
Continuing-care community
No

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Ownership & operations

Legal business name
Pulaski Memorial Hospital
Chain affiliation
Sterling Healthcare

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Federal ownership record

Non-profitOther

Chain affiliation

Part of the Sterling Healthcare chain — 5 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.2 / 5.

Disclosed owners (13 on record)

  • Adam Bennett

    Corporate Director · 100% · since 2024

  • Caitlin Sanders

    W-2 Managing Employee · 100% · since 2024

  • Charles r Hutton

    Corporate Director · 100% · since 2024

  • Clinton Kauffman

    Corporate Director · 100% · since 2024

  • Gregg a Malott

    Corporate Officer · 100% · since 2024

  • Jennifer Smith

    Corporate Director · 100% · since 2024

+ 7 additional owners on the federal record.

Recent change of ownership

January 2024 (2 years ago) · acquired from South Shore Health & Rehabilitation Center

Transaction type: Change of Ownership

Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures + Change of Ownership, as of May 2026.

Federal inspection record

53 health citations on file23 from complaints

Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 53)

  • D0684·Feb 17, 2026Complaint

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

  • D0684·Sep 22, 2025Complaint

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

  • D0580·Sep 22, 2025Complaint

    Resident Rights Deficiencies

    Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

  • E0921·Sep 22, 2025

    Environmental Deficiencies

    Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.

  • D0880·Sep 22, 2025

    Infection Control Deficiencies

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  • F0812·Sep 22, 2025

    Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

    Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

  • E0805·Sep 22, 2025

    Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

    Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.

  • D0756·Sep 22, 2025

    Pharmacy Service Deficiencies

    Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

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Fire-safety citations

33 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Sep 22, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.

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Where this information comes from

  • Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.

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