Assisted Living
Brookdale Valparaiso
2601 Valparaiso St, Valparaiso, IN 46383 · Map
State license activeBrookdale Valparaiso is a state-licensed assisted living community in Valparaiso, Indiana. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.
| Care | Starting at | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Living | $3,520 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Brookdale Valparaiso says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Lilisity’s independent report
What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
State inspections
Last licensure survey: Aug 26, 2026. See the record
License
Active
Residential Care Facility 26-010757-1.
Nearest emergency room
4.0 miles
Northwest Health - Porter, rated 2 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookdale Valparaiso this community | Not listed | $3,520/mo | Active | 10 state findings in 3 years | |
| Aviva Valparaiso | 0.6 mi | Not listed | $3,880/mo | Active | 15 state findings in 3 years |
| Valparaiso Senior Village | 4.3 mi | Not listed | $4,522/mo | Active | 30 state findings in 3 years |
| Windward Pointe Senior Living | 7.0 mi | Not listed | $3,150/mo | Active | 30 state findings in 3 years |
| Wyndmoor of Portage | 8.4 mi | Not listed | Not published | Active | 20 state findings in 3 years |
State inspection record10 state findings in 3 years
- Last licensure survey
- August 26, 2026
- Licensure surveys in three years
- 3
- Complaint surveys in three years
- 3
- Complaints with findings cited
- 1
- Complaints with no findings cited
- 2
- State findings (first visits, three years)
- 10
- Substantiated complaint surveys (IDOH count)
- 2026: 1, 2025: 1, 2024: 1
Surveys (newest first)
- August 26, 2026: Re-Licensure, 3 findings cited · survey report (PDF)
- Administration and Management (deficiency): Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure an allegation of abuse incident was thoroughly investigated and a follow-up for the reportable was submitted timely to the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) for 1 of 1 allegation of resident to resident abuse reviewed. 410 IAC 16.2-5-1.3(g)(1-6); correction date in the facility plan September 18, 2026
- Personnel (noncompliance): Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure required annual inservices had been completed for 3 of 5 employees reviewed. 410 IAC 16.2-5-1.4(e)(1-3); correction date in the facility plan September 15, 2026
- Health Services (offense): Based on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure physician's orders were followed related to oxygen administration for 1 of 7 residents reviewed. 410 IAC 16.2-5-4(e)(1); correction date in the facility plan September 15, 2026
- February 16, 2026: Complaint, found in compliance · survey report (PDF)
- Intake 467096: No deficiencies related to the allegations are cited.
- October 27, 2025: Complaint, 1 finding cited · survey report (PDF)
- Complaint IN00465427: State deficiency related to the allegations is cited at R0149.
- Sanitation and Safety Standards (deficiency): Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to maintain an effective pest control program related to the lack of documentation of pest control services treating residents' rooms with bed bugs after they were observed for 2 of 3 residents reviewed for bed bugs. 410 IAC 16.2-5-1.5(f); correction date in the facility plan December 31, 2025
- April 30, 2025: Re-Licensure, 1 finding cited · survey report (PDF)
- Food and Nutritional Services (deficiency): Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to maintain safe and sanitary kitchens related to a build up of grease on the oven, food and unknown debris and liquids spilled in refrigerators, outdated cooking liquids in the dry storage, and scoops inside dry food storage bins for 2 of 2 kitchens observed. 410 IAC 16.2-5-5.1(f); correction date in the facility plan June 20, 2025
- December 23, 2024: Complaint, found in compliance · survey report (PDF)
- Complaint IN00449289: No deficiencies related to the allegations are cited.
- March 13, 2024: Re-Licensure, 5 findings cited · survey report (PDF)
- Residents' Rights (deficiency): Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure discharge/ transfer papers were completed for a resident transferred to the hospital, for 1 of 10 records reviewed. 410 IAC 16.2-5-1.2(r)(6-9); correction date in the facility plan April 15, 2024
- Administration and Management (noncompliance): Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure fire drills were conducted each shift per quarter, and failed to invite the fire department to participate in fire drills every six months as required. 410 IAC 16.2-5-1.3(i)(1-2); correction date in the facility plan April 30, 2024
- Administration and Management (deficiency): Based on record review and interview, the facility staff failed to keep personal medications secure on a dementia care unit, resulting in a resident with dementia gaining access. 410 IAC 16.2-5-1.3(m)(1-2)(A-B)(i-iii); correction date in the facility plan April 15, 2024
- Food and Nutritional Services (deficiency): Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure food was prepared in form to meet individual needs, related to incorrectly made pureed food. 410 IAC 16.2-5-5.1(c)(1-3); correction date in the facility plan April 15, 2024
- Infection Control (noncompliance): Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure infection control guidelines were in place and implemented, including those specific to properly prevent and/or contain COVID-19, related to COVID-19 positive staff not restricted from work for the required quarantine period, for 3 of 3 staff reviewed. 410 IAC 16.2-5-12(b)(1-4); correction date in the facility plan April 30, 2024
IDOH consumer report → (BROOKDALE VALPARAISO)
What these terms mean
IDOH: “The ISDH conducts a state licensure survey at each licensed residential facility approximately once per year. If state findings are cited on a survey, the residential facility may be requested by the ISDH to complete a plan of correction on how and when they will correct each state finding.” Survey reports are posted after the plan of correction is approved, usually four to six weeks after the visit.
Indiana law (IC 16-28-5-1) puts each rule in one of four classes: an offense, “which presents a substantial probability that death or a life-threatening condition will result”; a deficiency, “which presents an immediate or a direct, serious adverse effect on the health, safety, security, rights, or welfare of a patient”; a noncompliance, “which presents an indirect threat to the health, safety, security, rights, or welfare of a patient”; and a nonconformance, any other breach. The class shown with each finding is the one IDOH printed on the report.
A revisit (post survey revisit) is a return visit to check that earlier findings were corrected. Findings listed on a revisit report were not yet corrected at that visit.
Findings are counted from IDOH survey reports for first visits only, so a finding repeated on a revisit is not counted twice. Source: Indiana Department of Health, Division of Long Term Care, data as of October 16, 2026. Always visit in person and ask the community about anything listed here.
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Residential Care Facility
- License number
- 26-010757-1
- License status
- Active
- County
- Porter County
- Administrator
- Judith Sipich
Source: Indiana state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Administrator name from the Indiana licensing record, as of Aug 27, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Indiana, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Indiana
- Indiana PathWays for Aging Waiver (age 60 and older). Indiana Medicaid waivers can pay for assisted living services. On July 1, 2024, the old Aged and Disabled Waiver split into PathWays for Aging (60 and older) and the Health and Wellness Waiver (59 and under). You need a nursing-facility level of care; apply through your local Area Agency on Aging. (state page)
- Health and Wellness Waiver (age 59 and under). Indiana Medicaid waivers can pay for assisted living services. On July 1, 2024, the old Aged and Disabled Waiver split into PathWays for Aging (60 and older) and the Health and Wellness Waiver (59 and under). You need a nursing-facility level of care; apply through your local Area Agency on Aging. (state page)
- Waitlist. Indiana reached its federal limit in April 2024 and keeps a waiting list for the PathWays and Health and Wellness waivers, inviting people each month as slots open. (source)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 4.0 mi, nursing home 0.3 mi, pharmacy 1.7 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Northwest Health - Porter, Valparaiso. 4.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Valparaiso Care & Rehabilitation, Valparaiso. 0.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Caretenders, Valparaiso. 0.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Gil's Drugs. 1.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 46383 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Comprehensive Renal Care - Valparaiso, Valparaiso, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Valparaiso Dialysis, Valparaiso, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Usrc Coffee Creek Dialysis, Chesterton, 5.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 14 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 46383.
Vna Hospice Home Care, office in Valparaiso, 0.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Heart To Heart Hospice Of Northwest Indiana, LLC, office in Valparaiso, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Aseracare Hospice, office in Valparaiso, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Chesterton Physical Therapy Inc, Chesterton. 8.5 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively low; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding very low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The state recorded a finding in August 2026. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
- How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
What we checked12 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana Department of Health, Division of Long Term Care inspection records | Oct 16, 2026 | See above |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Brookdale Valparaiso provide?
Brookdale Valparaiso is licensed by the state of Indiana for assisted living in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Does Lilisity rate Brookdale Valparaiso?
No. We publish state licensing details for Brookdale Valparaiso but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Brookdale Valparaiso cost?
Assisted Living in Indiana typically starts at $3,200 to $4,500 a month. Based on 52 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact Brookdale Valparaiso?
Use Brookdale Valparaiso's website, brookdale.com/en/communities/brookdale-valparaiso.html, or visit at 2601 Valparaiso St, Valparaiso, IN 46383.
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