CCN 115020 · Hall County, Georgia
Bell Minor Home, the
2200 Old Hamilton Place NE, Gainesville, GA 30507
Bell Minor Home, the is a 104-bed for-profit nursing home in Gainesville, Georgia, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1967. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 100.6 residents a day, about 97% of its certified beds. HUD's healthcare database shows an FHA-insured Section 232 loan for a project matching this facility, most recently $7.3 million in July 2010 (223(f) refinance or purchase), and none of them appears in HUD's active-loan file.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 104
- Average residents per day
- 100.6 (96.7% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Partnership
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Hamilton Mill Associates LP
- Certified since
- Jan 1, 1967
- Chain or affiliated group
- Wellington Health Care Services (14 facilities, chain average 1.9 stars)
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Georgia median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 | State spread: 102 at 1, 67 at 2, 81 at 3, 54 at 4, 50 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 2 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 1 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.13 | 3.43 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.28 | 0.45 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.81 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 82.1% | 45.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 96.7% | 86.1% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 2 totaling $74,979 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 1 (May 6, 2026) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Bell Minor Home, the does not meet it today: overall rating 1, health inspection rating 1. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Healthcare Services LPOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 09/29/2008 |
| Andwell Investments, LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 01/10/2012 |
| Andrews, JamesIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 01/10/2012 |
| Andrews, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/31/2007 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2010 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Wellington7- The Bell Minor Home, 104 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $7,254,700 | Ended Dec 3, 2014Prepayment | 06122070 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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