CCN 155701 · Wells County, Indiana
Christian Care Retirement Community
720 E Dustman Rd, Bluffton, IN 46714
Christian Care Retirement Community is a 86-bed for-profit nursing home in Bluffton, Indiana, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2002. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 70.6 residents a day, about 82% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 86
- Average residents per day
- 70.6 (82.1% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Adams County Memorial Hospital
- Certified since
- Jun 20, 2002
- Chain or affiliated group
- Adams County Memorial Hospital (9 facilities, chain average 2.9 stars)
- Location
- Urban, part of a continuing care retirement community
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 | Indiana median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 90 at 1, 99 at 2, 83 at 3, 113 at 4, 119 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.73 | 3.55 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.92 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 4.06 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 38.3% | 45.3% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 82.1% | 78.6% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 3 (Aug 22, 2025) | ||
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). Christian Care Retirement Community meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 4 on health inspections, no abuse icon. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Bank of BerneOrganization | Mortgage Interest | n/a | 07/01/2013 |
| Adams County Memorial HospitalOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
| Apostolic Christian Care, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2013 |
| Bluffton CpaOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2013 |
| Everence Trust CompanyOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
| Forvis Mazars LLPOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/01/2023 |
| Healthcare Therapy Services IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
| Borne-Bauman, CandiceIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2019 |
| Bucher, TrentIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2023 |
| Culp, ColeenIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2013 |
| Curry, BrianIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2013 |
| Flechter, BradleyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2013 |
| Flueckiger, RussellIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2013 |
| Gerber, GeneIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2023 |
Holders of a 5% or greater mortgage interest reported in the enrollment record: First Bank of Berne.
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
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
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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