Christian Care Retirement Community: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Christian Care Retirement Community is a 86-bed for-profit nursing home in Bluffton, Indiana, part of Adams County Memorial Hospital. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.39 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 52% above the Indiana average of 2.23, and 38.3% nursing staff turnover (Indiana average 45.9%).
Christian Care Retirement Community
720 E Dustman RdBluffton, IN 46714
Wells County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Christian Care Retirement Community, nurse aides logged 3.39 hours per resident per day, 52% above the Indiana average. With about 71 residents a day, that works out to roughly 239 aide hours a day, or about 30 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Indiana avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.39 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.42 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.92 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.73 | 3.68 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.06 | 3.24 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
38.3% of nursing staff at Christian Care Retirement Community left over the year CMS measured, against a Indiana average of 45.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 7.1%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 22, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (Indiana average 7.2). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Christian Care Retirement Community holds 5 of 5 overall; the Indiana average is 3.1.
About Christian Care Retirement Community
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Adams County Memorial Hospital, 8 homes
- Legal name: Adams County Memorial Hospital
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 20, 2002
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Christian Care Retirement Community
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| River Terrace Health Care Center Bluffton | 2.6 | 67 | 2.16 | 3.67 | 61.9% | 5 | None |
| Ossian Health Care and Rehabilitation Center Ossian | 9.1 | 100 | 2.58 | 3.62 | 34.0% | 5 | None |
| Markle Health & Rehabilitation Markle | 10.3 | 86 | 2.18 | 3.30 | 40.0% | 5 | None |
| Swiss Village Berne | 11.9 | 128 | 2.95 | 4.39 | 32.4% | 5 | None |
| Envive of Berne Berne | 12.4 | 80 | 2.30 | 3.46 | 50.0% | 4 | None |
| Adams Woodcrest Decatur | 13.3 | 143 | 2.44 | 3.36 | 44.1% | 5 | None |
| Heritage Pointe of Warren Warren | 15.2 | 119 | 2.97 | 4.43 | 41.5% | 4 | None |
| Majestic Care of Fort Wayne Fort Wayne | 17.9 | 70 | 2.22 | 3.09 | 39.2% | 5 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.