Hoosier Health & Living

    621 S Sugar St, Brownstown, IN 47220
    • Assisted Living
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.74·(31)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      5.0
    • Staff

      5.0
    • Meals

      4.7
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      4.7

    Pros

    • Compassionate, attentive nursing and care staff
    • Responsive after-hours and family communication
    • Individualized, person-centered care plans
    • Strong rehabilitation and therapy outcomes
    • Engaging, full-day activity program
    • Faith- or Christ-centered community environment
    • High levels of volunteer and family involvement
    • Supportive transitions and admissions assistance
    • Proactive issue notifications to families
    • Dialysis and specialty-care coordination
    • Clean, well-maintained, home-like facility
    • Warm, welcoming atmosphere that fosters belonging

    Cons

    • Inconsistent accommodation of resident religious or ceremonial requests
    • Management-level communication and accountability gaps
    • Occasional family dissatisfaction after sensitive incidents
    • Excessive or poorly managed resident-related notifications to families

    Summary of reviews

    Overall assessment Hoosier Health & Living is described primarily as a compassionate, family-oriented senior care environment with consistent praise for direct care staff, nursing teams, and therapy services. Reviewers commonly emphasize individualized attention, respectful staff–resident interactions, and strong rehabilitation progress. Clinical coordination — including dialysis support and proactive notifications about resident issues — is highlighted as an asset, alongside responsive after-hours communication that reassures families. Care, staff, and clinical services The facility appears to deliver attentive, person-centered nursing care supported by dedicated therapists and activity staff. Families describe meaningful staff–resident relationships and steady rehab outcomes, suggesting effective interdisciplinary coordination. Staff responsiveness and helpful admissions assistance are recurring strengths, and specific staff members and teams are frequently named for supportive interactions, which points to stable caregiving relationships. Activities, community, and culture Hoosier Health & Living projects a warm, home-like culture with a faith-based (Christ-centered) orientation for those who value that approach. Volunteer involvement and family engagement are emphasized, and activity programming is characterized as active and inviting. The social environment is frequently described as loving and family-like, which may be a strong fit for residents seeking frequent social contact and spiritual programming. Facilities and environment The physical plant is described as clean, neat, and well-maintained, with home-like resident rooms and attention to cleanliness in common areas. Multiple comments about the inviting atmosphere and orderly environment support a perception of good housekeeping and maintenance practices. Management and communication patterns While communication is often praised — especially day-to-day responsiveness and proactive notifications — reviews also include isolated but notable concerns about how leadership handled one or more sensitive events. Those accounts point to potential gaps in accommodating certain religious or ceremonial requests and in management-level communication and accountability when issues arise. There are also occasional comments about excessive or poorly targeted resident-related calls to family members. These appear to be episodic rather than pervasive, but they are significant enough that prospective families should clarify policies. What prospective families should ask about Visitors considering the community should confirm specifics on religious and ceremonial accommodations, escalation and grievance processes, notification and call-management policies, and the facility’s approach to family communication during sensitive events. Also ask about continuity of key staff, therapy program expectations, and how the facility coordinates specialty care such as dialysis. Bottom line Hoosier Health & Living is generally portrayed as a clean, well-run, compassionate community with strong hands-on care, active programming, and a faith-oriented culture. Prospective residents and families are likely to find strengths in nursing, therapy, and daily life. It is advisable to seek direct conversations with management about policies for religious events and family communications to ensure alignment with specific expectations and to confirm how isolated concerns would be handled going forward.

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    Medicare Ratings

    3·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Hoosier Health & Living is located at 621 S Sugar St, Brownstown, IN, 47220.

    About Hoosier Health & Living

    Hoosier Health & Living sits in Brownstown, Indiana as a senior living community that offers a wide range of care options, and you see everything from independent living to skilled nursing, memory support, and even hospice care right inside the same place, which makes it easy for folks to age in place without having to move around a lot, and the garden homes are set up for more independent folks, while the main health care center holds 97 certified beds with an average of about 86 residents each day, so there's almost always activity going on somewhere, whether it's in the courtyards, patios, or the common rooms where people gather to chat or take part in group activities. The care at Hoosier Health & Living includes independent living services, assisted living options, memory support, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, home health (Medicare-certified), long-term care, short-term rehab, respite care, and even adult day services, and there's a therapy program to help people recover after surgery or illness and get back home if possible, and if someone needs dialysis or hospice, they've got that covered, too.

    Amenities include a beauty salon, barbershop, laundry, housekeeping, and nursing help, and every resident can access physical, occupational, and speech therapy services, or take advantage of support from the memory support team and skilled nursing staff who watch out for those needs, and since the community also offers independent living garden homes and assisted living apartments, there's a choice for people who want more privacy or who need more help day-to-day, and folks can tour the place with their families before making a move. Hoosier Health & Living is run as a non-profit provider, operated by Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital and managed alongside Midwest Christian Villages, Inc. since 2012, with ties to Christian Horizons and the CareDon Resource Hub, plus an online presence with a Facebook page and services linked to Meta platforms like Messenger and Instagram for those who want to stay updated or keep in touch with families.

    Now, the facility does have some areas that need work: the latest inspection report lists 15 deficiencies, including issues with infection control, safe respiratory care, and resident rights like managing medications, and inspectors also found some problems with maintenance and cleanliness in the nursing home areas, and the nurse turnover rate is 42.7% with an average of 3.13 nurse hours per resident per day, so that's something worth knowing if staffing consistency is important for your needs. Hoosier Health & Living welcomes people living with disabilities and those who need special care, and the facility has maintained more than 10 garden homes for seniors who want to live a bit more independently but still have access to help if something comes up. The place also offers daily activities, opportunities for short-term rehab, and a focus on supporting families as part of their approach, as shown by their "family first senior living communities" badge. The "Hoosier Health & Living" logo is used throughout, and overall, the community tries to cover a big range of care types and services for older adults in and around Brownstown.

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    No, Hoosier Health & Living does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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