Richland Bean Blossom Health Care Center

    5911 State Rd 46, Ellettsville, IN 47429
    • 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

    3.26·(31)

    Overall rating

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

      3.0
    • Staff

      3.0
    • Meals

      1.3
    • Amenities

      3.3
    • Value

      3.3

    Pros

    • Compassionate direct-care staff
    • Standout individual caregivers recognized by families
    • Knowledgeable administrative leadership
    • On-site therapy and rehabilitation services
    • Attentive nursing and CNA attention
    • Friendly and communicative physicians
    • Generally clean and well-maintained common areas
    • Patient-focused care for residents with high dependency

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing and high turnover
    • Slow response to call lights and assistance requests
    • Gaps in medication administration and timing
    • Weak shift handoffs and internal communication
    • Variable dining quality with limited fresh produce
    • Irregular personal-care and bathing assistance
    • Staff conduct and communication tone
    • Property-management and belongings-handling issues
    • Sanitation and odor concerns in some areas
    • Reliance on multiple staffing agencies leading to assignment inconsistency
    • Management accessibility and accountability gaps
    • Allegations of financial misconduct

    Summary of reviews

    Care quality: Reviews describe a mixed pattern of clinical care. Many families and residents praise compassionate CNAs, attentive nurses, and on-site therapy programs; some residents report daily rehabilitation and positive therapy experiences. At the same time, reviewers raised operational safety and quality concerns, including slow responses to assistance requests (including incontinence-care delays), reported falls and bruising, and instances of medication delays or misadministration. These items suggest variability in consistency and reliability of core care processes.

    Staff and staffing patterns: Staffing appears uneven. Positive comments highlight caring, patient-focused staff and individual caregivers who stand out for their attentiveness. However, there are recurring concerns about high staff turnover, use of multiple outside agencies, inconsistent caregiver assignments, and weak shift transitions. These staffing patterns are linked in reviews to poor continuity of care, communication breakdowns, and variable resident experiences. Concerns about staff conduct and communication tone (including aggressive or disrespectful interactions) were also reported.

    Dining and nutrition: Dining quality is an area of clear contrast. Multiple reviewers describe meal quality problems, lack of fresh fruit and vegetables, and repetitive reliance on canned items; specific dietary accommodations (for example, gluten-free bread) were described as unacceptable by some. There are occasional positive mentions (simple items like peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches and acceptable soups), but the overall pattern indicates inconsistent meal quality and limited fresh produce options.

    Activities and therapy: Rehabilitation and therapy services were highlighted positively by several reviewers who noted daily therapy and engaged therapists. Conversely, a few families indicated inadequate or absent rehabilitative support for specific residents. Overall, therapy programming exists and is valued by those who participate, but availability and effectiveness may vary by unit or resident.

    Facilities and cleanliness: The physical plant is described as aged but functional. Many reviewers found rooms and common areas generally clean, yet there are intermittent sanitation and odor concerns noted. These items suggest that environmental upkeep is maintained broadly but may suffer sporadic lapses.

    Management and communication: Reviews present mixed impressions of leadership. Some acknowledge a knowledgeable or caring administrator, while others describe management accessibility problems, lack of accountability, and poor communication with families. Examples include difficulty reaching leadership during incidents, inconsistent updates to families, and complaints about property handling. There are also more serious allegations relating to financial matters and mishandling of personal belongings that families raised.

    Notable patterns and overall impression: The dominant pattern is variability—some residents and families report warm, attentive care and effective therapy, while others report operational weaknesses tied to staffing, medication processes, dining, and management responsiveness. Prospective residents and families should weigh the facility’s strengths in direct-care compassion and therapy availability against recurring operational issues: inconsistent staffing, communication gaps, dining quality concerns, and intermittent sanitation or property-handling problems. Visiting in person, observing shift changes, meeting unit staff, and asking for written policies on medication administration, staffing ratios, and belongings handling would help clarify whether the facility’s current operations match an individual resident’s needs.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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    Location

    Richland Bean Blossom Health Care Center is located at 5911 State Rd 46, Ellettsville, IN, 47429.

    About Richland Bean Blossom Health Care Center

    Richland Bean Blossom Health Care Center, often called "RBB," has served seniors since 1988 and sits right in the heart of the Richland Bean Blossom community. RBB is a not-for-profit healthcare center that's part of the HutsonWood family and runs with help from Tandem Senior Living Advisors. RBB takes Medicaid and Medicare to help with financial needs. The main goal at RBB is to treat everyone with respect and kindness, aiming to make all residents and their families feel like they're part of a big, caring family, which ties in with their mission of "your family is our family."

    The community offers a wide range of services and levels of care, including assisted living, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, memory care, respite care, and hospice services. The staff helps with daily needs like bathing, dressing, and transfers, and they're always around with a 24-hour call system for safety and supervision, which brings peace of mind for both residents and families. RBB focuses on providing hands-on help to maintain each person's independence and quality of life, while also adjusting care to each resident's needs and preferences with a person-centered approach.

    RBB has patient-centered care at its core, offering furnished rooms with private bathrooms, air conditioning, Wi-Fi, cable TV, and a kitchenette for comfort, and everything in the facility is wheelchair friendly with care options for residents who don't walk on their own. Residents enjoy home-cooked meals from a professional chef, with choices for special diets, served in a community dining room or through restaurant-style service. The community takes care of housekeeping, laundry, and move-in coordination, and also offers support to families as they settle in.

    Daily life at RBB comes with a lot of choices for staying active and engaged. There are indoor amenities like a fitness room, a wellness and therapy area, a spa/sauna, an arts room, and a game room, plus a library and movie theater access with scheduled movie nights. Residents can join music programs and work on arts and crafts, or play games, and there are both events sponsored by the community and activities run by the residents themselves so everyone can get involved in something they like. Outside, you'll find walking paths, garden areas, and open spaces for outdoor programs and relaxation.

    RBB aims to keep everyone healthy and enjoys a strong wellness program for seniors that's focused on supporting abilities, building independence, and encouraging everyone to take part in meaningful, life-enriching activities. The community is homey, friendly, and steady in its values of compassion, integrity, quality, and respect. RBB's staff aims to make a difference each day with patient-centered care and support, keeping the local, hometown feel alive for everyone who lives there.

    People often ask...

    Richland Bean Blossom Health Care Center offers assisted living and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 5911 State Rd 46, Ellettsville, IN 47429.

    No, Richland Bean Blossom Health Care Center 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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