Brickyard Healthcare - Muncie Care Center

    2701 N Lyn-Mar Dr, Muncie, IN 47304
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • 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

    4.21·(144)

    Overall rating

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

      3.2
    • Staff

      3.7
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      2.3
    • Value

      1.7

    Pros

    • Compassionate, resident-centered nursing and caregiving staff
    • Strong rehabilitation and therapy program
    • Responsive admissions and some administrative staff
    • Engaging activities and therapy-led programming
    • Clean rooms and reliable housekeeping
    • Well-maintained grounds and outdoor amenities
    • Long-tenured staff with positive team culture
    • Proactive safety planning and infection-control measures
    • Helpful front-desk and admissions personnel
    • Seamless short-term rehab transitions when coordinated well

    Cons

    • Inconsistent clinical care quality across units
    • Understaffing and high CNA workload
    • Gaps in medication administration and clinical follow-up
    • Inadequate wound and post-operative care processes
    • Inconsistent family communication and notification practices
    • Variable management responsiveness and escalation processes
    • Sanitation and incontinence-care practice concerns
    • Limited menu variety and inconsistent meal quality
    • Room-assignment and privacy management issues
    • Crowded or poorly configured common and dining spaces
    • Allegations of theft and financial misconduct
    • Variable staff conduct and oversight, including claims of impairment

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews describe a polarized experience at this facility. A substantial portion of families and residents praise the staff, therapy department, housekeeping, and the grounds, while a separate set of accounts raises significant operational and clinical concerns. The combination of these conflicting impressions suggests that quality is inconsistent across units and shifts rather than uniformly good or poor.

    Care quality: The rehabilitation and therapy program receives frequent positive mention — therapy staff are described as proactive, engaging, and effective for short-term recovery. At the same time, multiple accounts identify uneven nursing and clinical performance: medication-administration practices, wound and post-operative care, and follow-up coordination are cited as problematic in some cases. There are serious individual complaints about clinical outcomes and concerns following a resident's death; these highlight gaps in clinical oversight and escalation rather than uniform clinical failure. Families should expect strong rehabilitation services in many cases but should also verify wound-care, medication administration, and follow-up protocols for longer stays.

    Staff and culture: Many reviewers describe compassionate, resident-focused caregivers, long-tenured employees, and a generally positive team culture. Specific staff and administrators were named positively for direct communication and responsiveness. Counterbalancing this, reviews also report understaffing, very high CNA workloads, inconsistent staff conduct, and claims of impairment and financial misconduct in isolated but serious accounts. These mixed observations point to variability in staffing levels, training, and supervisory controls; visitor inquiries should probe staffing ratios, staff training, and disciplinary/oversight practices.

    Dining and activities: Activity programming and therapy-led activities are frequently praised and considered a strength, contributing to resident engagement. Dining feedback is mixed: housekeeping and cleanliness are often commended, but meal-service continuity and menu variety are described as inconsistent, and some dining spaces are characterized as cramped. Prospective residents should ask about current menus, dining staffing, and activity schedules to confirm alignment with individual needs.

    Facilities and privacy: Housekeeping and grounds maintenance are commonly cited as positives; outdoor amenities such as a gazebo and well-kept grounds are noted. Conversely, physical layout issues appear in several reports — narrow or dim units, crowded common areas, shared rooms, unexpected room moves, and limited privacy in some room assignments. There are also accounts of broken equipment and limited furnishings in certain rooms. These are operational facility issues that can affect daily comfort and dignity; families may want to inspect specific rooms and communal spaces in person.

    Management and communication: Experiences with management are mixed. Some reviewers praise administrators for clear communication, direct involvement, and rapid notification during clinical events. Others describe unresponsive or defensive administration, poor answers to family questions, and inconsistent policies around visitation and discharge planning. Communication appears to be a key differentiator between positive and negative experiences at this facility; ask how the facility documents family contacts, escalation pathways, and post-discharge coordination.

    Notable patterns and recommendations: The dominant pattern is variability — strong therapy, engaged activities, and reliable housekeeping juxtaposed with inconsistent clinical care, staffing shortages, privacy and room-management problems, and serious individual allegations that merit further inquiry. Prospective residents and families should (1) tour the specific unit and rooms under consideration, (2) review staffing ratios and clinical oversight procedures, (3) ask for written policies on medication administration, wound care, infection control, and family notification, and (4) inquire about financial controls and complaint/escalation mechanisms. Doing so will help determine whether the facility’s strengths align with the resident’s needs and whether the operational weaknesses can be mitigated for a particular placement.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

    Brickyard Healthcare - Muncie Care Center is located at 2701 N Lyn-Mar Dr, Muncie, IN, 47304.

    About Brickyard Healthcare - Muncie Care Center

    Brickyard Healthcare - Muncie Care Center sits over in Muncie, Indiana, and covers about every kind of care a senior might need, so they handle folks who live independently, those who need a little help with daily life, and people needing skilled nursing, which means nurses are around all day and night if someone needs them. The place runs different programs including Active Adult Living, Independent and Assisted Living, Memory Care for those with Alzheimer's or dementia, Home Care with both non-medical help and Medicare-Certified visiting nurses, Adult Day Services for people who just need care part of the day, Long-Term Care for folks staying a good while, and Hospice Care for end of life. They've got their own terms for how they run things, and they've focused on making sure people who come here get medical help, personal assistance, and attention to safety.

    Muncie Care Center's Skilled Nursing Facility gives care to folks who need nursing home stays, people recovering after a hospital stay, and those who need rehab, whether it's short or long term. There's also a Memory Care section with alarms on the doors, a safe area outside, and staff who know what to do for those with memory loss. The staff have been praised for being committed, and the executive director, Kaushik Patel, leads the place. The center received the 2018 AHCA/NCAL Bronze Quality Award, which means some outside group thought they were doing a good job.

    If someone needs physical therapy, stroke care, diabetic help, dialysis, pain management, or help recovering after surgery or illness, they offer those services along with wound care, counseling, and help with medicines and daily tasks. There are medical services from podiatry to dental and eye care, and nurses handle IVs, plus they set up visits from doctors. The staff also covers things like dressing, bathing, grooming, mobility help, and toileting, and there are personalized care assistants to help residents with everything.

    They've got amenities like private suites, kitchens and kitchenettes, cable TV, internet, guest parking, housecleaning, laundry, and help with linens, so a person can keep their space tidy. The plumbing and sprinkler systems and handicap features help keep everyone safe. Folks can enjoy the dining room, snack options, a fitness center, beauty shop, and family lounges. There are all kinds of activities, church services, transportation, walking and wheelchair help, educational programs, and social events, including arts and crafts and wellness programs, so there's always something to do if a person wants it.

    The center accepts long term care insurance and VA contract patients, and the focus always seems to land on finding the right kind of care for each person living there, whatever the need might be. They do short and long-term stays along with outpatient therapy, and every care type is available right at the facility.

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    Brickyard Healthcare - Muncie Care Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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