Brookside Care Strategies
505 N Gavin St, Muncie, IN 47303 · 42 beds · For profit - Corporation
The records flag: On Medicare's Special Focus list; Medicare's abuse flag is set; 2 citations at the most serious level.
These are drawn straight from Medicare's records. We report what the record says — we don't rate facilities or judge the care given in them.
Who's actually on the floor
Staffing is the thing most closely tied to day-to-day quality of care, and it's the number families most often never see. This is registered nurses only — a smaller figure than the all-staff total above, because it counts the most highly qualified staff on their own — per resident, per day, comparing an average weekday against an average weekend.
Registered nurses only — hours per resident per day. Longer is better.
Registered nurse coverage is about 20% lower at weekends.
Staff turnover: not reported
High turnover matters because continuity does — a nurse who knows your mother notices when something is different about her. Someone on their second shift doesn't have that baseline.
What inspectors found
State inspectors visit at least once a year and after complaints. Over the last three years this facility received 54 citations. Raw counts mislead, though — a paperwork slip and a resident being harmed both count as one. Here they are by how serious inspectors judged them.
| Severity | Citations |
|---|---|
| Immediate jeopardy | 2 |
| Actual harm | 4 |
| Potential for harm | 45 |
| No harm | 3 |
27 of these came from someone filing a complaint rather than a routine visit — worth weighing differently, because it means a person picked up the phone. All findings are recorded as corrected.
What happened to residents
Everything above this point describes how the facility is run — who is on shift, what inspectors found. These are outcomes: what Medicare recorded happening to the people actually living there, averaged over a year and set against the state.
| Over a year, the share of long-stay residents who… | Here | Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| Falls causing major injury | 5.5% | 3.9% |
| Pressure ulcers (bedsores) | 1.6% | 3.6% |
| Given antipsychotic medication | 55.7% | 13.6% |
| Physically restrained | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Urinary tract infections | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Lost the ability to walk unaided | 25.9% | 11.9% |
Lower is better on every line. Covers 2025Q2-2026Q1.
Medicare adjusts these figures for how unwell residents were on arrival, so a home that takes on frailer people is not marked down for it. That adjustment is imperfect where a facility's residents are unusual, which is why the state figure sits beside each number instead of a rank or a score.
Disclosed affiliations
Medicare has not published ownership or affiliation information for this facility. That is a gap in the federal record, not a finding about the facility — the great majority of facilities do have entries, so it is a reasonable thing to ask about on a visit.
Other options nearby
Most families are choosing between whatever is close enough to visit often — and visiting often is itself one of the better protections a resident has. These are the closest 8 facilities.
| Facility | Miles | Rating | Nurse hrs | Weekend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal Care Strategies | 1.7 | 1 | 0.42 | −42% |
| Waters of Muncie, The | 1.7 | 2 | 0.32 | −2% |
| Signature Healthcare of Muncie | 2.5 | 1 | 0.56 | −8% |
| Waters Edge Village | 2.6 | 4 | 0.57 | −33% |
| Envive of Muncie | 3.4 | 2 | 0.70 | +6% |
| Woodlands The | 3.6 | 2 | 0.69 | −28% |
| Bethel Pointe Health and Rehab | 3.6 | 5 | 0.59 | −43% |
| Brickyard Healthcare - Muncie Care Center | 3.9 | 3 | 0.73 | −37% |
Worth asking on a visit
Records only tell you so much. These are the questions this facility's particular numbers suggest you ask — go on a weekend if you possibly can.
- Medicare's records show a citation at the most serious level. What happened, and what changed afterwards?
- Who will actually be caring for my relative at 3am on a Saturday — an agency nurse or someone on staff?