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Bridgewater Healthcare Center

★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall4/5 health inspections3/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Bed capacity
120
CMS facility ID
155790
Care type
Nursing home
County
Hamilton
Facility name
Bridgewater Healthcare Center
Street address
14751 CAREY ROAD
City / state / ZIP
Carmel, IN 46033
Phone
(317) 575-2208

Bridgewater Healthcare Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Carmel, Indiana. It is licensed for 120 beds — above the median for skilled nursing facilities in Indiana (92 beds).

It is one of 22 senior care facilities in Carmel and 507 skilled nursing facilities across Indiana. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Bridgewater Healthcare Center 30 times across 10 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
Communicare Health
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Hancock Regional Hospital
Direct owner — 100% stake — since 2015
Bond, Maria
Governing body · Trustee — since 2021
Burdsall, Patrick
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2022
Carey Mgt Co Llc
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2017
Clark, Timothy
Governing body · Trustee — since 2015
Daugherty, Joshua
Governing body · Trustee — since 2020
Felker, Dean
Governing body · Trustee — since 2015
Joyner, Sara
Governing body · Trustee — since 2022
Long, Steven
Governing body · Operational control — since 2018
Mustaklem, Marwan
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023
Odenthal, Richard
Operational control — since 2017
Omega Healthcare Investors Inc
Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Omg In Mstr Lsco Llc
Additional disclosable party — since 2017
Willard, Lacey
Governing body · Trustee — since 2022
Wilson, Roy
Governing body · Trustee — since 2015

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
17 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
2011-06-09
CMS overall rating
5 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
4 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
None on record
Last standard inspection
2026-05-13
Nurse staffing
3.4 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2024 cost report)

Average billed charges
$455 per day (≈ $13,830/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
70% Medicaid · 9% Medicare · 21% private/other
Occupancy
80% (fiscal year 2024)
Vs. state median
22% above the IN median of $373/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
120
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Wheelchair accessible
entrance and parking
Visiting hours
Daily Open 24 hours
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report; hours/accessibility via Google · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.
Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 1 food-safety citation on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2026-06-11Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0693
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Corrected 2026-06-26
2026-05-13Health inspection3 citations
F-0656
D · No harm found
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2026-05-29
F-0684
E · No harm found
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2026-05-29
F-0695
D · No harm found
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Corrected 2026-05-29
7 earlier / fire-safety inspections (26 citations)
2025-06-16Health inspectionComplaint-triggered6 citations
F-0657
D · No harm found
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected 2025-07-03
F-0684
D · No harm found
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2025-07-03
F-0755
D · No harm found
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Corrected 2025-07-03
F-0761
D · No harm found
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Corrected 2025-07-03
F-0812
D · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2025-07-03
F-0880
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2025-07-03
2024-07-22Health inspection5 citations
F-0557
D · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Corrected 2024-08-14
F-0656
D · No harm found
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2024-08-14
F-0676
D · No harm found
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Corrected 2024-08-14
F-0692
D · No harm found
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Corrected 2024-08-14
F-0740
D · No harm found
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Corrected 2024-08-14
2023-12-18Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations
F-0550
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Corrected 2024-01-05
F-0691
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Corrected 2024-01-05
F-0755
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Corrected 2024-01-05
2026-05-13Fire-safety inspection5 citations
E-0041
C · No harm found
Implement emergency and standby power systems.
Corrected 2026-06-24
K-0222
E · No harm found
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
Corrected 2026-06-24
K-0321
E · No harm found
Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
Corrected 2026-06-24
K-0918
C · No harm found
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Corrected 2026-06-24
K-0920
E · No harm found
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Corrected 2026-06-24
2025-06-16Fire-safety inspection3 citations
K-0222
E · No harm found
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
Corrected 2025-08-12
K-0363
E · No harm found
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Corrected 2025-08-12
K-0921
F · No harm found
Ensure that testing and maintenance of electrical equipment is performed.
Corrected 2025-08-12
2025-03-05Fire-safety inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
K-0324
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Corrected 2025-03-12
2024-07-22Fire-safety inspection3 citations
K-0222
E · No harm found
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
Corrected 2024-08-21
K-0232
E · No harm found
Have corridors or aisles that are unobstructed and are at least 8 feet in width.
Corrected 2024-08-21
K-0920
E · No harm found
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Corrected 2024-08-21
Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 155790.
What people say on Google.
3.394 ratings on Google
★Amy Guy · 2026-01-24 · via Google

“Bridgewater proudly advertises a “spa-like experience.” This phrase is repeated in the background music while you sit on hold for hours trying to reach anyone in the building. What a joke. The hallways smell like a daycare that hasn’t been aired out. The bed? My dogs have better beds. The pillows feel like a thin layer of concrete disguised as fabric. The food is equally depressing — again, my dog…”

★Katie Whalin · 2026-02-28 · via Google

“If you read any review, please read this one. Do not ever let your loved one be sent here. This place is down right negligent. My father was sent here for in patient physical therapy to regain some muscle after a stroke. He has very limited mobility and needs assistance to do any tasks requiring location changes. He used his call button because he had to use the bathroom and the response time was …”

★Julie Quayle Spitler · 2026-02-17 · via Google

“Do not send your loved one here. The staff is unequipped to handle the needs of the elderly. My father not only was put in a room with a man who was known to the staff to be a problem ( he cussed at my father and turned his television on full blast at night), but my dad was sitting in bed for 24 hours with a 103 fever unbeknownst to the very people who were supposed to be checking on him. My mom a…”

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Ownership & corporate history

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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Civil & criminal lawsuits

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Federal dockets
CDC infection data
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Sources we pull for this facility.
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CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
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