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Briarcliff Health & Rehabilitation Center brings together experienced clinical staff and individualized care planning to support recovery in South Bend, Indiana. Our skilled nursing and rehabilitation programs focus on helping patients regain independence through evidence-based therapies and compassionate attention to each person's specific needs.
Capacity
131 residents
Location
South Bend, IN
Status
Listed in a public registry
5024 WESTERN AVENUE, South Bend, Indiana 46619
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on August 8, 2025, state inspectors cited 4 health deficiencies (the Indiana average is 7.2).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 4 hours 16 minutes with each resident a day, above the Indiana average of 3 hours 41 minutes.
Medicare fined Briarcliff Health & Rehabilitation Center once in the last three years, $10,839 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 4 hours 16 minutesAbove the Indiana average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 23 minutesBelow the Indiana average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 49%Above the Indiana average |
13 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
March 19, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
August 8, 2025 · Standard inspection · 3 citations
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
1 fine totaling $10,839 in the last three years.
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State inspectors visited on August 8, 2025 and cited 4 health deficiencies, 1 of them from complaint investigations. The Indiana average is 7.2.
Nurses and aides spend 4 hours 16 minutes with each resident per day, including 23 minutes from registered nurses. 49% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Briarcliff Health & Rehabilitation Center once in the last three years, totaling $10,839.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.