🛡️ Free for Families · No Spam Calls · No Referral Fees · Built on Official Records
🏠 Is this your community?
Families are searching for a community like yours right now. Make sure they find you.
HICKORY CREEK AT NEW CASTLE is a government - county nursing home in NEW CASTLE, IN with 36 certified beds.
Capacity
36 residents
Location
New Castle, IN
Status
Listed in a public registry
901 N 16TH STREET, New Castle, Indiana 47362
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 May 29, 2026, state inspectors cited 6 health deficiencies (the Indiana average is 7.2).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 33 minutes with each resident a day, about the same as the Indiana average.
Medicare has not fined Hickory Creek at New Castle in the last three years.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 33 minutes |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 33 minutesBelow the Indiana average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 69%Above the Indiana average |
16 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
May 29, 2026 · Standard inspection · 6 citations
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
August 12, 2025 · Complaint investigation · 3 citations
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
901 N 16TH STREETNew Castle, IN 47362
8 other communities within 10 miles
990 N 16TH ST, New Castle, IN 47362
Call for pricing
Prices not published
1509 Washington St, New Castle, IN 47362
Call for pricing
Prices not published
1000 N 16TH ST, New Castle, IN 47362
Call for pricing
Prices not published
State inspectors visited on May 29, 2026 and cited 6 health deficiencies, 2 of them from complaint investigations. The Indiana average is 7.2.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 33 minutes with each resident per day, including 33 minutes from registered nurses. 69% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Medicare's records show no fines against Hickory Creek at New Castle in the last three years.
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.