Overview
Bell Trace Health and Living Center has a Medicare overall rating of 5 out of 5, above the Indiana average of 3.2. It ranks 2nd of 6 nursing homes in Bloomington. Its strongest area is health inspections (5 of 5), and its weakest is staffing (3 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.7 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 58% of nursing homes in Indiana (the state average is 3.7 hours). Of that, 1.0 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on November 21, 2025, found no health deficiencies. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 18% of Indiana nursing homes have been fined.
Bell Trace Health and Living Center is a government-run facility with 90 certified beds, caring for about 74 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 2000.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 34%
Top 4%
Top 4%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- November 21, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 0
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 0
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.69 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)1.03 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.70 hrs
- Nurse aides1.96 hrs
- Physical therapists0.12 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- Government - County
- Certified beds
- 90
- Average residents per day
- 74
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- August 28, 2000
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes