Diversicare of Arab

    235 Third St. S.E., Arab, AL 35016
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.60·(55)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      4.8
    • Staff

      4.7
    • Meals

      5.0
    • Amenities

      3.7
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate, family-oriented caregiving
    • Responsive call-button and prompt staff responses
    • Strong interdisciplinary teamwork
    • Active memory-care and rehabilitation programs
    • Individualized therapy and care plans
    • Engaging activities (church, arts, music, crafts)
    • Welcoming, home-like atmosphere
    • Accessible physician oversight
    • Generally clean interior spaces
    • Accommodating and reachable administration
    • Positive dining and kitchen quality
    • Opportunities for staff training and development

    Cons

    • Inconsistent nursing quality and care continuity
    • Limited bathing infrastructure and privacy constraints
    • Environmental maintenance gaps (dust buildup, mold in HVAC)
    • Billing and administrative-process inconsistencies
    • Inadequate roommate-assignment and placement protocols
    • Staff conduct and communication tone
    • Variability in leadership and management effectiveness
    • Wide variability in overall resident experience across units

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews describe a facility with many strengths in interpersonal care and rehabilitation services, but with notable variability in operational performance. Families and staff frequently characterize the environment as warm and family-like, with examples of compassionate, attentive caregiving and strong teamwork. At the same time, the set of summaries shows polarized experiences — some very positive and some distinctly critical — indicating that quality may differ by unit, shift, or individual caregivers.

    Care quality: Many families describe individualized interventions, good rehabilitation outcomes, and accessible clinical oversight. Memory-care and therapy teams receive consistent praise for tailored programming and responsiveness to clinical needs. However, reviewers also cite inconsistent nursing performance and uneven continuity of clinical care; this suggests variability in skill mix, staffing consistency, or supervision that prospective families should explore during a visit.

    Staff and culture: Staff are commonly described as kind, welcoming, and engaged with residents — contributing to a strong sense of community and family-like relationships. Multiple comments praise leadership figures and specific administrators, and reviewers note that staff are reachable and accommodating. Counterbalancing this, there are also complaints about staff conduct and communication tone, including instances that made families feel intimidated; these accounts point to uneven professionalism and highlight the importance of asking about staff training, supervision, and grievance procedures.

    Dining and activities: The dining program and kitchen receive favorable mentions, with several reviewers calling the food good and the kitchen team effective. Activity programming appears robust, with regular offerings such as church involvement, singing, arts and crafts, and other social options that support resident engagement and community connection.

    Facilities and environment: Many reviewers report clean, well-kept interior spaces, but significant environmental maintenance issues are also described. Specific concerns include dust accumulation and mold-related issues linked to air-handling units, and limited bathing infrastructure resulting in constrained shower availability and privacy limitations. These items suggest the facility may have uneven maintenance and capacity challenges that affect resident comfort and infection-control risk.

    Management and administration: Administrative strengths include accommodating staff and accessible leadership in some areas; yet reviewers also raise issues with billing and discharge-accounting processes as well as variability in management effectiveness. These administrative-process inconsistencies can have practical consequences for families during transitions and billing resolution.

    Notable patterns and guidance: The dominant positive theme is strong interpersonal care and an engaged community with effective rehabilitation and memory-care services. The dominant negative themes are operational: inconsistent nursing quality, environmental maintenance gaps, limited bathing resources, roommate-placement shortcomings, and administrative/billing problems. Prospective residents and families would benefit from direct questions during a tour about staffing ratios and turnover, recent HVAC/maintenance remediation, showering schedules and roommate assignment policies, medication-management and supervision practices, and the facility's billing/discharge procedures. Observing a mealtime and an activity period, and requesting references from current families, may help clarify which aspects are facility-wide strengths and which may vary by unit or shift.

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    Medicare Ratings

    3·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Diversicare of Arab is located at 235 Third St. S.E., Arab, AL, 35016.

    About Diversicare of Arab

    Diversicare of Arab sits as an 87-bed skilled nursing and healthcare facility offering care for older adults from a diverse and skilled team, and the place provides a wide range of medical services, so you'll find long-term support, short-stay rehabilitation, complex medical care, memory care, assisted living, and hospice care right there on the grounds, all focused on compassion and dedication to each resident. Folks receive physical, occupational, and speech therapy as needed, which helps many regain or keep abilities, and there's a real effort to teach new skills and improve each person's independence, giving hope and self-respect as people work toward their goals. The care team honors every resident's individuality and life story, and they deliver psychological and mental health services, along with special programs for bowel and bladder training, so everyone gets a plan that fits their needs. The caregivers are highly trained, facilities are welcoming and supportive, and you'll see a respectful approach that aims to help everyone feel as confident and safe as possible during their stay. The center is properly licensed as a Skilled Nursing Facility (#N4801) and provides a strong mix of care solutions and amenities for seniors who need anything from help with daily activities to complex medical support.

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    Diversicare of Arab offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 235 Third St. S.E., Arab, AL 35016.

    No, Diversicare of Arab does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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