Hartford Health Care

    217 Toro Rd, Hartford, AL, 36344
    3.2 · 30 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    3.0

    Compassionate staff but inconsistent care

    I had mixed experiences. Leadership and some managers are caring, the facility is medically equipped, and several caregivers and the therapy team provided compassionate, capable care and social engagement. However staffing is inconsistent/understaffed, phones often go unanswered, some CNAs were rude, belongings were lost or not returned, and I saw food/cleanliness and communication problems that administration didn't resolve. Decent in parts, but I'd be cautious and consider other options.

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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

    3.20 · 30 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      2.6
    • Staff

      3.2
    • Meals

      3.7
    • Amenities

      2.0
    • Value

      3.2

    Pros

    • Compassionate, respectful caregivers
    • Skilled physical/occupational therapy team (specific praise for Brandon and therapy staff)
    • Many staff treat residents like family and provide social engagement
    • Quick call-light responses and regular nursing rounds (reported by some)
    • Good food and meal quality reported by some families
    • Knowledgeable, medically equipped staff (reported)
    • Stable leadership and caring management mentioned in some reviews
    • Clean, pleasant interior and acceptable odor reported by some
    • Hospitable environment and well-staffed at times

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staff quality across shifts (some CNAs and younger staff described as rude, mean, or bullying)
    • Poor phone responsiveness and lack of voicemail/return-call capability
    • Understaffing and times with no nurses or staff available
    • Lost or mishandled personal belongings (clothes not kept/returned, lost phone charger)
    • Meals mishandled or left on patients in some instances
    • Cleanliness concerns and reports of a dirty facility from some reviewers
    • Negative or poor rehabilitation experiences reported by some families
    • Administration sometimes unwilling to improve or unresponsive to complaints
    • Uncomfortable or inadequate common areas (e.g., no seating outside windows)
    • Perceived emergency risk due to communication failures

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across these reviews is highly polarized: multiple families report excellent, compassionate care and strong therapy services, while a roughly equal number detail troubling experiences involving rude or disengaged staff, communication failures, and safety/quality concerns. The facility appears to produce both very positive and very negative experiences depending on staff members, shifts, and possibly units; that inconsistency is the single most prominent theme.

    Care quality and staffing: Positive comments highlight caregivers who are compassionate, respectful, and who treat residents like family. Several reviews specifically praise members of the therapy team (Brandon is named) and note good physical therapy outcomes. In those favorable accounts families mention quick call-light responses, regular nursing rounds, and staff who provide medical guidance and social opportunities. Conversely, many reviews describe inconsistent caregiver behavior—some CNAs are described as pleasant while others are rude, dismissive, or even bullying. A few accounts mention head nurses or individual nurses who are excellent, implying variability by role or shift. Understaffing is repeatedly cited: families report times when no nurse or staff were available, unanswered calls, and an inability to reach the facility — issues that families say create real safety and emergency-risk concerns.

    Communication and administration: Communication failures are a major negative theme. Multiple reviewers said phones are not answered, there is no voicemail or return-call capability, and staff hang up on family members. These gaps have led to situations where families feel uninformed about residents' conditions and even consider moving their loved ones out. Some families state administration was unresponsive or unwilling to make improvements. That said, at least one review mentions stable leadership and caring management and encourages a visit, indicating administrative experience is not uniformly poor but rather inconsistently perceived.

    Facilities, cleanliness, and environment: Reports about the physical plant are mixed. Several reviews praise a nice interior, acceptable odor, and a hospitable environment. Others raise cleanliness concerns, call the facility dirty, and describe uncomfortable common areas (for example, no seating outside windows). This split again points to variability: some parts or shifts may be well-maintained while others fall short.

    Dining and therapy services: Therapy services are one of the clearer strengths in these summaries — specific praise for the therapy team and positive rehab outcomes appear in multiple reviews. Dining receives mixed feedback: some families praise the food and meals, while others report meals being mishandled or food being left on patients. These contradictory reports suggest meal service quality may depend on staffing and oversight at particular times.

    Belongings, safety, and family confidence: There are concrete complaints about lost or mishandled personal items (clothing not kept up with or returned after discharge, a lost phone charger). These tangible lapses, combined with reports of unresponsive staff and poor communication, reduce family confidence and lead some to plan relocations for their relatives. Several reviewers explicitly state they would not recommend the facility, while others call it a wonderful retirement place — again demonstrating wide variation in experience.

    Notable patterns and implications: The facility receives strong praise for individual staff members and therapy services, indicating core competencies in clinical care and rehabilitation. However, recurring problems—particularly inconsistent staff behavior, poor communication systems, staffing shortages, and occasional cleanliness and meal-service lapses—create significant risks to resident satisfaction and perceived safety. The most actionable pattern is variability by staff/shift/unit: when certain staff or teams are present, families report excellent care; when those personnel are absent or replaced, negative experiences increase.

    In summary, prospective residents and families should expect a mixed picture: the facility can and does provide very good clinical and rehabilitative care with compassionate staff, but there are enough reports of serious operational shortcomings (communication, staffing, lost belongings, cleanliness) that visitors should ask specific questions about staffing ratios, communication protocols (voicemail, response times), how belongings are managed, and to meet therapy and nursing staff during a tour. If consistent, facility-wide improvements in communication, staffing stability, and oversight of personal care/housekeeping were implemented, many of the negative patterns described could be mitigated.

    Location

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    About Hartford Health Care

    Hartford Health Care sits at 217 Toro Rd in Hartford, Alabama, and offers a big range of services for older adults and those with health needs, including assisted living, independent living, nursing care, short-term rehab, memory care, respiratory care, hospice, home care, respite care, and help with chronic diseases, so folks can find a mix of support under one roof, and there are staff such as Hency P., Wendy Kane, Thomas Domanick, and Amy LeClerc BSN, RN. The place tries to keep things welcoming and comfortable, where people can feel at home, and teams focus on giving each person respect and care for their unique background and needs, with resources for folks living with disabilities or diseases who are looking for assisted living. The team is trained to help with many medical needs, including lung and respiratory help, surgical care, therapy like physical and speech rehab, and hospital services, and they try to teach new skills and boost the abilities folks still have, so independence sticks around for as long as possible, and there's real focus on hope and confidence, with attention to women's health as well.

    There's a map to help find locations, and tours can be scheduled to visit, meet people, and see how things run, and there are 86 certified beds at this Hartford, AL center, though the nurse hours per resident-3.27 per day-fall below the state average of 3.9, but nurse turnover at 36.4% sits lower than the state's 48.1%. There's an attempt to keep costs and availability clearly explained, and a team of senior care advocates help answer questions about care types, which do include memory care and continuing care, plus extended hospital care, labs, pathology, imaging centers, and emergency response for sudden needs. Managers have been in place since October 2015 and September 2024, and the facility is part of Hartford Health Care, with an affiliation to Diversicare Healthcare. Patient and clinical info comes from surveys and government data sources like CMS and HCAHPS, and the hospital section of the company carries a Women's Choice Award and shows up in the top extended care hospital rankings.

    Now, the place has had some problems in the past, including deficiencies with infection control, safe respiratory care, and making sure food is sourced and handled right, and the latest report pointed out several of these issues-it's important to know the track record isn't perfect, but efforts to provide a broad span of care and ongoing support are clear, so families can look at all the available facts before choosing the right fit for their needs.

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