Arabella Health & Wellness of Phenix City

    3900 Lakewood Dr, Phenix City, AL 36867
    • 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

    4.08·(137)

    Overall rating

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

      4.0
    • Staff

      4.1
    • Meals

      2.9
    • Amenities

      2.9
    • Value

      2.5

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive nursing and CNA staff
    • Strong physical and occupational therapy and rehab program
    • Engaging recreational and spiritual activities program
    • Family-focused communication and responsiveness
    • Clean, well-maintained common areas and comfortable furnishings
    • On-site salon and social amenities
    • Transportation support for medical appointments
    • Skilled nursing and post-acute rehabilitation services
    • Home-like, social atmosphere with resident–staff interaction
    • Accessible wound-care and rehabilitation specialists

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and coverage
    • Variable staff conduct and communication tone
    • Gaps in medication administration and pharmacy coordination
    • Unreliable meal quality and meal-service continuity
    • Sanitation concerns in some resident rooms and select areas
    • Inconsistent infection-control practices
    • Gaps in clinical-incident escalation and family communication
    • Pest-control concerns in some units
    • Financial and billing process irregularities
    • Unclear operational oversight and management stability

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews describe a facility with clear strengths in rehabilitation and many individual caregivers, but with notable variability in operational consistency. The therapy and rehab program is a recurring strength: physical and occupational therapists are frequently praised for effective, motivating care that helped residents regain mobility and return home. Many families and residents highlight compassionate, attentive nursing aides and frontline staff who create a family-like atmosphere and maintain regular communication with families.

    Care quality and clinical safety: Clinical performance appears mixed. Positive accounts describe timely clinical attention, strong wound and rehab specialists, and responsive nurse leadership. Conversely, there are multiple accounts indicating lapses in clinical processes — delayed medication delivery, missed medication administration, inconsistent therapy follow-through, and reports of hospital transfers or readmissions. These descriptions point to uneven execution of clinical protocols and gaps in escalation pathways when a resident’s condition deteriorates. Prospective families should inquire about medication-management procedures, staff-to-resident ratios, and incident escalation practices.

    Staff and culture: Many reviews emphasize warm, attentive staff and a management team that can be responsive and helpful. Named employees in therapy, nursing leadership, and social work receive consistent praise. At the same time, reviewers also describe variability in staff conduct and professionalism, with reports of curt communication, delayed responsiveness, and occasional unavailability of leadership or HR. Staffing shortages and turnover are mentioned as contributors to inconsistent resident experience and slower response times.

    Dining, activities, and environment: Activity programming is a clear asset — structured offerings such as Bingo, Bible study, live music, Family Day events, and regular social gatherings contribute to resident engagement. Facility common spaces are often described as clean, comfortable, and home-like; on-site amenities such as a salon and accessible outdoor spaces are valued. Dining impressions are mixed: some reviewers praise generous, satisfying meals, while others describe bland or below-average food and interruptions to meal service. Cleanliness is generally cited positively for shared areas, but there are specific sanitation concerns reported in some resident rooms and select service areas, and occasional pest-control issues are noted.

    Management, operations, and notable patterns: Administrative responsiveness is cited both as a strength and as a point of contention. Several families describe helpful administration that listens and assists with placement and care planning. However, there are also reports of billing and payment-processing irregularities and at least one account referencing legal action and ownership/financial disputes. In a subset of reports, very serious allegations — including severe misconduct and adverse events — are asserted; these items are outside routine operational complaints and suggest the need for independent verification and, where appropriate, regulatory review.

    Recommendation for prospective families: The facility has demonstrable strengths in rehabilitation and in many individual caregivers; however, variability in staffing, medication processes, sanitation in some rooms, and management stability are recurring themes. Families should conduct an on-site visit, meet the therapy and nursing leadership, ask about current staffing ratios, infection-control and medication protocols, review recent inspection reports, and obtain clear written explanations of billing and payment procedures before placement.

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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

    Arabella Health & Wellness of Phenix City is located at 3900 Lakewood Dr, Phenix City, AL, 36867.

    About Arabella Health & Wellness of Phenix City

    Arabella Health & Wellness of Phenix City sits at 3900 Lakewood Drive in Phenix City, Alabama, and has a focus on both senior living and health services, so folks know they're getting a place that covers a range of care needs, from simple residential care all the way to skilled nursing and intermediate care for people who are frail and depend on regular nursing help, and there's help for short-term rehab too, if someone needs to recover and get back to what they enjoy. The place runs all day and all night, every day, so help is always close by, and there's a group of about 51 to 200 employees, many of whom have been there a long time, which you really notice because you start seeing the same faces, and those faces know their way around senior care and rehab better than most in the area. Arabella's staff can offer physical, occupational, and speech therapy right at the facility, and the big focus is on getting people as active and independent as possible again, or at least making sure they're comfortable and respected. Arabella tries to maintain a welcoming space, something that inspires residents to feel at home, and as part of the larger Arabella network across Alabama, you see a consistent approach to health, wellness, rehabilitation, and restorative care no matter how a resident's needs may change.

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