Stoddard Baptist Global Care, Inc

    2601 18th St NE, Washington, DC, 20018
    2.7 · 34 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    1.0

    Severely understaffed and neglectful facility

    I was deeply disappointed and worried by my experience. The facility is severely understaffed and often unresponsive - delayed or missed meds, residents left in soiled linens for hours, staff sleeping or lying about care, and pushy/overmedicating practices. Personal items disappeared, privacy was breached, meals were cold and uninspired, there were almost no activities, safety and maintenance were poor (no hot water, bad lighting), and management seemed money-driven and dishonest - they delayed discharges and pressured long-term placement. A few nurses and aides showed genuine care and the hospital transfer went well, but overall I cannot recommend this place. Strong warning: do not send your loved one here without extreme caution.

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    2.74 · 34 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      2.0
    • Staff

      1.9
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Some administration staff described as attentive and responsive
    • Certain personal care aides noted as kind, caring, and compassionate
    • Reports of regular bathing and basic cleanliness for some residents
    • Some staff were easy to communicate with
    • Instances of respectful, dignified care during transitions
    • Occasional genuine warmth and ‘heart for the elderly’ shown by staff
    • Some visitors expressed overall satisfaction with certain services

    Cons

    • Severe understaffing
    • Staff sleeping on phones or appearing indifferent
    • Staff lying or being dishonest about care/medical issues
    • Unresponsive to family concerns and resident issues
    • Dirty linens and poor personal hygiene management
    • Concerns about overmedication or improper medication timing
    • Late or missed medication doses
    • Therapy that was painful, pushy, or against physician advice
    • Constipation and UTIs mishandled
    • Prolonged stays beyond planned discharge dates and delayed discharges
    • Apparent staff laziness and indifference
    • Frequent hospital transfers attributed to poor care
    • Call buttons left on the floor or ignored
    • Cold, inadequate or poorly communicated meals (e.g., cold sandwiches, three-bean salad, no condiments)
    • Lack of engaging activities; residents left to sit all day
    • Missing personal items and laundry loss
    • Theft reported by families
    • Fake or misleading social work/administration interactions
    • Poor floor and facility conditions; need for renovation
    • Heating unit, ice/water machine, and hot water failures
    • Slow maintenance and repair response
    • Rooms isolated, dark halls, poor lighting
    • No TV or limited amenities in some rooms
    • Beds or residents left in soiled linens; left in feces for hours
    • Use of restraints or tying up reported
    • Restrictions on outdoor access and mobility
    • Lack of empathy and poor end-of-life/hospice responsiveness
    • Staff with bad attitudes or rudeness
    • Perception that facility is money-driven
    • Privacy breaches (business office) and safety/privacy concerns (peeping males)
    • Lack of supplies (bed gowns, pads)
    • Dishonesty and poor communication with physicians
    • Pressure to designate residents as long-term or delay discharge
    • Negative social environment among residents
    • Inconsistent quality — few good workers amid many poor performers
    • Strong recommendation from multiple reviewers to avoid placing loved ones there

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment from the compiled reviews of Stoddard Baptist Global Care, Inc. is heavily negative with recurring, serious concerns about care quality, staffing levels, safety, and facility conditions. While a minority of reviews praise specific employees and note moments of compassion or competent care, the dominant themes are systemic problems driven by understaffing, poor management decisions, and inconsistent practices that have directly harmed or endangered residents.

    Care quality and clinical management are frequent areas of complaint. Multiple reviewers reported late or missed medications, concerns about overmedication, and therapy that was allegedly pushed despite doctor’s orders, sometimes causing pain or harm. There are specific clinical incidents mentioned — mishandled constipation and urinary tract infections, ignored hospice symptoms, and transfers to hospital that families attributed to substandard in-facility care. Several reviews recount neglectful episodes such as residents left in soiled linens or feces for hours, denial of reasonable mobility or outdoor time, and use of restraints. These reports indicate not only lapses in routine nursing care but also failures in monitoring, documentation, and adherence to medical guidance.

    Staffing, behavior, and culture emerge as core problems. Many reviewers describe severe understaffing that manifests as staff sleeping on phones, unresponsiveness to call buttons, and long delays in assistance. There are allegations of dishonesty and poor communication — staff lying about medical care or services, fake social worker interactions, and management reportedly delaying discharges or pressuring families toward long-term placement for administrative convenience. At the same time, multiple comments acknowledge that some individual caregivers and administrators are attentive, compassionate, and respectful; this creates a pattern of highly variable care where a few competent, caring employees coexist with many who are inattentive or hostile. The net impression for many families is that the facility is inconsistent and unreliable.

    Facility, maintenance, and safety issues are also repeatedly cited. Reviewers reported dirty linens, poor lighting and dark corridors, broken heating units, no hot water at times, ice/water machine failures, and delays in making repairs. Several reviewers flagged missing personal items and laundry losses, and some alleged theft. There are also alarming privacy and safety concerns such as reports of peeping males and privacy breaches from the business office. These environmental problems amplify the clinical and staffing issues by creating an unsafe, uncomfortable setting that undermines resident dignity.

    Dining, activities, and daily life appear markedly deficient in many accounts. Meals are described as cold or unappealing (cold sandwiches, three-bean salad, lack of condiments), and families report poor communication about meal service. A recurring complaint is the lack of meaningful activities: residents are said to spend long stretches sitting in a single room with little stimulation, no TV in isolated rooms, and no planned engagement. Supply shortages — bed gowns, pads, and basic hygiene items — further reduce quality of life and point to operational shortcomings.

    Management and administrative practices receive mixed but largely critical assessments. While some reviewers praise particular administrators for attentiveness, compassion, and respectful handling of transitions, others accuse management of deception (fake social worker), privacy violations, and prioritizing financial considerations over resident welfare. Several reviews note a “sneaky” or obstructive approach to discharge planning and an impression of pressuring residents into long-term status. The combination of slow maintenance response, inconsistent staffing, and reports of deceitful behavior by certain leaders undermines confidence in facility governance.

    Patterns and overall recommendation: The most consistent pattern is that understaffing and inconsistent staff competency drive a wide array of harms — clinical errors, neglect, safety lapses, and poor daily living conditions. Although pockets of good, compassionate staff are repeatedly acknowledged, those positive experiences are not sufficient to offset repeated, serious complaints. Multiple reviewers explicitly advise against sending loved ones to this facility and describe it as unsafe or untrustworthy. Families considering this facility should be aware of these recurring issues: medication and therapy problems, neglect and hygiene failures, missing personal items/theft, broken infrastructure, lack of activities, and troubling management practices. If a potential resident is already there, families should monitor care closely, verify medication and therapy plans with physicians, secure valuables, and raise documented concerns promptly with oversight authorities.

    In summary, the reviews paint a picture of a facility struggling with systemic understaffing and management failures that have produced substantial, repeated problems across care, safety, environment, and operations. There are compassionate and capable individuals working there, and some families reported positive interactions; however, the prevalence and severity of negative reports suggest significant risk and inconsistency in the standard of care. Improvements would need to address staffing levels, clinical oversight, facility maintenance, activity programming, and transparency from administration to change the prevailing negative patterns described by reviewers.

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    About Stoddard Baptist Global Care, Inc

    Stoddard Baptist Global Care, Inc. sits at 2601 18th Street NE in Washington, DC, spread out over landscaped grounds with three-story buildings featuring large bedrooms, dining rooms, day rooms, and patios, with big windows that let in lots of light and give you a nice view of the outside. The organization started over 125 years ago, caring for Baptist ministers and their wives, but has grown to serve more than 400 seniors through facilities like the 259-bed Washington Center for Aging Services-which they lease from the D.C. Office on Aging-and the 164-bed Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home in a historic DC neighborhood. People living at Stoddard can get comfort care, short-term respite care, long-term skilled nursing, and rehabilitation services, all provided by licensed and trained staff who understand how aging can be delicate and complicated, and you'll also find a variety of therapy options, like speech, physical, and occupational therapy, along with medication help, assistance with bathing and dressing, and 24-hour supervision for those who need it. Stoddard's goal is making sure people feel safe, respected, and cared for, so they offer furnished rooms, emergency alert systems, move-in help, wheelchair access, non-ambulatory care, and help with transfers, and folks can join in activities like walking paths, garden visits, movie nights, and community-sponsored events. Meals are prepared on site every day with several dietary choices and flexible dining, and housekeeping, laundry, dry cleaning, and handling of Medicaid and Medicare are all available, plus you'll find parking, transportation, and opportunities for residents and their families to get support. Stoddard partners with about 70 local churches, stays ADA accessible with cultural competency training for staff, and operates with oversight from both the District of Columbia and MedStar Health, with recognized programs and a Resident Community Advisory Board making sure the care provided lines up with its long-standing mission to serve both the physical and spiritual needs of seniors. The organization houses folks for both short and long periods, tracks patient days-like the nearly 90,500 they've served-and always tries to balance professional care with a sense of home and dignity, even keeping people connected with community broadcasts like "Stoddard Lives" on the radio, so you get a sense that this is a place focused on the well-being and happiness of its seniors every day, all while responding to changing needs and keeping up with safety, especially during things like the COVID-19 pandemic.

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