Lee Health Skilled Nursing Facility - HealthPark Medical Center

    16131 Roserush Ct, Fort Myers, FL, 33908
    2.8 · 30 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    2.0

    Understaffed facility with safety issues

    I placed my mom here for rehab and early care; at first the nurses and PTs were attentive and the building, grounds and housekeeping were clean and well kept. But the facility is clearly understaffed and overwhelmed - pain meds were missed or horribly delayed, shower/bathroom assistance and stockings were neglected, staff were often unresponsive or distracted, and I saw unsafe hygiene/food handling at times. It's a depressing, overcrowded 2x2 semi-private situation (about $7,000/month) with some wonderful staff like Brandy, Tatiana, Lisa and Jackie, but too many failures and safety concerns. We're moving her out - not a true 5-star and I would not trust them with a loved one.

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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

    2.83 · 30 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      2.0
    • Staff

      2.8
    • Meals

      1.7
    • Amenities

      3.5
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Some nurses and individual caregivers praised for compassion and professionalism
    • Physical therapy/rehab staff sometimes effective and praised
    • Housekeeping described as good/efficient by multiple reviewers
    • Front-desk and phone staff (e.g., Jackie) noted for excellent customer service
    • Named staff members singled out as exceptional (Tatiana, Brandy, Lisa)
    • Clean and well-maintained areas reported by some reviewers
    • Well-kept grounds and good location
    • Large rooms with windows reported by a few families
    • Short, successful rehab stays reported by some residents
    • Spa access offered (limited frequency)
    • Facility historically rated highly by an operator (Strata Health 5-star pre-COVID)

    Cons

    • Chronic understaffing and too many patients per nurse
    • Unresponsive or inattentive staff on many shifts
    • Frequent delays or missed pain medication
    • Failure to assist with showers, bathroom needs, and basic hygiene
    • Hygiene and sanitary violations (e.g., urine in sinks, roaches)
    • Unsafe or improper food and handling practices
    • Meals frozen, inedible, or nutritionally inadequate without requests
    • Clothes left wet or not changed
    • Staff perceived as overwhelmed, rude, or forming cliques
    • Large variability in staff quality and care consistency
    • Reports of privacy/HIPAA concerns and mismanagement
    • Case management and placement errors
    • Delayed response on night shift and long waits for care
    • Safety risks to patients and reports of near-catastrophic incidents
    • Allegations of neglect leading families to plan removal of loved ones
    • Limited visitation during COVID causing family distress
    • Dated facility with small bathrooms and limited shower access
    • Limited fresh fruit and limited meal variety
    • Questions about effectiveness of some PT and rehab services
    • Overmedication reported by at least one reviewer
    • High long-term cost for semi-private rooms
    • Reports of personnel distractions (e.g., smartphone use) during shifts
    • Some reviewers reporting extremely poor or 'hell hole' conditions
    • Complaints escalated to intent to report to regulators and media
    • Inconsistent housekeeping/cleanliness (some areas clean, some filthy)
    • Creepy or inappropriate staff behavior reported during admission
    • Multiple reports of families being ignored, lied to, or dismissed
    • Staff attitude problems despite doing assigned tasks
    • Significant variation between day and night shift performance

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment in these reviews is mixed but leans strongly negative, with numerous and repeated reports of understaffing, inconsistent care, and safety/hygiene problems. A recurring theme is variability: while several individual staff members receive high praise for compassion and professionalism (specific names such as Tatiana, Brandy, Jackie and Lisa are cited), many reviewers describe long waits for assistance, missed or late pain medications, and a pervasive sense that staff are overworked and unable to meet basic patient needs. The frequency and severity of the negative reports — including delayed bathroom assistance, failure to assist with showers, and neglected hygiene needs — indicate systemic staffing and operational issues rather than isolated incidents.

    Care quality: Many reviews describe substandard clinical care driven by personnel shortages and poor responsiveness. Frequent complaints include delayed or missed pain medication, failure to apply compression stockings, and lack of timely toileting assistance leading to incontinence or soiled clothing. A few reviewers mention overmedication in at least one instance and ineffective physical therapy in others. There are also reports that doctors were not contacted when families expected them to be, and in multiple cases relatives felt forced to escalate or intervene directly to get basic care. Several reviewers described near-catastrophic situations or significant safety risks that were only avoided by family involvement or external intervention.

    Staff and culture: The staff picture is polarizing. Numerous reviewers praise individual staff members for empathy, communication, and clarity in difficult situations; these individuals are highlighted as bright spots who made care tolerable. At the same time, widespread reports document unresponsive, distracted, or rude staff, staff cliques, and inconsistent performance between shifts (day vs night). Specific concerns include staff distracted by smartphones, attitude problems, and a reported incident of inappropriate behavior during admission. Several reviews mention staff shortages so acute that families believe the facility cannot safely manage current patient loads.

    Facilities and cleanliness: Reviews about the physical plant are mixed. Some families describe clean, well-maintained rooms with good grounds and large windows, while others report significant cleanliness lapses including roaches, urine in sinks, and filthy conditions. The facility is described as dated by more than one reviewer, with complaints about tiny bathrooms or lack of accessible showers (spa or shower access apparently limited to twice weekly for some residents). These contradictions suggest that cleanliness and maintenance may vary by unit, shift, or timeframe.

    Dining and nutrition: Dining receives consistent criticism. Several reviewers say meals were frozen or inedible, lacked fresh fruit, and required families to request protein or better options. Unsafe food-handling practices were alleged (e.g., gloves touching multiple food items), and some reviewers reported that dietary needs were not met unless specifically requested. A minority of reviewers felt the food was acceptable, but the dominant pattern is inconsistent and often poor nutrition/food service.

    Rehabilitation services: Rehabilitation/PT staff received mixed reviews. Some families praised PT and rehab as helpful and would return for rehab needs; others found PT ineffective or minimal. The facility is noted in one instance as historically rated as a 5-star rehab by an operator pre-COVID, but several reviewers feel its rehabilitation quality has declined or is inconsistent post-COVID and depends heavily on which therapists and shifts a patient receives.

    Management, safety and regulatory concerns: Multiple reviewers raised concerns about management, case placement errors, privacy (HIPAA) misuse, and escalation failures. Several families indicated their intent to report the facility to accreditation bodies or local media. There are specific accounts of severe mismanagement that led to family distress and even deaths (as claimed by reviewers). Night-shift care is singled out as particularly problematic in several reviews. The combination of understaffing, inconsistent clinical oversight, and reported hygiene lapses represents a set of issues that regulators would typically find concerning.

    Patterns and recommendations from reviews: The dominant pattern is inconsistent care quality driven by understaffing and cultural issues that produce significant variability between shifts and among individual caregivers. If someone is considering this facility they should weigh the following: there appear to be compassionate and competent individual staff who can provide good care, but families should be prepared to advocate actively for medication timing, toileting assistance, diet/nutrition needs, and hygiene. For short, tightly supervised rehab stays some patients reported positive outcomes, but long-term placement raises concerns given repeated reports of neglect and inconsistent oversight. Families considering placement are advised to visit multiple times, ask specific questions about staffing ratios and night-shift coverage, verify how dietary and mobility needs will be handled, and document any issues immediately so they can escalate to management or external regulators if necessary.

    In summary, these reviews portray a facility with real strengths in certain staff members and housekeeping/therapist teams, but with systemic problems — especially understaffing, inconsistent responsiveness, hygiene lapses, and food/nutrition concerns — that have led multiple families to report neglect, safety risks, and plans to move loved ones elsewhere. The facility may provide acceptable short-term rehab for some, but the pattern of serious complaints suggests caution for long-term care without assurances of improved staffing, stronger management oversight, and consistent adherence to basic hygiene and medication protocols.

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    About Lee Health Skilled Nursing Facility - HealthPark Medical Center

    Lee Health Skilled Nursing Facility at HealthPark Medical Center sits at 16131 Roserush Ct, right in Fort Myers, and it's a place where people go to recover from surgeries or illnesses like joint replacement, stroke, heart problems, or COPD. This center has 112 beds, and people can stay in private or semi-private rooms that look and feel a bit like home, with touches like a restaurant-style dining room, a café with TVs, and landscaped outdoor spaces including a healing garden and a walking trail. The staff here includes medical directors, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, therapists, social workers, and activity coordinators, and together they guide patients through rehabilitation with physical, occupational, and speech therapy available seven days a week in two gyms right on site.

    They take a team approach, and when someone arrives, an interdisciplinary team meets within 72 hours to set therapy goals and plan what needs to happen next, always keeping an eye on making the home transition as smooth and safe as possible. They help with things like learning how to move safely at home, understanding medication, and even coordinating home health or equipment needs after discharge. There's help for balance problems, lymphedema, swallowing difficulties, and wound or ostomy care, and they pay attention to pain management and respiratory needs with services like oxygen therapy and tracheostomy care. If someone needs heart or lung rehab after a medical event, there's a certified cardiac rehabilitation program that's supervised and monitored closely, and there's special attention for people needing joint rehab after surgery.

    Meals and diets get customized by a registered dietitian who works alongside the clinical team, trying to make sure food supports recovery. Amenities include wireless internet in all rooms, a community room for games or reading, a salon for hair and nail care, and a fully functioning kitchen, washer, and dryer so folks can practice daily tasks before heading home. There's round-the-clock skilled nursing care, restorative care, and daily recreational therapy, and a focus on helping everyone regain mobility, strength, confidence, and independence.

    The center holds recognized quality standards, having earned a 5-Star Quality rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an "A" grade for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group, and certifications like the DNV Primary Stroke Center and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. It operates right alongside HealthPark Medical Center and nearby Golisano Children's Hospital, and it's part of Lee Health's larger network, drawing on resources from across specialties in primary care, cardiology, orthopedics, and more. The facility is the only one in the region with a Structural Heart Program and performed Southwest Florida's first minimally invasive VATS lung lobectomy. For those who need ongoing care, they offer the full range-from assisted living and memory care to skilled nursing-focusing on patient safety, comfort, and helping people return to their daily lives with as much ability and independence as possible.

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