The Terrace of Kissimmee

    221 Park Pl Blvd, Kissimmee, FL, 34741
    2.7 · 74 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    2.0

    Mixed care, understaffed, unsafe communication

    I had a mixed experience: some nurses, therapists and front-desk staff were excellent and rehab helped, but chronic issues-poor communication, medication delays/withholding, understaffing, hygiene neglect (bedsores, infections), lost belongings, and restrictive/limited visitation-left residents unsafe. Use extreme caution; I would not send a loved one without verifying current staffing and care practices.

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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

    2.73 · 74 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      2.7
    • Staff

      2.7
    • Meals

      2.1
    • Amenities

      2.7
    • Value

      1.6

    Pros

    • Some compassionate, attentive nursing and CNA staff
    • Several positive, effective physical and occupational therapy programs
    • Instances of strong, well-coordinated admissions and social work support
    • Helpful, friendly front desk/ reception staff (multiple names praised)
    • Examples of successful rehabilitation and full recoveries
    • Clean and updated facility reported by many reviewers
    • On-site dialysis available
    • Medicaid-friendly option
    • Supportive long-term residency experiences (multi-year residents satisfied)
    • Flexible dining options and some accommodating diet accommodations
    • Prompt response and good communication reported by some families
    • Housekeeping and some CNAs praised for care and friendliness
    • Some reviewers rated facility highly in state/national metrics (5-star / top 7%)
    • Hospice services (Vitas) received positive mentions
    • Staff and therapists noted as diligent, professional, and effective in multiple accounts

    Cons

    • Reports of neglectful care and lack of basic hygiene assistance
    • Persistent odors of urine and feces in some accounts
    • Delayed, withheld, or mismanaged medications (including insulin)
    • Unconsented or inappropriate medications/diet (pork/aspirin errors alleged)
    • Allegation that pork in a meal caused a hemorrhage and family not informed
    • Staffing shortages, overworked aides and high aide-to-patient ratios
    • Long call-light delays and inconsistent responses to alerts
    • Soiled clothes, bedding, diapers left on residents for hours
    • Inadequate bathing assistance; residents left soaked or unbathed
    • Pressure injuries, stage 4 wounds, ulcers, blisters and related infections
    • Hospitalizations, sepsis, COVID, and at least some deaths alleged to follow poor care
    • Poor food quality, unappetizing, salty or cold/mushy meals causing vomiting
    • Theft or loss of personal belongings reported
    • Rude, indifferent or unresponsive administration and management
    • Poor communication with families; delays in informing relatives and doctors
    • Safety incidents including dropped patients and unsafe transfers
    • Extended stays beyond planned discharge dates and discharge mismanagement
    • Allegations of drugging/unauthorized medication administration
    • Inconsistent enforcement of visitation rules and difficult visitation access
    • Contradictory reviews indicating large variability in care quality
    • Poor phone responsiveness and difficulty contacting facility
    • Reports of cost-cutting measures affecting food and staffing
    • Social worker cancellations and inconsistent legal/administrative support
    • Instances of overt unprofessional behavior and loud staff arguing
    • Claims of prioritizing profit over patient welfare

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment is sharply mixed, with a clear bifurcation between multiple strong positive experiences (notably effective rehabilitation, compassionate individual staff members, clean conditions and successful recoveries) and numerous serious negative allegations (neglect, medication errors, infections, poor food, theft and management indifference). Reviews repeatedly describe two distinct patterns: families who experienced attentive, professional therapy and nursing care and who praised admissions, social services, and specific employees; and families who reported neglectful, unsafe, and even harmful care that resulted in hospitalization, severe wounds, or death. This divergence suggests large variability in resident experience that may depend on staffing, timing, unit, or individual caregivers.

    Care quality and safety are the most polarizing themes. Positive reviews highlight therapists and nurses who “went above and beyond,” rapid rehabilitation progress, coordinated care teams, and cases of full recovery and long-term residents being well cared for. Conversely, numerous reviews describe serious failures: repeated delays or withholding of medications (including insulin), medication/dietary mistakes (unapproved pork or aspirin), prolonged unanswered call lights, residents left in soiled clothing or diapers, inadequate bathing assistance, pressure injuries (up to stage 4 wounds), sepsis and COVID infections, and at least some reviewers directly linking neglectful care to major health declines or death. Several reviewers also alleged unauthorized medication administration or “drugging” without consent. Together, these reports raise consistent concerns about medication management, wound prevention and treatment, and timely clinical responsiveness.

    Staffing and staff behavior are frequent topics. Many reviewers praise individual staff members by name (receptionists, nurses, CNAs and therapists) and describe them as compassionate, diligent and effective. However, an equally large number of reviews describe systemic staffing problems: overworked aides, high aide-to-patient loads, inconsistent coverage (especially nights or weekends), loud arguing among staff, and indifferent or rude administrative behavior. These staffing stresses are commonly cited as root causes for delayed care, missed turns and baths, long call button waits, and poor hygiene. The presence of both heroic individual staff and accounts of understaffing suggests that positive staff performance may be inconsistent and dependent on which personnel are on shift.

    Facilities, cleanliness and environment receive mixed assessments. Many reviewers report the facility is clean, updated and comfortable, and several long-term residents report satisfaction with a home-like environment. In contrast, other reviewers describe persistent odors (urine/feces), filthy conditions, soiled bedding and clothing, missing personal items, and a building described as needing a revamp. These opposing descriptions again point to variability in housekeeping and frontline care practices across shifts or units.

    Dining and nutrition show recurring concerns. Some families appreciated flexible dining options and diet accommodations and noted good-tasting food. However, a substantial portion of reviews describe poor food quality (cold, mushy, overly salty), and several reviewers linked meals to vomiting, not eating, weight loss, or dietary mistakes (serving pork to someone with restrictions). Some reviewers noted a decline in food quality tied to cost-cutting and a change in kitchen staff. Nutrition and meal management repeatedly emerge as areas of dissatisfaction for many families.

    Communication, management and administration are other significant themes. Positive reviewers report informative admissions, responsive social services, and good coordination among nurses, business office and family. Negative reviewers repeatedly accuse management of indifference, rudeness, slow responses to incidents, failing to inform families of serious events, and even hiding or not returning personal items. Problems cited include mismanaged discharge dates, denial of medication overrides by management, and inconsistent or difficult visitation policies (long waits, window-only visits, or restrictive rules). Phone responsiveness and follow-up are also frequently criticized.

    Notable safety incidents and allegations of abuse, theft, and negligence recur enough to be a dominant concern: reports of dropped patients, theft or missing belongings, phones or items hidden, and allegations of staff drugging or giving medications without consent. Multiple accounts tie these failures to poor outcomes including hospital readmissions, infections, and fatalities. Such reports, if accurate, indicate critical lapses in supervision, policies, and regulatory compliance for some residents.

    Patterns and takeaway: reviews indicate a facility capable of high-quality care in many cases—especially in rehabilitation and therapy—delivering measurable recoveries and positive long-term residency experiences. At the same time, there is a persistent and substantive pattern of safety, staffing, medication management and hygiene complaints that have caused severe harm in multiple reports. The contrast between glowing and scathing reviews suggests variable performance that may be influenced by staffing levels, management practices, shift coverage, or unit-specific issues.

    For families evaluating this facility: verify current staffing ratios, ask about medication management protocols (including insulin and dietary restrictions), request documentation of wound care and pressure sore prevention practices, confirm visitation policies, and seek contact references for recent residents who had similar needs (skilled rehab vs. long-term care). If concerns about medication errors, pressure injuries, infection control or theft are particularly important, consider direct conversations with nursing leadership and state inspection reports to corroborate current conditions. The volume and severity of negative allegations are substantial enough to warrant careful due diligence, even though many reviewers had positive experiences and praised individual staff and therapy outcomes.

    Location

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    About The Terrace of Kissimmee

    The Terrace of Kissimmee has a pleasant and cheerful staff who treat residents kindly and look after their needs every day, which makes for a welcoming and friendly place to live, and people always seem to appreciate the gentleness that fills the halls. This community has earned awards for its social, mental, physical, and emotional activity programs, and they make sure people have a reason to get involved, whether that's with games, music, arts, walking paths, or just chatting together in the gardens or in the community room, and you'll often find someone in the activity room or even playing the grand piano in the lobby. The staff help with bathing, dressing, medications, and day-to-day living, and there's a strong nursing team with 24-hour care and board-certified doctors, psychiatrists, therapists, social workers, registered dietitians, and certified nursing assistants, and if someone needs non-ambulatory care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, or even in-house dialysis, those medical services are available right on-site, and the nurses work long shifts, twelve to sixteen hours, so there's always skilled care nearby when needed.

    People living here get chef-prepared meals with fresh ingredients, and special diets are handled, too, and the dining room always smells good while folks enjoy nutritious food together, and you'll find meals planned by professionals who know how to keep things both healthy and tasty. The place has independent living, assisted living, memory care for Alzheimer's or dementia, home care, nursing homes, senior apartments, and care homes, so seniors with different needs can all find the right support, and there are options for short-term rehab, long-term stays, inpatient and outpatient subacute care, respite care, hospice, and even more services that come up when needed. The facility accepts Medicaid, Medicare, hospice insurance, and private insurance to help with payment.

    Inside, each private room gives people their own bathroom, cable TV, kitchenette, phone, air conditioning, and Wi-Fi, and rooms come furnished. Outside, people enjoy gardens, courtyards, walking paths, pond views, a gazebo, and plenty of outdoor seating if they want fresh air. The building offers many community spaces, including a library, movie nights, fitness room, activity and game rooms, a spa room, and more, and residents can help run some of the activities themselves. Housekeeping, laundry, move-in coordination, concierge, and family support services help people settle in and keep things clean, and there's an emergency alert system with a 24-hour call response, so help is never far off, and you'll notice the community welcomes wheelchair users, too. Folks will see the main entrance, lobby, wide corridors, comfortable resident rooms, and therapy gyms for both occupational and physical therapy. The staff coordinate transportation and parking for customers and visitors, and you never feel lost with signs pointing the way.

    The Terrace of Kissimmee stays focused on each person's comfort and health, providing personalized care that fits what's needed, and the environment feels homelike, not clinical, making it easier for people to feel at ease, whether staying for a short time, for rehab, or living there for the long haul.

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