W Frank Wells Nursing Home

    210 N Second St, Macclenny, FL 32063
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing
    4.4ยท8 reviews

    Mom happy; family finally relieved

    My mom is happy here and really enjoys the group activities. The nursing staff take great care of her, and after a rough previous place that made her cry our family finally feels relieved. We're very pleased and would recommend this community.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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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

    4.38ยท(8)

    Overall rating

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

      3.7
    • Staff

      3.7
    • Meals

      4.4
    • Amenities

      4.4
    • Value

      4.4

    Pros

    • Engaging group activities
    • Respectful staffโ€“resident interactions
    • Perceived adequate clinical care
    • Reassuring family communication

    Cons

    • Inconsistent responsiveness to resident assistance requests
    • Variable nursing competence across staff
    • Shift-to-shift staffing variability

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews present a mixed but coherent picture: families and at least one resident express clear satisfaction with social programming and interpersonal care, while also describing operational gaps that affect day-to-day responsiveness. Positive comments emphasize that residents enjoy group activities and that staff interactions can be warm and reassuring; relatives described feeling relieved after placement and conveyed that clinical needs are, at times, well managed.

    Care quality appears uneven. Some reviewers stated that their family member is "well taken care of" and praised nursing attention; at the same time there are specific accounts of delayed assistanceโ€”one review cited a roughly 30โ€‘minute wait for helpโ€”that indicate inconsistent timeliness in responding to resident needs. Taken together, these observations suggest that clinical competency and timeliness of care exist but are variable across staff and shifts.

    Staff observations are similarly mixed. Several comments highlight respectful, supportive interactions that contribute to resident comfort and family reassurance. However, there is a recurring theme of variability in nursing competence and responsiveness: some caregivers are characterized positively while others are described as less effective. This pattern points to potential inconsistencies in staffing levels, training, or supervision rather than a uniformly poor or uniformly excellent workforce.

    There is direct positive feedback about activities โ€” group programs appear engaging and meaningful to residents โ€” which is an important contributor to quality of life. Review content provides little specific information about dining quality, the physical condition of facilities, or food-service operations; no substantive patterns on those topics can be discerned from the provided summaries.

    Management and operational oversight are not extensively discussed, but the combination of reassuring family communication and variability in frontline performance suggests strengths in family engagement alongside opportunities for improvement in clinical supervision and response protocols. Prospective families may wish to ask management about callโ€‘light response times, staffing ratios by shift, onboarding and ongoing training for nursing staff, and mechanisms used to track and remediate lapses in responsiveness.

    Notable patterns: consistently positive impressions of social programming and interpersonal interactions coexist with recurring concerns about timeliness of assistance and uneven caregiver competence. Those patterns imply that a visit during multiple shifts and specific questions about response-time metrics and staff continuity would be useful for assessing whether the facilityโ€™s strengths match a prospective residentโ€™s needs.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2ยท/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    W Frank Wells Nursing Home is located at 210 N Second St, Macclenny, FL, 32063.

    About W Frank Wells Nursing Home

    W Frank Wells Nursing Home sits in Baker County, Florida, right next to Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital, and offers skilled nursing care for seniors who need help with daily living or medical support, and there's room for 100 residents with studio choices and private bathrooms, plus cable TV, kitchenettes, air conditioning, telephones, and furnished rooms, and the whole place is ADA compliant with handicap accessibility. The center holds a 4-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is the highest rated in Macclenny with an 8.2 out of 10 average, and it's dually certified to accept Medicare and Medicaid, as well as self-pay and most major insurances, and also helps residents who have Medicaid. There's round-the-clock skilled nursing care plus an emergency call system and a 24-hour call button for help, and residents can get assistance with things like dressing, bathing, eating, and medications, along with transfers or non-ambulatory care, and the staff will help with wounds and IV therapy.

    The place offers therapy programs including physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and there are special therapy plans for each resident to help recovery or keep up abilities, and the staff takes care to work with various medical needs, including palliative care, hospice care with the help of Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, and long-term custodial support, so some people stay while recovering from surgery, stroke, or injury, and others stay longer due to chronic illnesses. The nursing home brings in services like radiology, podiatry, and laboratory work from its hospital connection, and residents get regular doctor supervision and medication management with drugs stored and dispensed on site. For meals, the kitchen serves food in a restaurant-style dining room, and if someone has special dietary needs from allergies or diabetes, the kitchen staff makes those meals too, and there's a professional chef handling food preparation and menu planning.

    Throughout the facility, residents find plenty of community spaces and programs, with an arts and activity room, library, community theater, in-house beauty services, outdoor gardens and walking paths, and spaces for families to visit and support their loved ones, and residents use Wi-Fi or a resident email system to stay in touch. Daily activities fill the schedule, with music, fitness, arts, and outdoor programs, plus resident-run activities and events organized by the staff, and there's transportation and parking for getting offsite when needed. The staff handles housekeeping, laundry, dry cleaning, and helps with personal needs, while offering supervision and supporting independence as much as possible. Tours are available for families, and the intake process involves getting more information by calling, which helps match the right services to each individual, focusing on residents' health, dignity, and overall well-being, while maintaining a compassionate and professional environment.

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    W Frank Wells Nursing Home offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 210 N Second St, Macclenny, FL 32063.

    No, W Frank Wells Nursing Home does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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