Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center

    1515 Port Malabar Blvd NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Compassionate, professional rehab; returned home

    My mom stayed here for rehab and I was very pleased - the nurses and therapists were professional and compassionate, and they helped her recover enough to come home. Staff were accommodating and responsive (they even arranged home services), the facility was clean and welcoming, and there were plenty of meals and activities to keep her engaged. I'd recommend this place for solid, respectful care of seniors.

    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

    3.93·(137)

    Overall rating

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

      3.6
    • Staff

      4.0
    • Meals

      2.3
    • Amenities

      3.2
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate nursing and CNA staff
    • Strong physical and occupational therapy programs
    • Supportive social work and admissions teams
    • Comprehensive post-acute rehabilitation services
    • On-site and outdoor amenities (courtyard, patio)
    • Regular group activities and organized programs
    • Family-friendly event support and community engagement
    • Meal accommodations and alternative-ordering options
    • Spanish-speaking staff availability
    • Active renovation and facility-improvement efforts
    • Assistance with discharge planning and home services
    • Clean and welcoming common areas

    Cons

    • Inconsistent cleanliness and sanitation practices
    • Delays in call-light responses and resident assistance
    • Staffing shortages and reliance on temporary personnel
    • Variable staff conduct and communication tone
    • Inconsistent medication administration and documentation
    • Unreliable housekeeping and laundry processes
    • Inconsistent meal quality and limited menu variety
    • Pest-control concerns in parts of the facility
    • Limited private-room availability and small room sizes
    • Shared bathrooms for multiple residents in some rooms
    • Poor phone and internet connectivity
    • Transportation and outing coordination limitations
    • Inflexible discharge policies and administrative rigidity
    • Gaps in interdepartmental communication and care coordination

    Summary of reviews

    Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center elicits strongly mixed impressions. Many accounts highlight the facility's core strength as a post-acute rehabilitation provider: an engaged therapy team (physical and occupational therapy) and social-work/admissions staff who facilitate discharge planning and home services. Several families described meaningful functional gains and praised therapists as knowledgeable and effective. Multiple reviews also commended individual nurses, CNAs, and departmental leaders for compassionate, supportive care and for creating a family-like atmosphere for some residents.

    Despite these positives, there is a recurrent pattern of operational inconsistencies that affects the care experience. Staffing levels and reliance on temporary personnel are frequent concerns, and reviewers describe delayed responses to call lights and variable attentiveness—particularly on night shifts. Communication tone and staff conduct were described as uneven, with some accounts raising serious allegations about specific incidents; these kinds of claims should prompt targeted administrative review. Reviewers also identified problems with medication administration and documentation, wound and dressing management, and incontinence-care timeliness, indicating gaps in some aspects of clinical reliability.

    Dining and activities present a mixed picture. The facility offers a range of organized activities and has accessible outdoor/common-area amenities; family events and group programming (bingo, movies, faith groups, Wii bowling and outings) were cited positively. Meal service drew polarized feedback: some residents and families praised accommodating staff and available meal alternatives, while others reported inconsistent food quality, limited menu variety, and cold or poorly prepared entrées.

    Facility condition and operations are similarly variable. Several reviewers described clean, welcoming common areas and noted ongoing renovations intended to improve the environment. Conversely, others raised sanitation and pest-control concerns, inconsistent housekeeping and laundry performance, and reports of small rooms and shared bathrooms for multiple residents. Practical limitations such as poor phone and internet connectivity and difficulties arranging transportation or outings were also reported.

    Management impressions vary by reviewer. Individual staff members in leadership, admissions, and social services received positive mentions for clear communication and helpfulness, yet broader themes point to inconsistent administrative follow-through, rigid discharge processes, and gaps in interdepartmental coordination. Given the coexistence of strong rehabilitation outcomes and operational shortcomings, prospective residents and families should perform an in-person tour, ask targeted questions about staffing ratios (including night coverage), infection-control and pest-management protocols, medication-administration safeguards, housekeeping schedules, meal planning, and visitation/behavior policies. Confirming specific measures taken during recent renovations and obtaining references about recent discharges may help assess current performance trends.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4·/ 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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    Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center is located at 1515 Port Malabar Blvd NE, Palm Bay, FL, 32905.

    About Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center

    Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center sits at 1515 Port Malabar Blvd NE in Palm Bay, offering a place for people who need skilled nursing care and both short-term and long-term stays, and the facility has 120 certified beds with an average census of about 116 residents, so there's steady activity but it's not oversize, and the building itself is wheelchair accessible, with parking and restrooms onsite for families and visitors, and it accepts credit cards for payment. Nursing care's available all day and night, always supervised by a doctor, and the center stores and gives out medications as needed, which is important for folks who have many medicines to manage or might struggle with their daily living needs like bathing, dressing, or remembering when to eat or take pills, so help is always near. The long-term residents often need a lot of help because they're very frail, while people who need short-term care after a hospital stay come here to get rehab before heading back home, and the staff runs a rehabilitation program that's set up for recovery at a practical pace, letting people work toward their own goals, and the facility earned Joint Commission Accreditation in July 2022, which means it meets high national standards. They have a team structure with roles like administrator, director of nursing, and director of business development, and the care philosophy puts emphasis on compassion and seeing caregiving as a labor of love, with all staff working together to try and improve daily life for the residents, and they keep the atmosphere calm and relaxing, adding amenities and features to make things more comforting. The center takes infection control seriously, with clear policies for facial coverings, including letting residents, staff, and visitors opt out if they know the risks, and requiring masks in certain situations like symptoms or visiting people with weaker immune systems. The staff does spend an average of 3.53 nurse hours per resident each day, though the nurse turnover rate is 40.2%, which is good to be aware of for continuity of care, and inspection reports have noted 18 total deficiencies in the past, including codes like F0600 and F0689 related to abuse prevention and safety, and F0686 for pressure ulcer care, which means there are areas for improvement that they're likely aware of. The facility meets all federal criteria for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and has an affiliation with Simcha Hyman and Naftali Zanziper, so there's experienced leadership involved, and management details aren't spelled out, but the setup's a for-profit corporation. Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center offers both short-term and long-term skilled nursing and rehabilitation to a variety of people and tries to keep things as safe and comfortable as possible, welcoming those who want a structured daily support system in a health-care setting.

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