Azalea Health Center

    1600 Anthony Rd, Augusta, GA 30904
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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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

    3.15·(39)

    Overall rating

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

      2.8
    • Staff

      3.4
    • Meals

      1.8
    • Amenities

      2.5
    • Value

      1.5

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive CNAs
    • Experienced nursing and strong wound care
    • Engaged activities program (arts, bingo, religious classes)
    • Plentiful meals with individualized options
    • Responsive and efficient admissions and intake
    • Effective therapy and rehabilitation staff
    • Warm, home-like common-area presentation and decorations
    • Supportive front-line staff who communicate with families

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and workload strain
    • Inconsistent personal-care routines (bathing and incontinence care)
    • Gaps in medication management and clinical coordination
    • Poor communication and unresponsive administrative channels
    • Cleanliness and sanitation inconsistencies in some areas
    • Facility maintenance shortfalls (aging infrastructure, hot-water variability)
    • High staff turnover affecting continuity of care
    • Insufficient resident supervision and safety monitoring
    • Limited parking and constrained visitor access
    • Variable leadership responsiveness and administrative priorities

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews indicate a facility with notable strengths at the front line: many families praise CNAs and bedside nurses for compassionate, attentive care, and several reviewers specifically commend wound-care outcomes and rehabilitation staff. The activities program is described as active and varied — arts and crafts, bingo, cards, and religious classes are regularly offered — and meals are generally described as plentiful and tailored to resident preferences. Admissions and intake processes are repeatedly characterized as efficient and helpful, and some families note a warm, home-like atmosphere supported by thoughtful decorations and engaged staff.

    Alongside these positives, a cluster of operational concerns recurs across reviews. Staffing levels and workload distribution are described as inconsistent, creating strain that reviewers link to delays in routine personal care such as bathing and incontinence assistance. Reviewers also raise issues with medication-management and clinical coordination; examples include missed medications, medication changes that appeared to worsen a condition, and episodes that resulted in hospital transfer or readmission. Communication challenges are another pattern — families describe unresponsive phone lines, difficulty obtaining timely information, and instances where staff interactions were perceived as unprofessional in tone.

    Facility and environmental issues are noted as well. Several reviewers describe uneven cleanliness and laundry-service problems, and there are mentions of building-wear issues including inconsistent hot water and limited parking. High staff turnover and periodic management changes are reported to have contributed to variability in the quality of care and administrative responsiveness. A few reviewers also raised serious concerns about staff conduct; while these appear to be individual incidents, they suggest a need for clearer professionalism and stronger supervisory oversight.

    For prospective residents and families, the pattern suggests the facility offers strong clinical strengths in wound care, rehabilitation, and an engaged activities program, with many compassionate front-line caregivers. However, operational vulnerabilities — particularly around staffing consistency, medication oversight, personal-care routines, communication, and maintenance — should be explored during a tour. Recommended questions include current staffing ratios by shift, protocols for medication reconciliation and clinical escalation, cleaning and laundry schedules, supervision practices for residents with higher needs, and the facility’s approach to staff turnover and leadership accountability. Regular visible family involvement and clear agreements on care expectations may help mitigate some variability in performance.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

    Azalea Health Center is located at 1600 Anthony Rd, Augusta, GA, 30904.

    About Azalea Health Center

    Azalea Health and Rehabilitation Center sits at 1600 Anthony Rd in Augusta, Georgia, in a spot close to major medical centers like the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center and Summerville Internists, which can give families some peace of mind knowing help's nearby if there's ever an emergency or someone needs a specialist. The center has 99 certified beds and provides a full range of skilled nursing and rehabilitation services, including memory care, on-site dialysis, cardiac management, and both palliative and respite care for those who need a short stay. Staff are available 24 hours a day, and you'll see in-house physical, occupational, and speech therapists who stick with the residents as employees rather than outside contractors, which can help with consistency in care. There's also access to onsite doctors and nurse practitioners five days a week and after-hours on-call healthcare every day.

    Residents get personalized assistance with daily personal tasks like bathing, dressing, transferring, and medication management, though the facility has some documented deficiencies when it comes to medication error rates and care planning. There have also been reports of issues with assessment processes and hands-on care for daily living, which shows that, like many other places, there's room for improvement. The nurse turnover rate is fairly high at 56.5%, compared to the state's average, but the staff spend above-average time with residents, at 3.63 hours per day.

    Azalea's known for being a faith-based facility, and people there can include prayer in their care plans if they like. The center holds a Bronze Quality Award from the American Health Care Association, and it's earned The Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission, which speaks to efforts in quality and safety, even though inspections have still found areas to fix. The place is for-profit and run by a Limited Liability Company, with an affiliation to Harborview Health Systems.

    Amenities include spacious, furnished rooms with private bathrooms, cable TV, kitchenettes, air conditioning, phones, and Wi-Fi. Residents can use the 24-hour call system for any needs. The dining area offers restaurant-style meals, prepared by professional chefs, and can handle allergies and special diets if needed. For socializing and recreation, Azalea provides community activities, fitness classes, movie nights, and music programs, along with walking paths, gardens, outdoor common spaces, a game room, a library, arts and activity rooms, and spa services like those at Esteem Salon and a wellness room.

    The center also offers parking, transportation, move-in help, housekeeping, emergency alert systems, and a care planning process that includes residents, their families, and a full team of professionals. The environment encourages connections with both caregivers and residents, aiming to boost quality of life through attention to everyone's needs. Azalea takes Medicare and Medicaid as payment and is part of a broader senior living community that may include assisted living and memory care. Leadership emphasizes strong relationships and positive morale, working to provide support for caregivers as well as those living at the center.

    Azalea Health and Rehabilitation Center isn't currently accepting new residents, but still has a focus on skilled nursing and rehabilitation care, working to support both short-term and long-term stays with a range of healthcare and daily living services. The facility's online profile has detailed maps and lets people share or print the listing, and families can claim the listing if they want to add photos or descriptions. Staff speak English, and the center keeps a place in the community as a nursing and rehab option under the Harborview name.

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    No, Azalea Health Center 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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