Augusta Health Center

    3618 J Dewey Gray Cir, Augusta, GA, 30907
    3.3 · 22 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    2.0

    Caring staff but unsafe facility

    I had a mixed, ultimately disappointing experience. Some staff and therapists (Devin, Regina, Shannon and others) were caring, helped with rehab, and the activities/van outings were excellent - my loved one even improved and went home. But the facility is chronically understaffed (especially nights), cleaning and food service are inconsistent, wait times and delayed/missed meds are common, and I witnessed neglect and unkind treatment. Communication and leadership felt money-driven with high turnover, so basic safety and hygiene were unreliable. Because of those serious care lapses I cannot recommend this place despite pockets of very good staff.

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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

    3.32 · 22 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      2.1
    • Staff

      3.0
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      3.3
    • Value

      1.5

    Pros

    • Friendly and responsive staff members reported by multiple reviewers
    • Engaging activities program with named coordinators (Elizabeth and Jamie)
    • Variety of social and mental activities and van outings for lunch
    • Convenient location adjacent to Doctors Hospital for emergency care
    • Several named staff praised for exceptional care (Devin, Shannon, Kurt, Cher, Brittany, Lucinda, Regina)
    • Rehab and therapy teams that helped some residents improve and return home
    • Some caregivers and maintenance staff described as caring and helpful
    • Some reviewers reported clean bathrooms and areas suitable for Alzheimer's care
    • Plenty of activities and opportunities for socialization; residents reported happiness and improved memory

    Cons

    • Inconsistent and often poor cleanliness of facility and resident rooms
    • Long wait times for assistance and reminders required for routine care
    • Food issues: cold meals, improper storage, and unaddressed dietary requests
    • Staff inattentive, idle, or unkind at times; reports of yelling and abusive behavior
    • Delayed, missing, or lied-about medications
    • Understaffing and high patient-to-staff ratios, especially at night
    • Serious neglect incidents (left in feces for hours, failure to call 911) and reports of deterioration or death
    • High employee turnover and inconsistent staff quality
    • Poor communication from administration and perceived money-driven practices
    • Lack of accountability and leadership; family complaints not adequately addressed
    • Personal property issues (lost wheelchair) and denied responsibility
    • Legal action or cases filed against the facility reported by reviewers

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the reviews is mixed but strongly polarized: many reviewers praise individual staff members, therapy outcomes, and the activities program, while numerous other reviewers report serious concerns about cleanliness, neglect, safety, and management. The most commonly cited positives are specific caregivers and therapy staff who provided compassionate, effective care and helped residents improve and return home. Multiple reviewers named staff (Devin, Shannon, Kurt, Cher, Brittany, Lucinda, Regina) and called out maintenance as helpful; activities coordinators Elizabeth and Jamie and the van outings are repeatedly noted as strengths. The facility's proximity to Doctors Hospital is also seen as a convenience for emergency care.

    Care quality is highly variable by shift and by individual caregiver. Several accounts describe attentive, relationship-building staff who show compassion and help residents regain strength or memory. Rehabilitation and therapy teams received particular praise for achieving measurable improvement and successful discharges home. Conversely, an equally strong strand of reviews reports neglectful or abusive treatment: long waits for assistance, staff not attending to patients, caregivers who were idle or unkind, instances of yelling at patients, delayed or missing medications, and in extreme cases residents left in soiled conditions for hours. These severe safety-related complaints (including alleged failure to call 911 and reports of deterioration or death) raise significant concerns about resident safety and consistent clinical oversight.

    Staffing and leadership are consistent themes driving much of the variability. Many reviewers report understaffing—often noting only two aides at night for dozens of residents—high patient-to-staff ratios, and frequent turnover. Reviewers describe overworked CNAs and a need for families to repeatedly remind staff about routine tasks. This understaffing is linked in reviews to missed hygiene care, inconsistent cleaning, delayed medication administration, and an overall lack of accountability. Several reviewers explicitly characterized management as money-focused, citing poor responsiveness to family complaints, inadequate follow-up after serious incidents, and even comments about billing/contact practices that seemed driven by revenue rather than care quality.

    Facility condition and dining are mixed in the reviews. Some reviewers describe the facility and bathrooms as very clean and suitable for residents with Alzheimer's, while others report dirty rooms, inconsistent cleaning schedules, wet clothing left on residents, and poor personal hygiene care. Dining complaints are frequent: food arriving cold, puréed meals served cold, improper storage, and dietary requests not being honored. These issues compound concerns about basic daily care and raise questions about food handling and kitchen oversight.

    Activities and social life are among the facility's clear strengths. Multiple reviewers praise the variety of social and mental activities, the Buble Study group referenced positively, and regular outings that support resident engagement and mood. Several families noted that their relatives made friends, improved emotionally, and looked forward to activities—important quality-of-life indicators that contrast with the clinical and operational complaints.

    Taken together, the pattern in these reviews suggests a facility with real strengths in therapy, certain compassionate individual caregivers, and an active activities program, but with systemic problems in staffing consistency, clinical oversight, hygiene, dining, and management responsiveness. The variability appears to depend heavily on which staff and which shifts a resident experiences. For families considering this facility, the reviews indicate it may offer very good outcomes for some residents when supported by committed staff and therapy teams, but there are repeated, serious reports of neglect and poor leadership that warrant careful inquiry into staffing ratios (especially nights), medication protocols, incident reporting and follow-up, cleanliness standards, and how the facility addresses family concerns. These patterns suggest improvements in staffing, accountability, and management communication would be necessary to resolve the most severe and recurring complaints.

    Location

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    About Augusta Health Center

    Augusta Health Center sits right beside Doctors Hospital, making it easy for families and medical staff to visit, and the center belongs to the larger Harborview Health Systems network, offering a range of senior care options from independent living and assisted living to memory care, skilled nursing, and hospice care, with 120 certified beds and both short-term rehab and long-term care available for those who need more help after a hospital stay or with daily living, especially those with dementia or Alzheimer's. The community supports recovery for people coming from local hospitals like Augusta Health University or Piedmont, and works with different hospitals and doctors' offices across East Georgia and South Carolina to ease the transition after surgery or illness. Augusta Health Center holds a 3-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and scores 6.6 out of 10, landing at ninth place among local communities, and offers licensed professionals on site at all hours for skilled nursing and medical support, plus a variety of room layouts to fit different needs. Nurse staffing levels stand at 4.05 hours per resident per day, higher than the state average, yet nurse turnover here runs above the state average, at 63.6%. The latest inspection listed four deficiencies, including issues related to infection control, pressure ulcer care, resident rights-including keeping records private and giving residents the freedom to voice grievances without fear. No actual harm resulted from these, though inspectors noted there could have been more than minimal harm. Ownership goes through Ga Nc 14, LLC, and also includes indirect owners Cl 2022 Irrv Tr and De 2021 Irrv Tr. As part of the Sava Senior Care network and with ties to Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center, Augusta Health Center also supplies advice and planning for families. There's a choice of care levels, room types, and various amenities. The center provides ways for people to leave reviews, claim their listing, or message the provider. Information on services, rooms, and location is easy to find, and Augusta Health Center continues to focus on supporting safe, smooth transitions for residents after medical care while keeping an eye on ongoing improvement.

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