Calhoun Health Care Center

    1397 US-41, Calhoun, GA, 30701
    3.2 · 27 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    1.0

    Compassionate staff but negligent management

    I saw both compassionate staff who helped with rehab and awful, neglectful care. Some nurses went above and beyond, but management was dishonest, therapy often never happened, my bedridden grandmother was over-sedated and neglected and ultimately died in pain. Facility, meals, and rehab were hit-or-miss - I cannot recommend this place; zero stars.

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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

    3.22 · 27 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      2.9
    • Staff

      3.2
    • Meals

      2.7
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      3.2

    Pros

    • Compassionate, caring and attentive staff
    • Dedicated nursing and therapy teams
    • Effective rehabilitation and therapy outcomes for some residents
    • Clean facility appearance reported by multiple reviewers
    • Flexible visiting hours
    • Home-like community atmosphere where residents feel like family
    • Ongoing improvement efforts and leadership focus on quality
    • Team recognition for staff who go above and beyond
    • Engaged staff and positive resident interactions

    Cons

    • Highly inconsistent care quality across residents
    • Multiple reports of neglect and poor clinical oversight
    • Therapy and rehab services sometimes not delivered as expected
    • Serious allegations (oversedation, inadequate end-of-life care, death in pain)
    • Facility condition concerns in at least one report (room without bathroom; bathroom in hallway)
    • Unprofessional staff behavior (yelling, on phones, bad attitudes)
    • Management problems alleged (dishonesty, dubious discharges, leadership turnover)
    • Food quality complaints and unannounced menu changes
    • Some reviewers call for permanent closure or rate facility extremely poorly

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment in these reviews is strongly polarized: a substantial number of reviewers praise the staff, rehabilitation services, and community atmosphere, while an equally vocal group reports severe lapses in care, safety concerns, and management failures. Positive comments repeatedly highlight compassionate, attentive nursing and therapy staff who create a home-like environment and deliver good rehabilitation outcomes for some residents. These reviews emphasize engaged teams, flexible visiting hours, a clean facility appearance, and organizational efforts toward quality improvement and staff recognition.

    At the same time, there are multiple, serious negative accounts that cannot be overlooked. Several reviews describe neglectful care, claims of residents being over-sedated for extended periods, inadequate hospice or end-of-life care resulting in death in pain, and reports that therapy or rehab services were not delivered. Some reviewers state the facility is in poor condition — including at least one claim of a room lacking a private bathroom with only hallway facilities available — and describe staff attitudes as unprofessional, with yelling in hallways and staff on their phones. These accounts portray not just isolated dissatisfaction with meals or amenities but alleged safety and clinical care failures that families consider extremely serious.

    Management and leadership is a recurring theme with mixed signals. A number of reviews note leadership changes, a stated focus on quality care, and visible improvement efforts, along with team recognition for staff who go above and beyond. Those accounts suggest a facility attempting to address problems. Conversely, other reviews allege dishonesty from leadership (including claims that a director lied) and questionable discharge practices. This split suggests either uneven implementation of management changes or that improvements are recent and not yet universally experienced by all residents and families.

    Therapy and rehabilitation are a particular area of divergence. Several family members explicitly credited the therapy team with meaningful functional improvements and described rehab as a key success of the facility. However, other reviewers reported that promised therapy was not delivered or that rehabilitation services were inadequate. This inconsistency indicates variability in service delivery — outcomes appear strongly dependent on the specific care team, timing, or individual cases.

    Dining and amenities are a comparatively minor but recurrent complaint: food quality is described as not 5-star and there are mentions of menu changes made without notice. While most critical comments focus on clinical care and staff behavior, dissatisfaction with meals and communication about menu changes is a consistent low-severity theme.

    Taken together, the reviews portray a facility with notable strengths — primarily staff members who are caring and effective, a clean and community-oriented environment for many residents, and focused improvement efforts — alongside substantial and serious weaknesses, including inconsistent care, alleged neglect and safety incidents, some evidence of poor staff professionalism, and management concerns. The most frequent pattern is variability: some families describe exceptional care, while others report unacceptable and dangerous failures. That variability suggests families and prospective residents should pursue careful, case-specific due diligence: request recent staffing and state survey records, ask for specific examples of therapy schedules and care plans, tour rooms (including bathroom access), speak to current family members, and get written clarification on medication and discharge policies. The presence of both heartfelt praise and alarming accusations means decisions should be made with close scrutiny of current operations and recent corrective actions rather than relying solely on aggregated star ratings or a small set of testimonials.

    Location

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    About Calhoun Health Care Center

    Calhoun Health Care Center stands as a licensed nursing home that focuses on skilled nursing care for people who need long-term or short-term help, and you'll find they've got a team of trained healthcare professionals, including nurses and therapists, who are always there, 24 hours a day, to support residents with medical needs, whether it's everyday help like bathing and dressing, managing medicines, or specialized needs after things like strokes or accidents. The staff, overseen by Administrator Ms. Matilda Otieno, includes dedicated workers trained for areas like hospice, memory care, and dementia care, with units specifically designed for people with those conditions, so families know their loved one's safe and watched over, and all the rooms-private or semi-private-have call systems in the bathrooms and bathing spaces to give folks quick help whenever they need it. Nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech therapists run programs for both long-term care and short-term rehab, so folks recovering from surgery, infections, or injuries get the attention they need to try to regain independence, and the rehab department handles inpatient and outpatient services, with a dedicated physical therapy area. The center pays close attention to health and safety, offering annual shots like the flu vaccine, with high rates to help protect against illness, and keeps weekend staffing as strong as during weekdays, which gives some comfort knowing care won't drop off on Saturdays or Sundays. Nutrition and meal services get tailored to different diets and health needs, so if someone needs low-salt meals or a specific plan, the kitchen adapts, and for people facing chronic conditions, there's medication management with constant monitoring, as well as care programs built for ongoing issues. The center provides spiritual and emotional support, and staff help with all types of activities of daily living, from grooming to eating, so residents have support round the clock. Amenities aim for comfort, offering both private spaces and community rooms for social gatherings or recreation-there are common areas and activities planned to help residents spend time together and feel part of something, and the whole place is built to create a safe and supportive environment. Calhoun Health Care Center offers different care levels, like assisted living, skilled nursing, memory care, respite care for those needing short-term stays, and hospice for end-of-life comfort, with healthcare services reaching from daily living help to more complicated medical care. Their staffing services stretch further than most, covering not just permanent nurses but also travel nurses, nurse leaders on an interim basis, and allied health positions, plus a database of licensed Nurse Practitioners, CRNAs, and Physician Assistants ready for advanced practice assignments or physician roles, so the facility always has a strong clinical team in place. The whole place puts a focus on person-centered care plans, so every resident gets care that fits them, and specialized equipment supports a wide range of needs, making sure comfort and safety are always within reach.

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