University Park Rehab & Healthcare

    1400 Medical Park Dr, Fort Wayne, IN 46825
    • 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

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement

    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

    3.31·(70)

    Overall rating

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

      3.2
    • Staff

      3.1
    • Meals

      2.1
    • Amenities

      2.9
    • Value

      1.7

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive nursing staff
    • Skilled physical and occupational therapy programs
    • Individualized rehabilitation planning
    • Engaged activities program with regular events
    • Supportive and responsive administrative leadership
    • Clean and well-maintained common areas
    • Comfortable, homelike atmosphere in shared spaces
    • Nutritious, diet-sensitive meal preparation
    • Friendly and helpful support and housekeeping staff
    • Positive resident community and social engagement

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and staff scheduling
    • Gaps in medication-administration and refill coordination
    • Poor family–physician and discharge communication processes
    • Weak controls over resident personal-property security
    • Inconsistent room-level housekeeping and sanitation
    • Variable meal quality and inconsistent dietary adherence
    • Uneven nursing competency and training
    • Safety-management gaps related to resident conduct and transport
    • Front-desk and phone responsiveness problems
    • Billing and insurance-authorization delays
    • Incontinence-care delays
    • Infection-prevention and outbreak-control weaknesses

    Summary of reviews

    Reviewers convey a mixed picture of University Park Rehab & Healthcare. Strengths most frequently noted concern rehabilitative services and interpersonal care: physical and occupational therapy staff are often described as skilled and effective, and many families praised compassionate, attentive nursing and support staff. The facility's activities program and social services are highlighted as active and engaging, and several reviewers found common areas clean, comfortable, and conducive to recovery.

    Care quality shows significant variability. While many families describe attentive, skilled caregivers and swift rehabilitation progress, other accounts point to uneven nursing competence, delayed or missing medications, and occasional delays in incontinence-related care. These operational inconsistencies appear tied to staffing patterns and training gaps; reviewers cite both very capable, dedicated staff and instances of inexperienced or unprofessional behavior. There are also reports of resident-to-resident conduct issues and concerns about transport safety that suggest opportunities to strengthen safety-management protocols.

    Dining and activities are similarly mixed. The facility offers diet-sensitive meal preparation and several reviewers praised meal quality and variety, but others described cold or inconsistent meals and lapses in dietary adherence for residents with specific needs. The activities program and scheduled events receive positive comments for social engagement and therapeutic value.

    Facility condition and property management present contrasting impressions. Common areas and some rooms are described as clean and well maintained; at the same time, there are multiple accounts of inconsistent room-level housekeeping, sanitation concerns, damaged room fixtures, and missing personal items. Allegations of lost or stolen belongings, combined with reports of abrupt or poorly coordinated discharges, point to weaknesses in personal-property controls and discharge coordination.

    Management and communication are another area of divergence. Several reviewers praised a caring administrative team, an engaged director of nursing, and staff who go above and beyond. Conversely, others reported poor responsiveness at the front desk, long phone wait times, inadequate communication with family physicians at discharge, and billing or insurance-authorization delays. Finally, reviewers referenced an infection-control event; this, together with other comments, indicates scope for improved infection-prevention and outbreak response procedures.

    For prospective residents and families: the facility appears to offer strong rehabilitative therapies, a welcoming activities program, and pockets of excellent, compassionate care. However, there are recurring operational concerns—particularly around staffing consistency, medication management, room-level housekeeping, personal-property security, and communication with families and external clinicians—that merit direct inquiry during a tour. Ask about current staffing ratios and training, medication-refill procedures, personal-property policies, discharge coordination practices, and the facility's latest infection-control and safety protocols before making a placement decision.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

    University Park Rehab & Healthcare is located at 1400 Medical Park Dr, Fort Wayne, IN, 46825.

    About University Park Rehab & Healthcare

    University Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center sits in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and has 104 certified beds with both private and semi-private rooms, all Medicare and Medicaid certified, and people know it by other names like University Park Nursing Center or Covenant Care Indiana, Inc. The center's owned by Henry County Memorial Hospital, with management since November 2020 by University Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, LLC, and general manager Mr. David Desfenbaugh runs the place. This spot has had 34 documented deficiency reports, mostly about resident rights, care planning, and quality of life, from recent inspections, and it's drawn complaints that pointed to similar concerns. The nurse turnover rate is 72.5%, which is higher than Indiana's average of 48.5%, and the staffing level is a bit low at 2.94 nurse hours per resident per day, while elsewhere in the state it's 3.7 on average, which some families might want to think about. The staff includes admissions coordinators, social workers, licensed nurses, certified nursing aides, and business office managers. The facility belongs to Castle Healthcare and has a hands-on administration team that's known to be courteous, and they're committed to keeping the place clean and treating guests with genuine hometown care. It's not a BBB Accredited Business.

    The building offers 24-hour nursing and custodial care that covers help with bathing, grooming, getting dressed, and eating, and meals and snacks come from menus approved by a registered medical nutritionist and prepared by a certified dietary manager. University Park provides both long-term care and full-service rehabilitation services, including specialized programs for stroke recovery, cardiac rehabilitation, orthopedic rehabilitation, and respite care, and there's also a discharge concierge to help people when they go home. The community has a TV lounge and a therapy room, and organized activities like baking, bingo, crafts, religious services, entertainment groups, and visits from school groups. There's a resource center for people wanting to know more, and a virtual tour's available on their website, universityparkhc.com. The facility tries to create a warm environment with amenities that help meet different care needs, and people say the staff aims to deliver skilled nursing care to support residents in living their best life, even though there have been recent reports showing where they could do better.

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