Shady Nook Care Center

    36 Village Dr, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025
    • 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

    4.45·(64)

    Overall rating

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

      4.2
    • Staff

      4.4
    • Meals

      3.7
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      4.5

    Pros

    • Compassionate, personable, and respectful caregiving
    • Goal-oriented rehabilitation and physical therapy supporting transitions home
    • Clean, welcoming, homelike environment
    • Helpful admission support and individualized placement guidance
    • Personalized family engagement, including video calls and activity updates
    • Varied activities, including bingo, crafts, movies, church services, and social events
    • Approachable dietary staff and flexibility with meal preferences
    • Positive food quality and attentive housekeeping

    Cons

    • Inconsistent responsiveness to call buttons and routine resident requests
    • Limited evening phone access and uneven family updates
    • Staffing adequacy, workforce retention, and payroll-process concerns
    • Variable timeliness of personal care and resident engagement
    • Reported gaps in personal-property handling and financial safeguards

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews describe both short-term rehabilitation stays and longer-term dementia care. Many families and residents praise the care as kind, attentive, and individualized, and some describe positive progress toward returning home. Therapy is a recurring strength, with families highlighting goal-focused physical therapy and support during the transition home. Other accounts, however, raise concerns about delays in responding to requests and about whether residents consistently receive timely personal care.

    Staff members are frequently described as friendly, compassionate, and willing to build personal relationships with residents and families. Several reviews credit the admissions liaison and activity staff with providing individualized support, including arranging video calls for family members who live far away. These positive experiences contrast with complaints about difficulty reaching staff by phone, especially in the evening, and a lack of regular updates. One family also raised concerns following a resident's death, reporting difficulty obtaining information, missing belongings, and later financial activity they suspected was connected to the facility. Those claims are unverified, but they point to the importance of clear communication and reliable personal-property safeguards.

    Dining feedback is generally favorable: reviewers describe good food and dietary staff who are approachable about residents’ preferences. One rehabilitation visitor, however, said a request for a non-water drink after dinner was not met, suggesting that accommodation of individual requests may not be consistent. The facility is commonly described as clean, welcoming, and homelike. Room arrangements vary; one resident described a single room, while another family noted a small shared room. Activity feedback is largely positive, including bingo, crafts, movies, church services, special events, and staff-led social engagement. One visitor perceived limited daytime activity and engagement during a visit, indicating that residents’ experiences may vary.

    Management and workforce feedback is mixed. Families often praise the administrator, admissions support, and activity leadership, while one employee review raises concerns about staffing levels, retention, and payroll accuracy. Taken together, the reviews suggest meaningful strengths in staff warmth, rehabilitation, activities, and the environment, alongside recurring concerns about communication and responsiveness. Prospective families may wish to ask about evening staffing, how quickly call-button requests are handled, the schedule for family updates, personal-care routines, and procedures for safeguarding residents’ belongings.

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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

    Shady Nook Care Center is located at 36 Village Dr, Lawrenceburg, IN, 47025.

    About Shady Nook Care Center

    Shady Nook Care Center sits in a warm and friendly space, offering care for folks who need rehabilitation or want to stay long-term, so there's help whether someone's recovering or living there full-time. The facility covers a wide range of care, like independent living, assisted living for folks who need help bathing or dressing or with medicine, and memory care for seniors with Alzheimer's or other types of dementia, with spaces made to keep things calm and safe. Residents get meals planned and cooked to meet different diets, including special options for diabetes or allergies, all while staff focuses on helping folks keep as independent as possible. There's a 24-hour call system, nurse supervision at all hours, pain management, and post-acute care with therapies for people who had surgery, injury, or illness. Skilled nursing and rehabilitation are core services, along with help with daily living, wound care, and even short-term hospice or respite care. Certified staff takes care of things like IVs, antibiotics, dialysis transport, and palliative care, with dignity and respect being a clear focus.

    Shady Nook Care Center has a smaller, more intimate feel with 94 beds and usually about 85 residents, so it does bring a sense of community, and there's a connection with Adams County Memorial Hospital for health support. Some pleasant features make life easier and nicer-rooms come with private bathrooms, kitchenettes, cable TV, Wi-Fi, air conditioning, and furnishings. There's a small library, fitness and gaming areas, a movie theater, a beauty salon, an activity room, music and arts rooms, a computer center, garden, outdoor areas, and common spaces for meeting others or family visitors. The staff manages transportation, from community rides to arranging doctor visits, and they look after housekeeping and laundry, too.

    The community has activities each day, from games to garden walks to social events, and there's family support, so everyone's in the loop. Folks who have trouble moving or need daily support get help with bathing, dressing, or transfers, and the nurse team manages medications and non-ambulatory needs. There's a clear focus on socializing, fitness, and wellness, which is why the place has picked up awards like Best of Senior Living, though the overall quality rating sits a little below average. You'll find the health inspections about average, the staffing below average-since the nurse turnover's higher than usual and the hours per resident are a bit low-but the quality measures rate above average.

    Some things to note are the deficiencies in state reports, which mention areas like food safety or infection control, as well as care for residents with various bladder or bowel needs. The center uses an electronic caregiver management system for staffing and has room for both improvement and a steady routine, with an honest focus on keeping people safe, well cared for, and as happy as can be in a secure and homey environment. They accept Medicare and Medicaid, so that really opens the door for more folks who need skilled care, post-surgery rehab, or memory support. Shady Nook Care Center stands as a place that gives an honest effort at care and comfort, especially for those needing different levels of help as they age.

    People often ask...

    Shady Nook Care Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 36 Village Dr, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025.

    No, Shady Nook Care 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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