Iowa City Rehab and Health Care Center

    3661 Rochester Ave, Iowa City, IA 52245
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing
    2.2ยท34 reviews

    Compassionate, professional care and rehab

    I'm very grateful for the caring, professional staff-kind CNAs, attentive nurses and above-and-beyond aides-and for Kim and the therapy team who delivered effective rehab with clear explanations. The place felt clean, well-coordinated with hospital and hospice, and warmly home-like; I left comforted and well cared for.

    Current/former resident
    Jul 2026

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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

    2.21ยท(34)

    Overall rating

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

      2.3
    • Staff

      2.5
    • Meals

      2.0
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      1.3

    Pros

    • Effective physical and occupational therapy programs
    • Compassionate certified nursing assistants and nursing staff
    • Supportive social-work and care-coordination services
    • Helpful and communicative rehabilitation therapists
    • Home-like atmosphere and resident engagement
    • Assistance with discharge planning and home-care setup
    • Clean, well-maintained areas in parts of the facility
    • Generally positive dining experiences for some residents

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and high staff turnover
    • Slow response to call buttons and delays in resident assistance
    • Gaps in transfer-safety and fall-prevention practices
    • Sanitation and odor concerns in common areas and resident rooms
    • Maintenance and infrastructure deficits in the building
    • Loss, misplacement, and poor tracking of resident belongings
    • Weak incident response and family communication procedures
    • Variable meal quality and inconsistent food-service delivery
    • Allegations of management cover-up and regulatory complaints

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews present a mixed picture with clear strengths in rehabilitation and many recurring operational concerns. On the positive side, the facility is repeatedly described as delivering effective physical and occupational therapy, with multiple families citing measurable rehab progress and supportive therapists. Certified nursing assistants and nurses are frequently called compassionate and attentive, and social-work or care-coordination staff receive praise for helping with discharge planning and home-care setup. Several accounts describe a home-like atmosphere and engaged residents, and some areas or units are noted as clean and well maintained.

    Care quality and resident safety show a bifurcated pattern. While therapy and some direct-care interactions are strong, there are consistent complaints about delays in clinical response, missed or delayed medical follow-up, and issues with transfer safety and fall prevention. A number of reviews describe situations where families perceived inadequate timely attention to wounds, infections, or mobility assistance; these accounts suggest gaps in clinical oversight and in timely escalation of concerns. There are also reports that call-button responses are slow and that residents sometimes waited for assistance.

    Staffing and conduct are described variably. Many individual staff members are praised for kindness and going above and beyond. At the same time, reviews point to high turnover, frequent use of agency staff, and staff being overworked. Several comments reference unprofessional communication tone, including use of profanity in resident areas and discourteous phone interactions. These patterns suggest inconsistent staff training, supervision, and morale across shifts.

    Dining and activities are inconsistent across reviews. Some families describe pleasant meals and helpful activity staff; others note poor food quality and irregular meal-service performance. Social services and therapy teams are repeatedly identified as strengths for rehab and discharge coordination, but recreational and engagement offerings receive less consistent mention.

    Facility condition and maintenance emerge as a clear operational concern. Several reviewers note an older building with infrastructure deficits, maintenance delays, and pest-control concerns, alongside areas that are reported as improving or well cared for. Cleanliness and odor concerns in common areas and some rooms are mentioned enough that they should be part of a pre-admission inspection and conversation with leadership.

    Management and communication patterns are a central theme. Reviews allege inconsistent administration follow-through, slow transfers when requested by families, and weak family notification after incidents. There are references to escalations to state authorities and at least one allegation that families characterized as a cover-up; such claims indicate the need to review the facility's incident reporting, complaint resolution, and regulatory history directly with oversight sources.

    Overall, the facility appears to offer strong rehabilitative services and includes many caring individual staff members, but it also exhibits recurring operational weaknesses: inconsistent staffing and supervision, lapses in timely clinical response, maintenance and sanitation issues, and inconsistent communication with families. Prospective residents and families should balance the facility's rehab strengths against these systemic concerns, tour the unit(s) where their loved one would be placed, ask about current staffing ratios, fall-prevention protocols, call-button response times, incident-reporting practices, and the facility's recent regulatory history before making a placement decision.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1ยท/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

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    Iowa City Rehab and Health Care Center is located at 3661 Rochester Ave, Iowa City, IA, 52245.

    About Iowa City Rehab and Health Care Center

    Iowa City Rehab and Health Care Center stands at 1526 Sycamore Street in Iowa City, offering skilled nursing and residential care to people who need round-the-clock help. The facility's set up to take care of 89 residents in certified beds and usually has about 43 people living there at a time. People come here from different counties-Johnson, Iowa, Linn, Cedar, Muscatine, Louisa, and Washington-since they serve a wide area. The center's been around a long time, going back to 1983, and it's known for working with Iowa City Hospice to provide end-of-life hospice care along with palliative care for those dealing with serious illnesses, and they put a focus on being kind and helping folks stay comfortable. The staff offer support in many ways, including emotional, spiritual, and symptom management options, and there are resources for families, physicians, and even faith leaders.

    Residents live in semi-private suites with simple comforts like free wireless internet, cable TV, and phone services. Safety's kept in mind with security and fire systems, and there's a hair salon, a specific place for smoking, and outdoor spaces with a little serenity-like a courtyard, patio, or gazebo-for folks to relax. The place runs twenty-four hours, every day of the week, and the staff handles things like housekeeping, laundry, and family support programs. On top of activities to keep seniors engaged, there's skilled medical care, which includes help like IV therapy, tracheostomy care, diabetes management, dementia training, regular nursing care, and even respite services for families who need a break. The facility encourages a sense of community, so people don't feel alone, and family education programs try to keep everyone informed.

    The center's been managed by a few different groups over the years, including Arboreta Healthcare and, more recently, P&M Holding Group and Opco Iowa City IA LLC. Inspection reports from CMS show a total of 93 deficiencies, including 4 related to infection control, and the center's been cited for not having a qualified infection prevention expert. Nurse staffing sits at about 3.16 hours per resident each day, which is below the Iowa average. Ownership comes down through organizations like Greenside Healthcare Properties LLC and Arboreta Healthcare. All in all, Iowa City Rehab and Health Care Center offers basic services and specialized care for seniors, though inspection and staffing records show some areas that need attention.

    People often ask...

    Iowa City Rehab and Health Care Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 3661 Rochester Ave, Iowa City, IA 52245.

    No, Iowa City Rehab and Health 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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