Laurens Care Center

    304 E Veterans Rd, Laurens, IA, 50554
    5.0 · 11 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    5.0

    Compassionate care and excellent staff

    I'm very happy with this senior living facility - it's a nice, well-run place with truly compassionate care. The CNAs and therapy team have been wonderful, the staff are awesome, and the administrator is great.

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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

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    5.00 · 11 reviews

    Overall rating

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    • Care

      5.0
    • Staff

      5.0
    • Meals

      5.0
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      5.0

    Pros

    • Well-run facility
    • Awesome staff
    • Strong/engaged administrator
    • Compassionate care
    • Kind and attentive CNAs
    • High-quality therapy services
    • Pleasant facility/environment

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment

    The reviews provided are uniformly positive. The single review summary emphasizes that Laurens Care Center is a well-run, pleasant facility with strong, compassionate care and a supportive team. There are no negative remarks or criticisms in the supplied summaries.

    Care quality and clinical support

    Care quality is a clear strength in the feedback. The reviewer highlights "compassionate care," indicating residents receive attentive, empathetic treatment. Nursing assistants (CNAs) are specifically called out as "wonderful," which points to consistent, hands-on support for daily needs and a strong bedside manner. Because CNAs are often the staff members who interact most frequently with residents, this praise suggests reliable day-to-day care.

    Therapy and clinical services

    Therapy services receive explicit praise as "great therapy," suggesting effective rehabilitation or maintenance therapy (such as physical, occupational, or speech therapy). While the comment does not detail the modalities or outcomes, the positive mention implies that therapy programs are meeting expectations and are a notable strength of the facility.

    Staff, management, and operations

    Staffing and leadership are recurring positive themes. The review calls the staff "awesome" and identifies the administrator as "great," which together suggest professional, supportive leadership and a cohesive team culture. The descriptor "well-run facility" reinforces that operations, scheduling, and oversight are perceived as competent and organized.

    Facilities, dining, activities

    The facility is described simply as a "nice place," signaling a pleasant physical environment, but the review gives no specifics about amenities, cleanliness, private rooms, outdoor spaces, or decor. There is no information provided about dining quality, menu variety, meal service, or special dietary accommodations. Similarly, activities programming and social engagement are not mentioned in the summary, so no conclusions can be drawn about recreational offerings or resident enrichment.

    Notable patterns, omissions, and recommendations

    The dominant pattern in the available feedback is uniformly positive commentary on people-focused aspects: compassionate caregivers, strong CNAs, effective therapy, and capable administration. However, this synthesis is based on a very small set of review content (a single compact summary). Important areas—such as clinical outcomes, medication management, staffing levels/ratios, safety protocols, dining, activities, cost, and family communication—are not addressed in the provided text. Because of those omissions, prospective residents or families should regard this as a helpful but limited snapshot and may want to seek additional reviews or ask the facility targeted questions or a tour to confirm details on amenities, daily routines, and measurable care outcomes.

    Location

    Map showing location of Laurens Care Center

    About Laurens Care Center

    Laurens Care Center sits right at 304 E Veterans Rd in Laurens, Iowa, and it's been serving local seniors for over 20 years, offering a place that feels like home with 38 beds and friendly faces all around, whether folks need intermediate or skilled care, memory care for dementia or Alzheimer's, or something like palliative or hospice support. The staff here's trained to help people with all sorts of needs, and the place is known for making residents feel welcome, with efforts to create a supportive and safe environment, especially for those with cognitive impairments, and you'll find things like a beauty salon, a redone shower room, a new Apollo Whirl Pool Tub, and common spaces where people gather for activities or just to watch the large screen TV in the activity room. Some people stay short-term for respite or rehab-physical, occupational, or speech therapy-and the rooms, both private and shared, keep comfort in mind, with clean laundry and housekeeping, and meals chosen by residents off a menu so folks get more say in what they eat, which isn't something every place remembers to do. The building started getting some updates, like a new sprinkler system and fresh decor in the rooms, and there's always talk about more improvements to come, aiming to keep things safe and pleasant for everyone, because many staff and community members have a real commitment to helping the people who live here have a better quality of life. Laurens Care Center is licensed as a nursing home and stands out for being locally owned and not-for-profit-the kind of community place where people feel seen, whether they need help every day or are just here while recovering.

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