Community Care Center

    325 SW 7th St, Stuart, IA, 50250
    3.6 · 10 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    3.0

    Good environment but inconsistent care

    I'm grateful that many staff are genuinely caring, communicative, and helpful - my mom likes the rehab, daily exercises, garden and meals, has made friends, and her room is clean and well-maintained. However care is inconsistent: some caregivers are neglectful, disrespectful or slow to respond, creating safety and communication concerns. Overall mixed - good environment and kind staff but proceed with caution and stay vigilant.

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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

    3.60 · 10 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      4.2
    • Staff

      4.3
    • Meals

      4.5
    • Amenities

      4.0
    • Value

      3.6

    Pros

    • genuine, caring staff
    • helpful nursing staff
    • clear medication explanations
    • personalized meal options / improving food quality
    • daily exercise and rehab programs
    • opportunities for socialization and friendships
    • clean, well-maintained rooms
    • trust in management
    • pleasant outdoor garden and seating
    • family communication is good
    • long-term residency stability
    • staff focus on resident well-being

    Cons

    • reports of neglectful or disrespectful staff
    • unsafe care concerns reported
    • unprofessional communication in some cases
    • inconsistent care quality between caregivers
    • long wait times (e.g., hour-long waits)
    • some reviewers strongly discourage the facility / very negative experiences

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment in the reviews is mixed and somewhat polarized: a substantial number of reviewers praise the staff, care, and environment, while several others report serious problems including neglect, disrespectful treatment, and unsafe care. Many families and residents emphasize compassionate, attentive nursing and caregiving, good communication with families, and tangible improvements such as better meal options and active rehabilitation programs. Conversely, the negative reports are strong and specific, describing long waits, unprofessional communication, and inconsistent or unsafe care from particular caregivers.

    Care quality: Multiple reviews highlight high-quality care experiences — helpful nursing staff, clear explanations about medications, active rehab exercises for residents, and daily exercise programs. These positive accounts often come from long-term residents or family members who note reliable oversight and feel confident about clinical aspects of care. At the same time, other reviewers describe serious lapses: neglectful behavior, disrespectful treatment of a resident, and instances that raised safety concerns. A clear pattern is variability: care can be strong and watchful with one caregiver or shift, but weaker or neglectful with another. This unevenness is the most salient clinical concern emerging from the reviews.

    Staff and communication: Praise for staff is consistent in many summaries — staff described as kind, caring, and even lifesaving by grateful families; several reviewers note that their loved ones like the staff and rarely complain. Positive reports also call out good communication with families. However, opposing reviews cite unprofessional or poor communication and describe staff as neglectful or disrespectful. This contrast suggests the facility has many dedicated employees but also has lapses in professionalism and communication that are noticeable and significant to families.

    Facilities, meals, and activities: The physical environment and activities receive largely positive comments. Rooms are described as clean and well-maintained. Outdoor spaces and gardens are a recurrent positive: a big garden with benches, garden boxes, bird-feeding, and light recreational activities (for example, seated kickball) are specifically mentioned and appear to contribute to resident quality of life. Dining is reported as improved by several reviewers — personalized meal options and relatives noting that residents “never complain about the food.” Rehabilitation and daily exercise offerings are also highlighted as strengths that support resident engagement and recovery.

    Management, patterns, and recommendations for prospective families: Some reviewers explicitly state trust in management and praise long-term residency stability and oversight, indicating that leadership is visible and can be effective. Nevertheless, the juxtaposition of very positive and very negative accounts points to inconsistent staffing, training, or supervisory practices. Recurring negative details — hour-long waits, reports of neglect, and unprofessional interactions — are serious enough that they should be investigated by anyone considering placement. Prospective families should ask direct questions during tours about staff-to-resident ratios, recent staffing turnover, training and oversight of caregivers, how medication errors or complaints are tracked and resolved, and request to speak with current family members or review recent inspection/complaint records.

    Bottom line: Community Care Center receives many heartfelt endorsements for compassionate staff, rehabilitation programs, improved meals, clean facilities, and pleasant outdoor spaces; these are real strengths that many residents and families experience. However, a notable set of reviewers report troubling incidents of neglect, disrespect, inconsistent care, and communication problems. The overall picture is one of meaningful strengths paired with variability in execution — good outcomes for many, but some serious negative experiences for others. A careful, in-person evaluation and specific questions about staffing, oversight, and incident resolution are recommended before making placement decisions.

    Location

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    About Community Care Center

    Community Care Center, Inc. sits at 325 SW 7th St in Stuart, Iowa, where folks have been working since 1969 to care for local seniors, and it's grown quite a bit over the years with several renovations like the Rock Island hallway in 1986, the Therapy Suite, The Willows assisted living wing built in 2001, and The Evergreens secure CCDI unit for Alzheimer's and Dementia care finished in 2008, so between the updates to rooms and common spaces, people who live there find a homelike feel with new furniture, flooring, and fixtures, and over thirty private and residential rooms available. This facility offers skilled nursing, therapy, outpatient and inpatient rehabilitation, assisted living through The Willows, independent living, long-term care, memory care, respite and nursing services, and it helps those with Alzheimer's disease, all run by a volunteer Board of Directors made up of local people from Adair and Guthrie counties who keep an eye on making sure everyone gets good care. There's exercise sessions, recreational activities, a photos gallery, and a review section where people can read feedback, and staff speak English, but there aren't details about other languages. Residents find amenities like walking in the nearby parks, joining community events like Good Egg Days, connecting with area groups like the Stuart Area Young Professionals and churches, and using athletic fields, sports complexes, and park shelters, and those who want to know about community programs can look into things like the Discover Stuart program, Time Banking, and the Community Visioning Program or even visit the historic Stuart Depot. The place offers a secure and caring setting for those who need memory care in The Evergreens or a more independent lifestyle in The Willows, making sure residents get support with cleanliness and value for money, while also helping them engage with local life if they wish with a digital sign for information and plenty of opportunities to participate. The Community Care Center's digital platform helps families look at photos, read reviews, and find out more about location and services, and while they're not taking new patients right now, people can check back to see about openings.

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