Elliott Nursing and Rehabilitation

    20 Howards Creek Rd, Sandy Hook, KY 41171
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Attentive family-like staff, excellent rehab

    I'm very pleased with the attentive, family-like staff who went above and beyond-my relative was clean, well fed, engaged in daily activities, and benefited from effective rehab therapy with nurses and doctors who responded quickly. The building is spotless, smells fresh, and administration is hands-on and responsive; I would highly recommend Elliott Nursing and Rehabilitation.

    Loved one of resident
    Aug 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

    4.85·(79)

    Overall rating

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

      4.6
    • Staff

      4.8
    • Meals

      2.5
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      4.8

    Pros

    • Compassionate, family-like staff interactions
    • Responsive nursing and clinical oversight
    • Effective rehabilitation and therapy services
    • Engaging, varied activities program
    • Clean, well‑maintained facility with fresh odor control
    • Welcoming, home-like atmosphere
    • Strong sense of community and resident dignity
    • Accommodating administrative and office staff
    • Knowledgeable leadership (executive director and director of nursing)
    • Supportive social work and care-coordination assistance
    • Above-and-beyond caregiving and attentiveness
    • Timely physician involvement when needed
    • Encouragement of family involvement and community engagement
    • Comfortable accommodations and well-run operations
    • High overall resident satisfaction and recommendations

    Cons

    • Staffing shortages affecting timeliness of care
    • Gaps in family communication and administrative availability
    • Inconsistent incident-response and clinical-notification processes
    • Weak transfer-safety and fall-prevention practices
    • Gaps in pressure-area prevention and wound management
    • Inconsistent meal temperature and food-service timeliness
    • Challenges coordinating transitions to other facilities
    • Inconsistent medication-management controls
    • Staff personal-device use that may affect professional focus
    • Restricted visitation flexibility during certain events

    Summary of reviews

    Elliott Nursing and Rehabilitation elicits a largely positive response for its daily environment and frontline caregiving. Reviewers consistently describe a welcoming, home‑like atmosphere with a strong sense of community. Many families and residents highlight compassionate, family‑like interactions from nursing assistants and nurses, along with above‑and‑beyond attentiveness. Rehabilitation and therapy services are frequently mentioned as effective, and multiple accounts note successful clinical outcomes after stays. Leadership roles — including an open executive director and a knowledgeable director of nursing — plus an accessible social worker and accommodating office staff, are cited as contributors to overall satisfaction.

    Facility upkeep and amenities are also strengths. The building is described as clean, well‑maintained and fresh‑smelling; rooms and common areas receive positive mentions. The activities program is robust, with varied social and therapeutic options that engage residents throughout the day. Many reviewers single out the staff’s efforts to treat residents with dignity, involve families, and support community connections.

    At the same time, a pattern of operational concerns appears in a subset of reviews and merits attention. Staffing shortages and resulting delays in responsiveness are the most common themes linked to slower assistance and longer wait times for help. Several comments point to gaps in family communication and administrative availability — for example, delayed notification about hospital transfers or difficulty reaching administrators — indicating inconsistent incident‑notification and follow‑up processes. There are also recurring concerns related to transfer safety and fall prevention, and some accounts describe pressure‑area prevention and wound‑management shortcomings; these suggest opportunities to strengthen clinical protocols and monitoring.

    Other operational issues noted include inconsistent meal temperature and service timeliness, occasional challenges coordinating transitions to other facilities, and questions about medication‑management controls. Some reviewers raised concerns about staff personal‑device use and restrictive visitation practices during certain events; these items reflect potential cultural and policy areas for the facility to address. There are also serious individual-level claims (including an allegation of medication mislabeling and individual adverse clinical events) that families may want to explore further with administration and regulatory records.

    For prospective residents and families: Elliott demonstrates clear strengths in interpersonal care, rehabilitation services, cleanliness, and community life. When evaluating the facility, consider asking about current staffing levels and contingency plans, incident‑notification and family‑communication protocols, fall‑prevention and pressure‑area care procedures, medication‑safety checks, meal‑service schedules, and policies for transitions to other providers. These targeted questions can help balance the facility’s well‑documented strengths against the operational issues some families experienced, and give a clearer picture of how the facility is addressing those gaps.

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    Medicare Ratings

    3·/ 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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    Elliott Nursing and Rehabilitation is located at 20 Howards Creek Rd, Sandy Hook, KY, 41171.

    About Elliott Nursing and Rehabilitation

    Elliott Nursing and Rehabilitation sits at 20 Howard's Creek Rd in Sandy Hook, Kentucky, and the place has 75 beds for residents, most days you'll find about 71 people living there, and they offer skilled nursing care all day, every day, with folks there who help manage daily activities like eating, dressing, and moving around, plus they've got support for medication, IV therapy, diabetes management, and balance training. The building's got rooms with high-speed internet, and if someone needs help with things like x-rays, lab work, mental health talks, podiatry, private home care, or hospice, the staff can set that up. The care team includes specially trained people who work mostly with seniors and they make personal therapy and care plans to help folks keep their independence as much as they can.

    You'll see a focus on rehabilitation, with short-term rehab, outpatient therapy, occupational and speech therapy, and programs for post-acute recovery, so if someone's coming from the hospital, that's something to know, and there's memory care, long-term care, hospice, and respite care, too. They handle cases where people need more medical attention, and their licensed nursing home services cover a range of support, though staffing has been a bit lighter, with 3.14 nurse hours for each resident compared to the state average of 3.9, but their nurse turnover rate is actually less than what you'll find in many places, sitting at 45.3%.

    Some issues have come up-inspectors found they had not always met federal standards for infection prevention, and there were citations related to quality of life for residents, care planning, and specifically for handling and preventing pressure ulcers, including developing and following complete care plans for people who needed them. The owners are Elliott Nursing And Rehabilitation Holdings LLC, with David Marx being the indirect owner. The facility brings together rehabilitation services, skilled nursing, and different types of care for people who need ongoing support, and they work to cover a broad range of health and daily living needs for seniors in Sandy Hook. You'll find their rooms and shared areas set up for comfort, and there's a big focus on helping folks recover or maintain health, but always with the understanding that there have been areas where improvements were needed.

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