Riverview Care Center

    4820 Medical Dr, Bossier City, LA 71112
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Clean welcoming facility, caring staff

    I'm very pleased with Riverview Care Center - a clean, welcoming facility with caring, professional staff (special thanks to Pam, Jackie and Miss Kassie) who made visits enjoyable and supported my loved one's recovery. Nursing, rehab and housekeeping were excellent, communication gave our family peace of mind, and the sense of community made my mom happy; I would recommend it.

    Loved one of 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

    3.45·(56)

    Overall rating

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

      2.8
    • Staff

      3.4
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive caregiving staff
    • Strong nursing and rehabilitation services
    • Effective physical and occupational therapy programs
    • Dedicated environmental services and housekeeping
    • Clean rooms and pleasant common areas
    • Engaging resident activities and family-inclusive events
    • Assistance with Medicaid/Medicare and benefits coordination
    • Regular family communication and status updates
    • Safe infection-control practices
    • Supportive, community-oriented atmosphere
    • Full-service post-acute and long-term care offerings
    • Positive recovery and functional-improvement outcomes
    • Welcoming social gestures and holiday programming
    • Helpful admissions and rehab intake support
    • Responsive bedside caregivers during positive experiences

    Cons

    • Inconsistent clinical care quality
    • Understaffing and high staff turnover
    • Poor family communication and business-office responsiveness
    • Sanitation and cleanliness inconsistencies
    • Inconsistent personal hygiene and incontinence assistance
    • Variable food quality and meal palatability
    • Gaps in wound and skin-care management
    • Medication-management practices
    • Inconsistent therapy availability and follow-through
    • Variable staff professionalism and bedside manner
    • Restricted or poorly managed visitation and reception
    • Management accountability and leadership deficiencies
    • Privacy and records-handling lapses

    Summary of reviews

    Reviewer experiences at this facility are polarized: a substantial number of accounts describe compassionate caregiving, effective therapy, and a supportive, community-oriented atmosphere, while others describe recurring operational problems that affect resident care and family confidence. Positive accounts emphasize strong nursing and rehabilitation services, attentive bedside staff, a dedicated environmental services team, and activities that include family members and foster social connection. Several families credited the facility with meaningful recovery outcomes and noted helpful administrative assistance with Medicaid/Medicare coordination and routine communication such as weekly updates for long-distance relatives.

    At the same time, a set of consistent operational concerns emerges across reviews. Clinical-care quality appears uneven, with specific patterns of delayed or inconsistent personal-care assistance (including bathing and incontinence-related support), variable wound and skin-care follow-up, and reports suggesting gaps in medication oversight. Understaffing and workforce instability are recurrent themes and are frequently linked with delayed responses to resident needs, inconsistent therapy delivery, and uneven housekeeping performance. These patterns create variability in the day-to-day experience depending on shift, unit, or individual staff assignment.

    Dining and facilities impressions are mixed: some families describe clean rooms, pleasant common areas, and housekeeping that goes above and beyond, while others raise sanitation and cleanliness inconsistencies and concerns about meal quality and appetite appeal. Activity programming and social offerings were noted as resuming after restrictions and as being meaningful for residents and families; however, access and consistency of those programs were not uniformly described.

    Communication and management practices are another recurring area of concern. Multiple accounts describe difficulty contacting the business office, delayed callbacks, problems with visitor reception and access, and a perception of limited administrative follow-through on family-raised issues. There are also isolated, serious allegations involving medication management and privacy of resident information; these are not described as facilitywide policies but warrant investigation and clarification by leadership.

    In making a placement decision, prospective residents and families should weigh the facility's strengths in therapy, some caregivers' attentiveness, and the available full-service continuum against the documented variability in clinical consistency, staffing levels, hygiene assistance, food quality, and management responsiveness. Visiting in person, asking specific questions about staffing ratios, wound-care protocols, medication oversight, bathing schedules, visitation policies, and family communication procedures, and requesting recent inspection or quality metric data may help clarify whether the facility’s positive practices are uniformly applied to a prospective resident’s unit and shift.

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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

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    Riverview Care Center is located at 4820 Medical Dr, Bossier City, LA, 71112.

    About Riverview Care Center

    Riverview Care Center, down on Medical Drive near the banks of the Red River, sits quietly with a nice view and a bit of breeze from the water, and for more than 30 years, it's helped folks in Shreveport and Bossier City with skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and memory care for those living with Alzheimer's or other dementias, and not everybody knows it, but they do both long-term care and short stays for people recovering after surgery or hospital visits, where you might see private and companion rooms to pick from, lounge areas for visiting friends and family, and a dining room that always stays clean and comfortable, which some folks really like because it makes mealtimes feel easier. Riverview's got a whole group of nurses, therapists, dieticians, and aides, and they work together to offer 24-hour nursing, pain management, wound care, support for stroke recovery, hospice, and palliative services, plus there's help relearning the day-to-day things if needed, and you can see chaplain services and pet therapy for comfort, ways to help with both grieving and healing, and scheduled trips for residents to get out in town if they want something beyond the grounds. The staff plans activities like arts and crafts, bingo games, fitness classes, and plenty on the activity calendar to help with body and mind, so folks can keep relationships and stay engaged, along with outings for anyone wanting to go with a group. They're also serious about safety with barrier precautions, which has been important recently, and if someone needs it, there are on-site health services like dental, podiatry, and vision care, plus on-call doctors who can check in when needed. There's memory care, wound care, and a big focus on working through rehabilitation, so you'll see physical, speech, and occupational therapy happening around the center, along with support for both the residents and their families, especially with health counseling, discharge planning, and even resources and education about long-term care insurance and family caregiving, which some find helpful, and they publish a monthly newsletter so everyone can stay informed about health topics and community news. The reputation in the area is mostly built on steady, no-nonsense care, attention to privacy and dignity, and an aim for a homelike and supportive environment, though, like any place, it's not perfect-some people think there's room for improvement, as seen in its 2.0 rating, but many appreciate the chance to get personalized help from a multidisciplinary team that knows the challenges of getting older or recovering from medical problems. There's a gallery of photos and downloadable information online, and you can schedule a tour or ask for more details about what living there is like, so for somebody needing skilled support for a little while or a longer stay, it's another option to consider in the community.

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

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    The full address for this community is 4820 Medical Dr, Bossier City, LA 71112.

    No, Riverview 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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