Jena Nursing & Rehabilitation

    5877 Aimwell Rd, Jena, LA 71342
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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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

    2.64·(28)

    Overall rating

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    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      2.1
    • Staff

      2.4
    • Meals

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    • Amenities

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    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive nursing staff
    • Engaged and active activities program
    • Accessible admissions and leadership during tours
    • Prompt emergency response by some clinical staff
    • Polite, home-like front-desk interactions
    • Well-maintained exterior and common areas
    • Supportive therapy and rehabilitation efforts

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and frequent leadership turnover
    • Poor phone-system functionality and front-desk communication
    • Sanitation and odor concerns in resident areas
    • Incontinence-care delays and hygiene-process gaps
    • Medication-management and insulin-dosing control gaps
    • Inadequate wound-care and infection-control processes
    • Inconsistent meal quality and nutritional-handling practices
    • Property-security and theft-prevention weaknesses
    • Misleading admissions/tour representations
    • Staff conduct and resident supervision

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews describe a facility with notably mixed performance: some families and observers emphasize caring, responsive nurses, an active activities program, and accessible admissions leadership, while others describe recurrent operational failures that affect day-to-day resident care. The resident population appears to include high-acuity cases, which reviewers link to pressure on staffing and supervisory resources.

    Care quality shows a bifurcated pattern. Positive accounts highlight clinicians who intervene quickly in emergencies and clinicians who provide attentive, individualized care. Conversely, multiple accounts cite gaps in routine clinical processes — including delayed assistance with feeding and personal care, missed or incorrect medication administration (including insulin dosing concerns), and inconsistent monitoring of wounds and infection risk. These process gaps are frequently framed as systemic rather than isolated, connected to staffing patterns and clinical oversight challenges.

    Staffing and communication produce similarly mixed impressions. Several reviewers commend compassionate nurses, energetic CNAs, and an engaged activities director. At the same time there are persistent complaints about CNA performance variability, inconsistent resident assistance, and concerns about staff conduct and supervision. Communication failures are a recurrent operational weakness: the phone system and front desk are described as difficult to reach, with long hold times, disconnected calls, and voicemail access problems, all of which compound family frustration when timely updates are needed.

    Dining, therapy, and daily services are inconsistent. Some families note supportive therapy efforts and individualized equipment such as positioning aids, while others describe poor meal quality, interruptions in nutritional handling, and issues with supplemental nutrition management. These inconsistencies extend to laundry, room cleanliness, and general sanitation practices; reviewers describe odor concerns and variability in cleanliness between areas.

    Facilities and resident environment evoke mixed impressions: the exterior and some common areas are described as well-maintained and home-like, but reviewers also note sanitation and privacy issues, as well as concerns about property security. Surveillance and privacy questions are raised by a few accounts. Admissions and tour experiences are often positive for accessibility, but some families feel tour representations do not fully reflect routine operations.

    Management and system-level patterns are a frequent focus. Reviewers point to high leadership turnover, billing and administrative follow-up problems, and a perceived lack of timely accountability when issues arise. Several accounts mention intentions to pursue regulatory contact or formal complaints, and overall they recommend that prospective residents and families conduct thorough, in-person evaluations.

    For prospective families: consider an on-site visit at different times of day (mealtimes, shift changes, therapy periods), ask specific questions about staffing ratios and medication-safety protocols, observe dining and personal-care routines, review recent state inspection and staffing records, and clarify security and billing procedures. The facility shows clear strengths in individual staff members and programs, but also exhibits operational weaknesses that warrant direct verification before placement.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Cited by CMS for abuse, or potential for abuse, on its most recent survey cycle.

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    Location

    Jena Nursing & Rehabilitation is located at 5877 Aimwell Rd, Jena, LA, 71342.

    About Jena Nursing & Rehabilitation

    Jena Nursing & Rehabilitation sits over on Aimwell Road and 3rd Street in Jena, Louisiana, and you'll find it offers many things for people who need different types of care, and so if someone's looking for skilled nursing, long-term stays, help with memory care issues like Alzheimer's or Dementia, or just a short rehab after a hospital visit, this place has set up services to cover all those needs, and there's always 24-hour supervision and between 12 and 16 hours of daily nursing care, with physicians and respiratory therapists on hand at all hours. Folks get help with daily things like bathing, dressing, transferring, and getting their medicines managed, and both private and semi-private rooms come with their own bathrooms, kitchenettes, cable TV, Wi-Fi, and air conditioning, and you'll even find telephones and high-speed internet in the rooms, plus family-style private dining if wanted.

    They've got a Memory Care community called The Seasons of Jena, set aside with special programming, activities, and extra support for people dealing with memory problems, and they offer palliative care, respite stays for caregivers who need a break, and non-ambulatory care for people who need extra help moving around, and you'll spot specialized caregivers-always trained for this kind of work-offering help and advice to residents and families. As for staying busy and social, inside there's a big activity room with scheduled events every day of the week, plus an arts room, game room, library, a dedicated movie theater, and a spa and wellness room; outside there are walking paths, an enclosed courtyard, another beautiful garden area, and plenty of outdoor programs to encourage people to get some fresh air or relax, and for trips to appointments or outings, there's transportation and parking provided as well.

    If someone's focused on improving health and movement, Jena Nursing & Rehabilitation's got a wide range of physical, occupational, and speech therapy, with state-of-the-art equipment for things like post-surgery rehab, endurance and strength training, sports medicine, wound care (with certified nurses), stroke recovery, and even special programs for cardiac care, with therapy teams available five days a week and outpatient rehab options too. The staff set up fitness and wellness programs, community events, and family support services so everyone feels included and cared for.

    For the basics, housekeeping, laundry, move-in help, and business room services are part of the package, along with both Medicare and Medicaid certification in place for people handling the financing. Jena Nursing & Rehabilitation runs as a single-story facility with 108 beds and keeps the mood comfortable and supportive, aiming for patient-centered service and community wellness instead of anything too flashy, while offering a reliable spot for seniors or others needing steady nursing, rehabilitation, or memory care in this corner of Louisiana.

    People often ask...

    Jena Nursing & Rehabilitation offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 5877 Aimwell Rd, Jena, LA 71342.

    No, Jena Nursing & Rehabilitation 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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