Desoto Retirement & Rehab Center

    635 Schley St, Mansfield, LA 71052
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Supportive staff and excellent therapy

    I'm consistently impressed by the smiling, eager-to-please staff and the awesome, goal-focused therapy team - they're encouraging, cheer residents on, and make this a top-notch place I'd happily recommend.

    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

    2.67·(9)

    Overall rating

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

      2.0
    • Staff

      1.8
    • Meals

      2.7
    • Amenities

      2.7
    • Value

      2.7

    Pros

    • Supportive, encouraging rehabilitation/therapy team
    • Friendly, eager-to-please caregiving staff
    • Patient and attentive individual caregivers
    • Positive staff–resident encouragement and goal focus
    • Convenient location close to family

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staff responsiveness, particularly during overnight shifts
    • Unclear staff-role labeling and accountability
    • Gaps in medication management and clinical coordination
    • Poor family communication and notification practices
    • Staff conduct and communication tone
    • Sanitation and pest-control concerns in some areas

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews present a mixed picture of care at this facility. Strengths are concentrated in rehabilitation and in specific caregiving staff: reviewers consistently praise the therapy team for encouraging residents, helping them meet goals, and maintaining a goal-focused approach to rehab. Individual caregivers are described as friendly, patient, and attentive, and the facility’s location is considered convenient for families.

    Care-quality comments split between positive therapy outcomes and operational care concerns. On the positive side, therapy staff are highlighted for motivation and measurable progress. On the other hand, reviewers raise clinical concerns including medication-handling issues and delays in attending to residents’ basic needs (for example, assistance with toileting and timely response to call lights). These operational gaps appear to affect clinical coordination and continuity of care for some residents.

    Staffing and management themes include both commendation for specific employees and criticism of systemic processes. Several reviews single out individual staff for good, patient care, yet also describe unclear staff-role labeling and instances of poor responsiveness, particularly overnight. Family communication is another recurring issue: reviewers describe difficulty obtaining information, abrupt or discourteous interactions, and shortcomings in notification practices following serious changes in a resident’s condition. These patterns point to gaps in role clarity, escalation protocols, and family-notification procedures.

    Facility conditions receive mixed remarks. Therapy areas and direct-care interactions are praised, but reviewers also note sanitation and odor concerns and raise pest-control issues in some areas. There is limited commentary on dining and recreational activity programming; the dominant activity-related feedback centers on rehabilitation rather than broader social programming or meal quality.

    Overall, prospective residents and families should weigh the strong rehabilitation resources and several praised caregivers against operational weaknesses in nighttime responsiveness, medication and clinical coordination, family communication, and certain facility-cleanliness issues. When evaluating this facility in person, consider asking about overnight staffing ratios and response-time metrics, medication-safety and handoff processes, staff-role identification and accountability, family-notification protocols (including end-of-life communication), and the facility’s pest-control and sanitation program.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 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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    Desoto Retirement & Rehab Center is located at 635 Schley St, Mansfield, LA, 71052.

    About Desoto Retirement & Rehab Center

    Desoto Retirement & Rehab Center opened back in 2002 over on 635 East Schley Street in Mansfield, Louisiana, and since then it's stayed focused on continuous health care for older adults, offering both retirement living and rehabilitation services under one roof, which means things like skilled nursing care, physical therapy, occupational and speech therapy, and even wound care or IV therapy done by registered nurses are available there. Folks can get short-term help if they're healing from a surgery or an illness, or settle into long-term care with personal support on things like daily living, medication management, and memory care for people dealing with dementia, and the staff also looks after hospice needs when they're needed. There's a dementia care unit and private or semi-private rooms you can pick, and every room comes with access to laundry, therapeutic diets, whirlpool tubs, showers, and an on-site barber and beauty shop, which makes it easier for residents to stay comfortable. Residents see a doctor who's on-call 24 hours, same for pharmacy and nursing care, so there's always someone around to help if something comes up, and they also have a transportation van for doctor appointments or community events that keep everybody connected. There's meals-like Meals on Wheels-and help for caregivers who need a break, plus homemaker services and personal care, with a list of activities and social programs keeping residents engaged and connected to each other and the larger Mansfield community. The place runs under private ownership with a board of directors, advisory council, and staff of around 50 to 99 people, working alongside an Ombudsman program to make sure residents' rights are respected, with policies on harassment and access to legal services when anybody needs them. Families find supportive services and rehab programs that are personal and compassionate, including volunteer opportunities, and resources like the Aging & Disability Resource Center and Senior Centers & Congregate Meal Sites, which help make the place feel more like a real home than an institution, and the staff tries their best to keep things warm, welcoming, and focused on each person's care, whether someone plans to stay long-term or just needs a bit of help getting back on their feet.

    People often ask...

    Desoto Retirement & Rehab Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    No, Desoto Retirement & Rehab 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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