Crescent Cities Center

    4409 East-West Hwy, Riverdale, MD 20737
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Warm professional staff, highly recommended

    I'm very pleased with Crescent Cities Center - the staff are warm, professional, and attentive, therapy and activities are excellent, and the rooms and common areas are clean and welcoming. My father seems well cared for and happy, and I would recommend the center to others.

    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

    3.74·(313)

    Overall rating

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

      2.8
    • Staff

      3.2
    • Meals

      1.7
    • Amenities

      2.8
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Strong physical and occupational therapy services
    • Engaging and well-staffed activities and recreation program
    • Welcoming and helpful front-desk/reception staff
    • Attentive and effective dialysis services
    • Compassionate and dedicated frontline caregivers
    • Informative Plan of Care meetings and family communication (when held)
    • Clean and pleasant public areas reported by visitors
    • On-site physician access for certain patients
    • Responsive patient liaisons and social-work assistance (when available)
    • Well-equipped therapeutic areas and rehab equipment

    Cons

    • Inconsistent nursing staffing and responsiveness
    • Delays in toileting, bathing, and incontinence-related care
    • Variable meal quality and inconsistent dietary accommodation
    • Gaps in medication-timing and medication-management oversight
    • Unreliable call-button and response systems
    • Inconsistent therapy availability and weaker weekend coverage
    • Sanitation and odor concerns in some units and common areas
    • Weak discharge coordination and care-transition planning
    • Variable staff conduct and bedside communication skills
    • Deficiencies in belongings and laundry management
    • Inadequate room-level temperature and environmental controls
    • Limited leadership transparency and inconsistent administrative follow-up
    • Inconsistent infection-control and PPE enforcement
    • Pest-control concerns in some units

    Summary of reviews

    Reviewer accounts are strongly polarized: many families and visitors describe excellent rehabilitation outcomes, a lively activities program, and helpful frontline personnel, while others relay consistent operational problems that affect day-to-day care. The facility appears to deliver high-quality therapy services in its rehabilitation department; physical and occupational therapists receive frequent praise for improving mobility and function. The activities and recreation teams also receive substantial positive feedback for engagement, variety, and resident morale. Front-desk staff, certain nurses, GNAs, and specific liaisons or social-work staff are repeatedly identified as supportive and effective.

    At the same time, a persistent pattern of inconsistent nursing coverage and responsiveness emerges across reviews. Common operational weaknesses include long waits for assistance with toileting and bathing, delayed analgesic administration, and variability in routine bedside care. Several accounts point to deficiencies in the call-button/response system and to staffing shortfalls that are more pronounced on weekends or certain units. These issues are associated with families needing to advocate repeatedly to obtain timely attention.

    Dining and nutrition are another mixed area: some reviewers note acceptable meals and a functional kitchen, while others describe repetitive menus, cold or poorly presented items, and inadequate accommodation of therapeutic or texture-modified diets. There are also specific concerns about how pureed or modified diets are prepared and tolerated. Housekeeping and environmental maintenance produce variable impressions: many visitors describe clean, pleasant public areas and well-kept therapy spaces, yet other reports cite sanitation and odor concerns in certain units, evidence of inadequate pest control in places, and inconsistent housekeeping follow-through.

    Management and communication practices show notable variability. Several families report informative Plan of Care meetings, responsive liaisons, and clear coordination; conversely, others report difficulty reaching leadership, unanswered calls or voicemail issues, unclear discharge coordination, misplaced belongings, and inconsistent transparency about care plans. Temperature control and room-level environmental management are raised as repeat concerns where heating can be excessive in some rooms. Infection-control enforcement (masking and PPE) and weekend staffing levels are also identified as uneven.

    Safety and clinical oversight concerns appear in a subset of accounts and range from transfer- and equipment-safety issues to more serious individual allegations about staff conduct and adverse outcomes. These are serious claims that reviewers link to lapses in training, supervision, or escalation of care; families should seek up-to-date regulatory information and documentation if these issues are an area of concern.

    Overall, the dominant pattern is variability: strong rehabilitation capabilities, an active activities program, and pockets of highly compassionate staff coexist with operational weaknesses in nursing responsiveness, environmental consistency, dining services, and administrative communication. Prospective residents and families would benefit from targeted questions before admission: staffing ratios on the intended unit and on weekends, call-button response metrics, specifics about dietary accommodation, examples of recent care-transition planning, and evidence of infection-control and temperature-management protocols. Observing shift change, touring the intended unit, and speaking directly with therapy and nursing leadership can help set expectations given the mixed experiences reflected across reviews.

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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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    Crescent Cities Center is located at 4409 East-West Hwy, Riverdale, MD, 20737.

    About Crescent Cities Center

    Crescent Cities Center sits in a clean, spacious building with 140 certified beds, where you'll find a warm and homey feeling, and they seem to care about making the rooms comfortable and roomy so folks feel at ease during both short-term and long-term stays, and the place runs all day and night, every day of the week, which means there's always someone around, and you'll find nurses-RNs, LPNs, LVNs-and certified nursing assistants on hand providing skilled nursing, medical, and rehab care, though RN hours per resident are just a bit under average compared to the state, even as their total staff and CNA levels stack up well above most, which is probably why they've kept a 4-star overall Medicare rating and a top 5-star rating for quality care. Short-term rehabilitation and ongoing care are both available, which includes help with bathing, dressing, medication management, and housekeeping, plus customized service plans for different needs, and if someone needs hospice or respite care, or dementia support, those are on the menu too, while regular attending physicians and wellness programs keep an eye on changes, though some inspection reports have called out times when care plans weren't updated as closely as needed, showing how they're always working on better quality checks. Crescent Cities Center has done very well at preventing physical restraints and unnecessary catheter use, posting rates at or near zero, which is rare, and residents are much less likely to lose weight or get urinary tract infections than state or national averages suggest, and short-stay residents especially see low pain rates, no pressure ulcers, and above-average successful discharges, possibly thanks to full therapy services for physical, speech, occupational, and respiratory needs. The center pays a lot of attention to infection control, vaccinating almost all residents for flu and pneumonia each year, and the staff hosts birthday parties, runs computers and church services, and brings in a variety of cultural, social, educational, and religious events to the calendar, with transportation set up for those who need to go out, and there's a library on site, as well as salon and barber options, laundry, and maintenance, plus rooms with telephones and televisions. Amenities match what you'd expect from a skilled nursing facility, and for those needing a break, there's hospice and respite care, and ADA accessibility ensures people with disabilities can get around. Genesis Healthcare owns this center, which isn't unusual since they run a lot of nursing homes. Overall, staff seem committed to high standards and creating a steady, friendly environment, and even though they're not perfect and still face some care planning challenges, Crescent Cities Center stands out for its strong results in clinical care and a clean, welcoming space for residents.

    People often ask...

    Crescent Cities Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 4409 East-West Hwy, Riverdale, MD 20737.

    No, Crescent Cities 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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