Maplewood Rehabilitation & Nursing Center

    6 Morrill Pl, Amesbury, MA 01913
    • 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

    3.43·(79)

    Overall rating

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

      3.5
    • Staff

      3.6
    • Meals

      2.1
    • Amenities

      2.4
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Strong physical and occupational therapy services
    • Compassionate and attentive CNAs and licensed nurses
    • Engaging activities program (bingo, crafts, parties)
    • Supportive rehabilitation-to-home transition coordination
    • Friendly administrative and front-desk staff
    • Personalized rapport between staff and residents
    • Culinary staff with popular menu items
    • Accessible visiting hours and nearby amenities

    Cons

    • Cleanliness and sanitation inconsistencies, including odor concerns in common areas
    • Inconsistent medication administration and delays in clinical response
    • Communication gaps among staff, families, and providers
    • Variable staff professionalism and conduct
    • Weak personal-property management and security controls
    • Inconsistent assistance with activities of daily living and incontinence care
    • Unreliable meal quality, portioning, and snack availability
    • Safety and fall-prevention practice gaps
    • Facility maintenance and infrastructure deterioration
    • Management and leadership instability affecting operations
    • Allegations of serious conduct concerns and property mishandling

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews describe a facility with notable strengths in rehabilitation services and individualized staff–resident connections, alongside recurring operational weaknesses. Many accounts praise the physical and occupational therapy teams for effective mobility work and successful home discharges; several families singled out CNAs, LPNs, and particular therapists for being compassionate and attentive. The activity program is also a consistent positive, with regular events such as bingo, crafts, themed parties, and social gatherings that many residents and families found engaging. Administrative staff and transition coordinators receive favorable comments in a number of accounts for facilitating moves and family communication.

    At the same time, reviewers identify a set of persistent care-quality and operational concerns. Clinical issues include inconsistent medication administration, delays in provider response, gaps in pain management, and variable assistance with activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, toileting). There are also mentions of skin-integrity and wound-care concerns and of falls or safety events that families felt were not always managed promptly. These items point to gaps in nursing oversight and clinical incident response that affect resident safety and comfort.

    Facility-level issues recur across multiple accounts. Cleanliness and sanitation inconsistencies are cited, including area-specific odor concerns and outdated or deteriorating furnishings and equipment. Housekeeping and property management practices are seen as uneven, and there are multiple statements about personal items being misplaced or mishandled, creating security and trust issues. Several reviewers described maintenance problems (broken beds, infrastructure shortcomings) and privacy or room-configuration concerns (bathroom door/lock issues). Food service elicited mixed feedback: some praised specific menu items and culinary staff pride, while others reported inconsistent portion sizes, limited snacks, and variable meal quality.

    Staffing and leadership present a mixed picture. Many frontline caregivers and therapists are described as skilled, patient-focused, and relationship-oriented; conversely, reviewers also report variable professionalism among staff, apparent short-staffing or turnover, and instances where family communication and responsiveness were poor. Management perceptions are polarized: some families credit recent leadership changes and responsive coordinators, while others describe administrative defensiveness, inadequate follow-up, and leadership instability. A small number of reviewers raised serious conduct concerns, including mishandling of personal property and other incidents that some families escalated to outside authorities.

    Overall, the pattern is one of strong rehabilitative capability and meaningful caregiver–resident relationships coexisting with operational shortcomings in clinical oversight, housekeeping, property security, and management consistency. Prospective residents and families should weigh the facility's rehabilitation strengths and activity offerings against the documented variability in sanitation, medication administration, property handling, and leadership stability. Those considering placement may benefit from targeted questions about current staffing levels, medication-administration protocols, property-security procedures, and recent corrective measures undertaken by management.

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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

    Maplewood Rehabilitation & Nursing Center is located at 6 Morrill Pl, Amesbury, MA, 01913.

    About Maplewood Rehabilitation & Nursing Center

    Maplewood Rehabilitation & Nursing Center sits in Amesbury, Massachusetts, and offers skilled nursing care around the clock for people who need extra help. The center has both short-term rehab programs and long-term care, and they also have respite care for families who need a break. Residents get physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy, all with care plans made just for them. The staff at Maplewood focus on each person's needs and aim to help people feel as independent and safe as possible while recovering or living there, and the director of nursing is Brenda Forster, who leads a team that tries to treat everyone with kindness and respect. Families are involved too, since the facility believes in keeping good connections during the recovery process. The staff try to make things feel warm and home-like, and they pay attention to details like having comfortable rooms and helpful amenities for daily living and getting better. The center also has special programs in place, such as End of Life Care and Falls Prevention, and they join campaigns like the Fight the Flu Campaign and Sepsis Smart, while also supporting staff through things like the Respect & Protect Nursing Home Caregiver Wages campaign. The facility isn't BBB Accredited, but the team does work to make care personal, paying attention to what each resident needs, wants, or is able to do, and they have people on hand for social services and guidance about insurance. Staff can help residents ease back into the community if possible, but also support those needing to stay longer. Maplewood's caregiving team consists of 11-50 employees, and the staff build care plans so every resident can try to meet their goals in a setting that's meant to feel supportive and like home, running as a nursing home and rehabilitation center with a focus on comfort along with professional care.

    People often ask...

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

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    The full address for this community is 6 Morrill Pl, Amesbury, MA 01913.

    No, Maplewood Rehabilitation & Nursing 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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