Presentation Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Center

    12 Bellamy St, Boston, MA, 02135
    3.3 · 27 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    3.0

    Compassionate care, inconsistent safety issues

    I had a mixed stay: rehab staff and many nurses/aides were compassionate and helped me walk again - the newly renovated facility is clean, beautiful, calming, with good programming and caring leadership at times. Sadly I also witnessed rude, lazy and neglectful staff, poor phone and admin responsiveness, medication errors and delayed post-fall checks (even unemptied bed pans), and short-staffing on weekends. Overall, parts of the care were outstanding, but inconsistent staffing and safety concerns make it hard for me to fully recommend.

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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

    3.26 · 27 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      3.3
    • Staff

      3.1
    • Meals

      2.8
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      3.3

    Pros

    • newly renovated facility
    • immaculate and well-maintained interior
    • aesthetically beautiful, calming environment
    • nicely landscaped grounds
    • friendly and helpful staff
    • compassionate and empathetic caregivers
    • superior nursing care reported by some reviewers
    • attentive and professional aides/nurses
    • administrator and care coordinator proactive
    • administration that can be supportive and anxiety-reducing
    • rehab staff effective; measurable therapy successes
    • programming and events plentiful
    • safe, home-like feel reported by many
    • clean rooms and restrooms
    • no strong odors reported
    • meals described as tasty and healthy by some
    • individual accommodations (e.g., shower chair) provided
    • wounds/bedsores healed in at least one case
    • patients active and engaged in activities
    • positive experiences for some veterans/residents

    Cons

    • reports of inedible food
    • rude or unfriendly front desk and staff
    • staff perceived as lazy or neglectful
    • unresponsive or unhelpful administration in some cases
    • unemptied bed pans and poor hygiene incidents
    • staff distracted by cell phones
    • medication errors reported
    • missing or hard-to-reach case manager / missing paperwork
    • poor phone communication and repeated hang-ups
    • difficulty obtaining patient information
    • slow response to incidents and delayed assistance
    • falls with inadequate post-fall checks
    • injuries reported (bruises, broken arm) suggesting unsafe care
    • reports of residents not being cleaned, fed, or medicated
    • denied autopsy allegation (serious complaint)
    • weekend short-staffing
    • administrators perceived as prioritizing Medicare/length of stay
    • unorganized processes and poor customer service
    • inconsistent quality across shifts/staff
    • some reviewers strongly advise avoiding the facility

    Summary review

    The reviews for Presentation Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Center present a strongly mixed and polarized picture. Many reviewers praise the facility’s physical environment and rehabilitation outcomes: the center is described as newly renovated, immaculate, aesthetically pleasing, and calming, with nicely landscaped grounds and no strong odors. Several family members and residents highlight successful therapy results — patients walking again, goals achieved, and specific clinical improvements such as healed bedsores and accommodated mobility needs (e.g., shower chair). Multiple accounts commend nursing and therapy staff as compassionate, attentive, professional, and dedicated; administrators and care coordinators are praised in some reports for being proactive and calming. Programming and activities receive positive mentions, with residents described as active and smiling. Several reviewers specifically note tasty, healthy meals and a home-like, safe atmosphere.

    Counterbalancing those positives are numerous serious complaints about caregiving quality, safety, and communication. A subset of reviews describe rude, lazy, or neglectful staff, instances of hygiene failures (including unemptied bedpans), medication errors, and administrative unresponsiveness. There are multiple alarming safety-related reports: delayed assistance after incidents, falls without adequate post-fall checks, bruising and a reported broken arm, and allegations that residents were not cleaned, fed, or medicated. Communication and administrative issues recur across reviews: difficulty reaching the facility by phone, repeated hang-ups, missing case managers or release paperwork, and perceptions that administrators prioritize Medicare/length-of-stay over resident welfare. Weekend short-staffing and unfriendly front desk interactions are additional operational complaints.

    Patterns in the reviews suggest significant inconsistency in resident experience. Many comments are highly positive and specific (names or roles of helpful staff, successful rehab outcomes, healed wounds), while other comments are strongly negative and describe potentially dangerous lapses in care. This polarity could indicate variability between different shifts, units, or time periods, or that a core of committed staff provides excellent care while other staff or system-level processes are failing at times. Several reviewers emphasize exemplary administration and caring leadership; others describe the administration as unresponsive or self-interested. The presence of both glowing and severe negative reports — including allegations of medication errors and injuries — makes the overall reputation mixed and suggests that quality may be uneven.

    On dining and daily life, impressions are split: some residents enjoyed tasty, healthy meals and found rooms and restrooms clean, while others labeled the food inedible and criticized service staff. Activities and programming were generally seen as a strong point when mentioned. Rehab and therapy are frequently cited as strengths, with multiple thankful remarks about staff helping residents regain mobility or meet recovery goals.

    For prospective residents and family members, the reviews suggest several practical considerations: visit and inspect the facility in person (including meal times and activity periods), ask about staffing levels on weekends and nights, inquire specifically about fall protocols and post-fall checks, request information about medication administration and error prevention, confirm case manager availability and paperwork handling, and observe front desk interactions. Given the starkly different experiences reported, due diligence and asking targeted questions of administration and clinical leadership are advisable. Overall, Presentation Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Center appears capable of delivering high-quality, compassionate rehabilitation and long-term care for many residents, but there are repeated and serious complaints indicating inconsistent care and potential safety risks that should not be overlooked.

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    About Presentation Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Center

    Presentation Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Center is a nonprofit nursing home found in Worcester, Massachusetts with 122 beds set up for both short-term rehab after the hospital and longer stays if folks need more help. The center accepts Medicare and Medicaid and is part of Ascentria Care Alliance, so it runs as a verified and client-centered community focused mainly on rehabilitation and skilled care. There's always a trained nurse on site and staff provide around-the-clock care, helping out with bathing, getting dressed, or moving around, as well as medication management and supervision. The rehab gym has a model apartment, so physical, occupational, and speech therapists can help residents practice day-to-day skills in a space like home, and those therapies run every day of the week. There's an on-site pharmacy, which makes picking up medicines easier, and the staff can help with oxygen therapy, wound care, diabetes management, IV therapy, and support for veterans through a dedicated veterans' program that coordinates benefits and extra care. The center offers both private and semi-private rooms and has studio layouts for people wanting some space of their own or those who prefer double-occupancy rooms. Folks eat in a restaurant-style dining area or private dining rooms, and there's always fresh flowers set out for meals. The building has common areas with TVs and comfortable chairs for putting your feet up, plus extras like an arts room, game room, and a library. Outside, residents can walk along garden paths or sit out to enjoy the air. Housekeeping and laundry are handled for everyone, so folks can join in on daily activities, religious services, movie nights, music programs, or volunteer work and field trips. Residents run some activities themselves, and the community puts on regular events. There are respite care options for short-term stays or to give family members a break. The center's also got memory care, fitness rooms, wellness activities, and walking paths for exercise. Peer benchmarking and Form 990s are available if anyone wants financial details. Presentation Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Center has a 2-star rating with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, earning a 5.9 out of 10 score and sitting as the 23rd highest rated community in Worcester. It's a large nonprofit that works to support residents' well-being while providing skilled nursing and rehabilitation in a straightforward and comfortable setting.

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