Our Lady's Haven Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitative Care

    71 Center St, Fairhaven, MA, 02719
    4.0 · 6 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    1.0

    Placed mother, fall, awful care

    I placed my mother here and she fell - staff couldn't tell me why. The building looks nice, but rooms are closet-sized, the community room is cramped and faces a wall, and it feels crowded and loud. The front desk and nurses are friendly, kind and hardworking with good resident interaction, but overall care felt low-quality and at times horrible - my worst experience.

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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

    4.00 · 6 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      3.3
    • Staff

      3.7
    • Meals

      4.0
    • Amenities

      2.0
    • Value

      4.0

    Pros

    • Friendly and helpful staff
    • Kind nursing care
    • Hardworking caregivers
    • Good interaction between staff and residents
    • Family-like atmosphere
    • Pleasant facility appearance
    • Friendly front desk

    Cons

    • Reports of poor or low-quality care
    • Incident of resident fall with unclear cause/communication
    • Very small resident rooms (described as closet-sized)
    • Tight, poorly arranged community room (faces a wall)
    • Crowded and loud environment
    • Inconsistent staff quality (reports range from kind to horrible)
    • Bleak or depressing atmosphere (compared to a cemetery)

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment in the reviews is mixed and polarized: several reviewers praise the staff and the interpersonal atmosphere, while others describe serious concerns about care quality, safety, and the physical environment. Positive remarks consistently highlight friendly frontline personnel, hardworking caregivers, and warm staff–resident interactions that create a family-like feeling for some families and residents. At the same time, a subset of reviews report negative, even alarming experiences — including descriptions of low-quality care and an unexplained fall — that strongly contrast with the favorable comments.

    Care quality and safety are the most contested themes. Supportive reviews specifically call out kind nursing care and helpful staff; those comments suggest that some residents receive attentive and compassionate attention. However, other reviews explicitly label care as "horrible" or "low-quality" and report at least one fall where the family "couldn't tell why" it happened. That incident points to gaps in communication and possibly in monitoring or fall-prevention protocols. The coexistence of praise and strong criticism indicates variability in care — either across shifts, units, or individual caregivers — and raises a concern that resident experience may be uneven.

    Staff and interpersonal environment are similarly mixed but tilt toward being a relative strength. Multiple reviewers mention friendliness, helpfulness, and good interaction between staff and residents; the front desk is described as friendly and staff are characterized as hardworking. These comments convey an overall humane, family-like atmosphere for many. Nevertheless, some reviewers used very negative language about staff, demonstrating inconsistency in perceived staff performance. This pattern suggests that while many employees are engaged and compassionate, there are notable instances where staff behavior or competency falls short of families' expectations.

    Facility and accommodations receive recurring criticism centered on space and layout. Several reviewers describe resident rooms as very small — "like a closet" — and the community room as tight and awkwardly arranged, even "facing a wall." The physical crowding is echoed by comments that the facility can feel crowded and loud. At least one reviewer used a stark metaphor comparing the environment to a cemetery, implying a bleak or depressing atmosphere for that observer. At the same time, the facility is also called "nice" in some reviews, suggesting that aesthetics or upkeep may be acceptable even if room size and layout are problematic.

    Noise, crowding, and communal spaces are a consistent practical concern. Descriptions of a crowded, loud environment and an ill-planned community room suggest that common areas may not support comfortable socializing or rehabilitation activities for all residents. These physical and acoustic issues can exacerbate negative perceptions of care, particularly for residents who need quieter spaces or more accessible common areas.

    There is limited direct information about dining, structured activities, or management responsiveness beyond staff interactions. Positive comments about staff–resident interaction and a family-like atmosphere imply some social engagement and supportive daily care, but the reviews do not provide explicit details on meal quality, the breadth of activities, therapy programs, or administrative communication practices. Given the reported variability in care and the noted safety concern, prospective families should ask for specific information about fall-prevention protocols, staff-to-resident ratios by shift, layout and size of available rooms, and opportunities to observe the community spaces during different times of day.

    In summary, reviews present a facility with clear strengths in the interpersonal domain — many staff are seen as friendly, kind, and hardworking — but also with significant and recurring weaknesses in physical space, noise/crowding, and inconsistent care quality. The mixed nature of the feedback suggests that individual experiences can differ substantially; some families find a welcoming, family-like environment, while others encounter serious issues that may impact safety and well-being. The most actionable patterns are (1) praise for individual staff members and the front-desk/household culture, and (2) concerns about room size, communal space layout, crowding/noise, and at least one unexplained fall that indicates potential communication or monitoring lapses.

    Location

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    About Our Lady's Haven Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitative Care

    Our Lady's Haven Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitative Care sits in the historic Tabitha Inn in Fairhaven, MA, and folks there focus on long-term care, short-term rehabilitation, and skilled nursing for men and women, offering help for many health needs. The staff includes nurses and therapy assistants who provide skilled nursing care, medication management, and therapies like physical, occupational, speech, and respiratory therapy right on site, and they shape the care to fit each resident's needs, which means people get an individualized plan made for them after they're assessed. Residents with memory issues, including Alzheimer's disease and dementia, receive specialized care, and there's a focus on safety, comfort, and well-being in every part of the building, which has a lobby, chapel, shared dining room, family sitting area for visitors, and common spaces for resting or socializing.

    People come for different reasons, such as recovering from an illness or injury with the help of skilled rehabilitative care, staying a little while for respite care to give caregivers a break, or needing long-term, ongoing support. For those dealing with pain, the pain management program holds accreditation from the American Academy of Pain Management, and folks facing a serious illness can access palliative and hospice care, all tailored to meet what they need physically, emotionally, and spiritually, which the facility calls a holistic approach. The center holds Joint Commission and Medicare and Medicaid certifications, and it accepts most insurance plans and contracts with the Department of Veteran Affairs, so there's a good bit of flexibility for admission.

    Services there cover everything from helping with medicine and wellness activities to home safety checks and supporting families with discharge planning if someone is heading home. The staff also runs spiritual programs and activities, communal dining, and organized social events, making space for both solitude and visiting with others. For Portuguese-speaking residents, bilingual staff help meet communication needs. With a rating of 3.6 out of 5 from a small number of online reviews, the center continues to support up to 117 adults, keeping the mission on fostering independence and overall health. Members of the Diocesan Health Facilities group manage it, and the building, with its old charm, settles quietly within the town, bringing together experience, care, and a bit of history all at once.

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