Shearer-Richardson Memorial Nursing Home

    512 Rockwell Dr, Okolona, MS, 38860
    3.5 · 13 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    3.0

    Caring staff but poor cleanliness

    I have mixed feelings. The staff are professional, kind and communicative - CNAs provide excellent care, the food is great and the new activities room is nice (though activities lean heavily toward bingo). That said, unacceptable cleanliness and personal-care lapses - dirty rooms/sinks/utensils, missing items and even sores - make me regret bringing family here; clinically strong, but housekeeping and caregiver consistency need urgent improvement.

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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

    3.54 · 13 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      4.2
    • Staff

      4.2
    • Meals

      5.0
    • Amenities

      2.5
    • Value

      3.5

    Pros

    • Nice facility and appearance
    • New activities room
    • Live resident music/guitar performances
    • Excellent food (reported by some reviewers)
    • Caring, professional CNAs and staff
    • Good communication from staff
    • Staff described as supportive, kind, and hospitable
    • Philosophy that treats the facility as residents' home
    • Snacks available for residents
    • Multiple reviewers would recommend the facility

    Cons

    • Poor room cleanliness reported (nasty rooms)
    • Food reportedly left in beds
    • Garbage and dirty utensils/napkins left in drawers
    • Dirty sinks and overall poor bathroom hygiene
    • Skin issues reported (feet sores, dead skin, dirt between toes)
    • Reports of inadequate caregiver care and neglect
    • Missing clothing and personal items
    • Missing personal snacks for residents
    • Activities overly focused on bingo/auctions and not enjoyed by all
    • Highly inconsistent experiences among families/residents

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across these review summaries is mixed, with strong, repeated praise for the staff and some aspects of programming and dining, contrasted sharply by detailed complaints about hygiene, personal care, and missing personal items. Several reviewers describe the staff and CNAs as professional, kind, caring, and communicative; multiple people explicitly state they would recommend the nursing home and feel their family members were well cared for. At the same time, a subset of reviews reports severe cleanliness and personal-care problems that suggest possible lapses in basic nursing-home duties for some residents.

    Care quality and staff: The most frequent positive thread is praise for the CNAs and general staff behavior—words used include caring, professional, supportive, hospitable, and kind. Several reviewers say the staff met needs, inspired trust, and that patient care was “amazing.” Communication is called out as excellent in at least one review, and at least a few reviewers are emotionally attached to and impressed by specific caregivers. Contrasting those positive accounts, other reviewers report poor caregiver care, neglect of basic hygiene, and specific medical or skin problems (feet sores, dead skin, dirt between toes). This polarity indicates substantial variability in the quality of care received by different residents or at different times.

    Facilities and cleanliness: The facility itself is described positively in some reviews ("nice facility," the presence of a "new activities room"). However, serious cleanliness concerns appear in other reviews: "nasty rooms," "food in beds," "garbage and dirty utensils/napkins in drawers," and "dirty sinks." These complaints point to problems with housekeeping, laundry, and day-to-day in-room maintenance for at least some residents. Because the facility is praised aesthetically by some and criticized for room hygiene by others, a pattern of inconsistency or uneven standards across units or shifts is suggested.

    Dining and personal items: Dining receives mixed reports. Several reviewers explicitly call the food "excellent," whereas an alarming complaint mentions food left in beds. There are also notes about missing personal snacks and other personal items or clothing—this raises concerns about personal belongings management and inventory/laundry controls. The combination of praise for food and simultaneous reports of food mishandling reinforces the overall theme of variable performance: some residents clearly have good experiences while others do not.

    Activities and resident life: Programming has both positives and negatives. The new activities room and live resident musical performances (guitar/singing) are noted positively and indicate engagement opportunities. Conversely, some reviewers report that activities are too heavily centered on bingo and auctions and that these offerings are not enjoyed by everyone. This suggests that while there are engaging, resident-led or creative activities, the general activity schedule may not be diverse enough to meet all residents' preferences.

    Management, consistency, and notable patterns: A striking pattern is the stark inconsistency reported across summaries—some reviewers praise the staff and care as the best in the area, while others express total disappointment, regret, and even anger about bringing family members to the facility. One review includes a sarcastic comment about an apparent "transformation" in staff and care, which may indicate either a sudden improvement perceived by some or skepticism about management claims. Recurrent specific issues—unhygienic rooms, personal-care lapses (including skin problems), missing items, and uneven activity satisfaction—point to operational gaps that could stem from staffing levels, training, oversight, or turnover.

    Conclusion and implications: The reviews collectively portray a facility capable of providing excellent, compassionate care and engaging programming for many residents, but with nontrivial and specific instances of neglect and poor housekeeping that materially affect others. Prospective residents and families should weigh both the strong praise for staff professionalism and the serious hygiene/personal-care complaints. The mixed picture suggests it would be prudent to tour the facility, inspect rooms and bathrooms, ask about housekeeping and laundry procedures, enquire about staff-to-resident ratios and turnover, and speak with current families about consistency of care before making placement decisions.

    Location

    Map showing location of Shearer-Richardson Memorial Nursing Home

    About Shearer-Richardson Memorial Nursing Home

    Shearer-Richardson Memorial Nursing Home sits quietly at 512 Rockwell Dr in Okolona, MS, and since the 1950s it's shifted from a small 10-bed hospital to a 73-bed nursing home after the hospital closed back in 2003, and you'll see it offers a wide range of senior care services for folks in Okolona and across nearby towns like Tupelo, West Point, Amory, Houston, Saltillo, Fulton, and Pontotoc, with a strong focus on long-term care, assisted living, and memory care for people with dementia or Alzheimer's disease. Residents live in private rooms with no extra charges, and the facility's got clean spaces, good meals, and friendly staff you'll hear praised for being dedicated and open with families, plus folks say the therapists run good physical therapy sessions and there's always help for daily needs like bathing, dressing, eating, and keeping rooms clean, even when someone's got a complicated personality or tough needs.

    The setting's calm, with a walking track outside for exercise and beautifully cared-for grounds that help people feel connected, and inside you'll find three meals a day with snacks and meals tailored by a dietician, including therapeutic diets when needed. Nurses and nurse practitioners keep an eye on things around the clock, supervised by a physician, so someone's always there to help with medications, health issues, or emergencies, and there's a director of nursing and a medical director running things alongside an administrator who keeps the place running. Folks with memory challenges get extra safety thanks to an alerting wandering system and a security setup that only lets people in with a passcode, and families can rest a little easier because of these steps.

    Shearer-Richardson Memorial Nursing Home gets its share of positive comments about the supportive and respectful environment, the friendly meals, the activities, and how the staff often becomes like a second family for many residents, and there's a Resident Council Group so people have a voice about what goes on. It provides 24-hour skilled nursing care, help with personal care, rehab services like speech, occupational, and physical therapy, palliative and hospice care, plus social and recreational activities to keep people busy and connected. Outpatient rehab is available for both residents and community members, but only some insurances or Medicare help cover it, and Medicaid-only folks in long-term care aren't billed for this rehab. The place takes several ways to pay and has different floor plans but you'll need to reach out for details since there's not a lot online, and the staff makes time for in-person tours for anyone who'll set something up. It's got up-to-date COVID-19 protocols, follows all the federal rules for Medicare and Medicaid, and passes its safety and health checks, with enough caregivers on hand for safe care. You'll see a gentle routine, a secure and calm setting, and plenty of chances for family visits and community involvement, which has meant a lot to people calling this place home for both the short and long haul.

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