Yalobusha General Hospital & Nursing Home

    630 S Main St, Water Valley, MS, 38965
    3.5 · 8 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    2.0

    Excellent facilities but poor staff

    I recommend this place with serious reservations: the facilities are excellent and some staff are capable, but in my experience staff were often unprofessional, dismissive, and slow to respond. I was ignored, therapy didn't address my pain, VA paperwork wasn't completed, the building felt cold, care preferences (like showers) weren't asked, and management/administrator were unresponsive despite my complaint to the state.

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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

    3.50 · 8 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      1.0
    • Staff

      2.0
    • Meals

      3.5
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      3.5

    Pros

    • Capable staff
    • Excellent facilities
    • Some reviewers recommend the facility

    Cons

    • Poor staff attitude and unprofessional behavior
    • Staff do not ask or follow resident care preferences (e.g., shower timing)
    • Unresponsive management and lack of resident input
    • Administrator not engaging with residents
    • Formal complaint filed with state/regulatory agency
    • Long wait times for care and assistance
    • Staff feel unacknowledged or dismissive
    • Allegations of discriminatory behavior/racism
    • Patients being ignored
    • Therapy services not addressing pain
    • Failure to complete VA paperwork
    • Facility is cold/uncomfortably cold environment

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment from the review summaries is mixed but leans toward concern. Multiple reviewers praise the facility itself and note capable staff and excellent physical facilities; however, an equal or larger number of serious operational and interpersonal problems are reported. The dominant themes are poor staff attitude and responsiveness, administrative failures, and specific incidents that prompted at least one complaint to state regulatory authorities. Taken together, these reviews portray a facility with good infrastructure and pockets of competent care that are undermined by inconsistent staff behavior and weak management responsiveness.

    Care quality and therapy: Reviews indicate conflicting impressions about clinical care. On the positive side, some reviewers describe staff as capable, suggesting staff can provide competent clinical care when engaged. On the negative side, there are specific complaints that therapy did not address a patient’s pain and that patients were ignored at times. These reports imply inconsistency in clinical follow-through and pain management. The failure to complete VA paperwork is an administrative lapse that can materially affect veteran residents’ access to benefits and continuity of care, indicating system-level breakdowns beyond bedside care.

    Staff behavior and resident experience: A prominent and recurring concern is staff attitude and interpersonal conduct. Reviewers describe unprofessional behavior, long wait times, and staff who do not solicit or honor resident care preferences (for example, timing and preferences for showers). Allegations include staff feeling unacknowledged, patients being ignored, and even discriminatory behavior or racism. These issues suggest cultural and training problems among front-line caregivers: while some staff are competent, others display dismissive or insensitive conduct that negatively affects resident experience and dignity.

    Management, communication, and escalation: Multiple reviews point to unresponsive management and a lack of resident input into care decisions. The administrator is specifically noted as not engaging with residents. One reviewer indicated filing a complaint with the state/regulatory agency, which signals that concerns reached a level warranting external oversight. Management shortcomings are further reflected in administrative failures such as not completing VA paperwork. Together these items indicate systemic weaknesses in leadership, complaint resolution, and administrative processes that can exacerbate frontline problems and leave families feeling their concerns are unresolved.

    Facilities and environment: The physical facility is consistently reported as a strength — reviewers called the facilities excellent and recommended the place on that basis. However, there is at least one specific environmental complaint that the facility was cold, which affects resident comfort and could reflect HVAC or maintenance issues that should be addressed despite the generally positive view of the physical plant.

    Dining, activities, and social engagement: The supplied reviews do not provide specific information about dining services, activity programming, or social engagement offerings. Because these aspects are not mentioned, no reliable judgment can be drawn from the available summaries about the quality or availability of meals and activities.

    Patterns and recommendations implied by the reviews: The overall pattern is one of contrast — strong facilities and pockets of competent staff versus notable deficiencies in staff attitude, responsiveness, and management accountability. Key risk areas emerging from the reviews are poor interpersonal conduct (including allegations of discrimination), inconsistent clinical follow-through (pain management and therapy), administrative failures (VA paperwork), and leadership that does not adequately engage with or respond to residents and families. Prospective residents and families should weigh the excellent facility and instances of capable staff against the reported cultural and managerial problems, seek direct answers from leadership about staffing, complaint resolution, and administrative processes, and inquire about any regulatory history tied to the facility. Current management should prioritize staff training on resident-centered care, faster response times, clearer processes for honoring care preferences, remedying the reported cold environment, and addressing administrative lapses to restore confidence among residents and families.

    Location

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    About Yalobusha General Hospital & Nursing Home

    Yalobusha General Hospital & Nursing Home, located in Water Valley, has been helping folks in Yalobusha County and nearby places for over 50 years, and this place isn't just a hospital since it also has a 122-bed nursing home along with a hospital that holds 26 beds, and you'll notice it's part of Yalobusha Health Services, which is what they call their bigger community health system, so you'll find all sorts of services here like mental health care, outpatient and inpatient care, emergency help, rehabilitation therapy, and care for people who need to stay for a longer time, and though the building's had recent work done to make it nicer and more comfortable, the people here still keep that same down-to-earth feeling, thinking of their mission as "Neighbors Caring for Neighbors," which shows up in how the staff-over 300 of them including doctors, nurse practitioners, and other medical folks-greet you with kindness and treat everyone a little like family. There's also a focus on providing services through Communicare for people dealing with behavioral health, developmental disabilities, or substance abuse, and with five different clinics, residents and patients have easy access to things like surgery, maternity services, diagnostic imaging, dermatology, anesthesia, cardiology, orthopaedics, neurology, geriatrics, and nursing care, plus you'll find they offer outdoor spaces so folks can get some fresh air, and since this is what's called a critical access facility, it meets certain standards to keep care close by for rural residents. The place keeps up with a good charting system for managing medical records, tries hard to make every patient feel at home, and truly believes in good neighborly care, and you won't get lost in the shuffle because even if it's a hospital and a nursing home, the staff is always aiming to offer patient-centered care in a welcoming, family-like setting. If you ever drive by during business hours, which run Monday to Friday from 8 in the morning to 4:30 in the afternoon, you'll probably see folks coming and going in a place that's meant to feel both modern and warm, and whether it's general hospital services, long-term skilled care, or something more specialized, the people here try to make sure you're treated with concern and respect.

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