Overall sentiment across the review summaries is strongly negative, with numerous and serious concerns about quality of care, safety, staffing, cleanliness, and clinical management. Multiple reviewers describe experiences that include neglect, inadequate or dangerous medical care, and poor responsiveness by staff. While a very small number of comments note positive interactions with individual staff and one comment suggested the facility was better than a hospital for that resident, these are far outweighed by repeated, specific allegations of harmful practices and systemic failures.
Care quality and clinical management emerge as the most frequently cited problems. Reviews allege medication administration without proper physician orders and record-keeping that labels patients as "combative," implying documentation and clinical judgment issues. Several accounts describe clinical deterioration while at Meadowview, necessitating hospital transfers or movement to other facilities where better progress was observed. Serious medical problems are reported, including catheter infections requiring additional surgery, pneumonia, UTIs, dehydration, bedsores, and in some cases death. There are also alarming reports that the facility's actions or omissions contributed to cardiac arrest or worsened patients’ conditions. Ventilator management and respiratory care were specifically criticized (ventilator alarms/going off and subsequent pneumonia), which is especially concerning for a facility that advertises respiratory services.
Staff behavior and staffing levels are recurrent themes. Reviewers describe rude, unresponsive, and in some cases abusive staff. Complaints include aides leaving residents in soiled diapers, failing to shave or groom residents, laughing loudly outside rooms, and general inattentiveness. Numerous reviewers report long waits for assistance and ignored call buttons, pointing to understaffing or poor staff organization. While some individual staff members were called out as commendable, the dominant narrative is one of inconsistent and often inadequate care—frequent descriptions of lazy or incompetent employees, and claims that nurses and doctors failed to meet basic care standards.
Safety and facility conditions are also significant concerns. Multiple reviewers describe unclean, soiled rooms with mold spots (including around air-conditioner units), poor ventilation, disgusting conditions, and a generally unsafe environment. Falls and inadequate fall prevention are repeatedly mentioned; one report includes a dislocated shoulder and suggests only minimal, one-sided bed safety measures (a single bed mat) were in place. Several reviewers explicitly state the facility should be avoided or describe it as effectively condemned, reflecting serious perceived lapses in regulatory or managerial oversight.
Administration and accountability are described as insufficient. Reviewers say administrative staff were unresponsive to complaints and that the facility shifted blame to hospitals when injuries occurred. There are mentions of police involvement and removal of residents, which further indicate incidents escalating beyond normal clinical disputes. The pattern of hospital transfers following inadequate progress at Meadowview, and improved outcomes after transfer elsewhere, suggests systemic problems that are not isolated to singular staff actions.
Dining and daily living needs receive limited but notable criticism—examples include poor meal quality ("applesauce meals" used to indicate inadequate nutrition) and neglect of basic hygiene needs. Activities and therapeutic programming are not discussed in the reviews provided, which may reflect either an absence of meaningful activities or that reviewers prioritized reporting safety and care failures.
In summary, the collective reviews depict Meadowview Nursing and Respiratory Care Center as a facility with serious and recurring problems in clinical care, safety, cleanliness, and staffing. The most urgent concerns are alleged medication and treatment errors, infection control failures, neglect leading to bedsores and dehydration, inadequate fall prevention with resulting injuries, and unresponsive or abusive staff behavior. While a minority of comments note competent individual staff and one favorable comparison to hospital care, the prevailing pattern in these summaries recommends caution and suggests families should thoroughly investigate, request documentation of staffing levels and clinical oversight, tour the facility in person, check regulatory inspection reports, and strongly consider alternative facilities given the severity and frequency of the reported issues.
