Clay County Care Center

    86 Valley Hideaway Dr, Hayesville, NC, 28904
    4.5 · 13 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    4.0

    Caring staff; problems with management

    My mother lived here five years and I'm grateful for the loving, attentive care - excellent nurses, doctors and rehab staff, regular updates, good food, and an administrator who often went out of his way. The building is older, far from us and not luxurious. Big caveats: we were once turned away after a confirmed room with no notice and communication was poor at times, and my mother's wedding ring was stolen and the manager laughed when I reported it. Overall I recommend the caregiving quality but advise caution about admissions procedures and valuables.

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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

    4.46 · 13 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      4.8
    • Staff

      4.3
    • Meals

      4.0
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      4.5

    Pros

    • Exceptional, caring and friendly staff
    • Regular communication and updates from nurses
    • Attentive and competent doctors
    • Talented caregivers and positive rehab progress
    • Helpful, proactive administrator
    • Good food
    • Ample staffing and warm greetings
    • Long-term residents report loving care
    • Multiple strong personal recommendations

    Cons

    • Refusal of admission after room confirmation; poor admission communication
    • Perceived bias or inconsistent admission decisions
    • Theft of personal property (wedding ring) with inadequate managerial response
    • Older building, not modern or luxurious
    • Facility is located far for some families
    • Inconsistent management responsiveness

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across these reviews is predominantly positive about the caregiving staff and clinical outcomes, with a handful of serious administrative and facility-related concerns that recur enough to warrant attention. Reviewers consistently praise the people who provide day-to-day care — nurses, caregivers, and doctors receive repeated commendations for being compassionate, communicative, and effective. Several families report that rehab care helped a loved one make meaningful progress, and long-term residents and their families describe sustained loving care over years. There are multiple explicit recommendations of the facility based on the quality and warmth of staff interactions.

    Care quality and staff: The reviews overwhelmingly highlight the competence and kindness of clinical and caregiving staff. Nurses are noted for regular updates, and doctors are described as attentive and exemplary. Caregivers are characterized as talented and loving; families mention that the staff greeted residents and visitors with smiles and kind words and helped maintain residents' spirits. An administrator is singled out for going out of his way to help, suggesting that some members of management are strongly engaged and supportive. These positive comments appear frequently and consistently, making staff quality the strongest theme across the reviews.

    Facilities and location: Several reviewers mention the physical attributes of the facility. The building is described as older and not modern or luxurious; some reviewers were initially apprehensive about the age and location. One review notes that the facility is far from the reviewer’s location, which may be a meaningful drawback for families who need frequent visits. While condition and luxury are noted as limitations, reviewers do not generally link those traits to poor care; rather, they frame the facility as functional and staffed by people who compensate for less contemporary surroundings.

    Dining and rehabilitation: Dining receives positive, if brief, mention — specifically “good food.” Rehabilitation services are highlighted positively in multiple reviews: residents who came for rehab made progress, and families were pleased with the therapy outcomes. These operational positives complement the praised clinical and caregiving staff, reinforcing that therapeutic and daily-life services function well.

    Management, communication, and serious concerns: Despite many positives, there are notable and serious negative incidents reported. The most acute administrative complaint is an account of a family being refused admission after having confirmed a room — turned away without notice and with poor communication. That incident includes an allegation of perceived bias in admission decisions and is described as “appalling” by the reviewer. Another serious complaint involves the theft of a resident’s wedding ring and a manager’s dismissive (reported as laughing) response when informed. These two issues—breakdowns in admission communication/procedures and inadequate responses to lost or stolen personal property—are distinct from clinical care but significantly affect families’ trust and sense of safety. Additionally, while one administrator is praised for being helpful, at least one reviewer experienced what they perceived as inconsistent or inadequate managerial responsiveness. Together, these management and process issues represent the main patterns of dissatisfaction.

    Patterns and implications: The dominant pattern is a facility with strong frontline caregiving and clinical teams that deliver compassionate, effective care and keep families informed, contrasted with intermittent but significant lapses in administrative processes and building amenities. Prospective families can likely expect warm, competent day-to-day care and reasonable meals, and many reviewers would recommend the center based on clinical outcomes and staff demeanor. However, they should also be cautious about admissions logistics, personal-property safeguards, and variable management responses. The combination of repeated praise for staff and a few severe administrative complaints suggests the facility’s culture of caregiving is a major asset, but operational policies (admissions confirmation, property handling, managerial accountability) would benefit from review and improvement.

    Recommendations based on reviews: For families — verify admission details in writing and maintain close communication on arrival day; check visiting logistics given the facility’s distance if applicable; discuss property security policies and inventory valuables before admission. For the facility — strengthen admissions confirmation processes and transparency, review and tighten personal-property safeguards and incident response protocols, and ensure consistent, respectful managerial behavior when issues arise. Addressing these administrative weaknesses would align operational reliability with the strong clinical and caregiving strengths repeatedly praised in the reviews.

    Location

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    About Clay County Care Center

    Clay County Care Center sits in Hayesville, North Carolina, and offers skilled nursing care for older adults who need long-term or short-term support, which means if someone's coming out of the hospital or just can't manage at home anymore, they can get care and rehabilitation like physical, occupational, or speech therapy, and plenty of help with daily things like bathing, dressing, and eating, and there's always a nurse and a doctor around if something happens or someone needs extra attention, so families can know their loved one will never be left alone. There are 90 beds at this center, and most rooms are semi-private, though a few are private, and if a married couple needs to stay together, staff can help with that. The building's been serving the community for more than 25 years, so there's a sense that they know what they're doing, and you can see that in the little things like the planned group activities-excursions, movies, arts and crafts, gardening together, and sometimes musicians or other performers stop by, so no one's left with just television for company, and folks looking for a bit of pampering can visit the beauty or barber shop. Outside, there's a garden and patio for sitting quietly or visiting with guests when the weather's nice. The care team tries to create a plan that fits each resident, which means they pay attention not only to medical needs but also to the mind and spirit, and they say dignity matters a lot-if someone reaches a milestone or makes progress, the staff celebrates it alongside them. There's also pastoral support and transportation help if someone needs to go to appointments, and because the center takes both Medicare and Medicaid, families can sort out payment without too much trouble, as long as everyone's eligible. While the facility doesn't publish specifics about all amenities upfront, people say it's clean, steady, and focused on getting residents as independent as possible, and if someone does improve enough to go home, the staff supports that, too. The center belongs to Consulate Health Care and follows fair housing and equal opportunity guidelines, and the staff speak English. Right now, they're not taking new patients, but over the years, they've become a steady part of senior care in the area, and you can see it in little things, like the garden benches out back or the rehab gym where folks do their therapy.

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