Westwood Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

    1016 Fletcher St, Wilkesboro, North Carolina 28697
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Caring staff, clean secure facility

    I moved my mother here and I'm very pleased - the staff are warm, caring, and treat residents like family, keep me updated on her progress, and the facility is clean, secure (dementia-locked) with comfortable rooms, good meals, and engaging activities. Staff are hardworking and well trained; I'd recommend this place to others.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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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

    Reviews

    4.45·(42)

    Overall rating

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

      4.3
    • Staff

      4.5
    • Meals

      3.3
    • Amenities

      3.8
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate, attentive staff
    • Consistent family communication and condition updates
    • Clean, well-maintained living spaces
    • Comfortable, well-decorated common areas
    • Secure dementia unit
    • Engaging activities and volunteer opportunities
    • Supportive end-of-life care
    • Long-term continuity for some residents
    • Welcoming, family-oriented atmosphere

    Cons

    • Medication-administration and management weaknesses
    • Inconsistent transfer and mobility-safety practices
    • Variability in caregiver attentiveness and CNA supervision
    • Inconsistent dining quality
    • Out-of-pocket charges for basic disposable supplies
    • Gaps in leadership consistency and care coordination

    Summary of reviews

    Reviewers convey a facility with clear strengths in interpersonal care, environment, and programming alongside several operational weaknesses that merit attention. Many accounts emphasize a warm, family-oriented culture: staff are frequently described as compassionate, kind, and attentive, with competent end-of-life care and steady communication to families. Long-term families note reliability over years, and volunteers and visitors comment positively on welcoming common areas, comfortable resident rooms, and well-maintained, clean spaces. The facility also offers a secure unit for residents with dementia and a range of activities that engage residents and welcome volunteer participation.

    At the same time, there are recurring operational concerns that prospective residents and families should evaluate. Several accounts describe medication-timing lapses and isolated transfer-related incidents that correlate with adverse clinical outcomes; these point to potential gaps in medication administration protocols and transfer-safety practices. Reviewers also indicate variability in caregiver attentiveness and that CNAs sometimes need clearer direction, suggesting inconsistencies in frontline supervision and training.

    Dining impressions are mixed: some reviewers praise food and meal-service engagement, while others characterize the dining experience negatively, indicating inconsistent meal quality and menu satisfaction. Financial practices around disposables are another area of concern—families mention additional charges for basic supplies such as wipes and incontinence products—so billing and supply policies are worth clarifying before admission.

    Management and care coordination appear uneven in places. While many staff members are described as hardworking and compassionate, others note a lack of unified care vision or inconsistent managerial direction, which can affect day-to-day consistency. For families considering this facility, recommended questions include: what protocols and audits are in place for medication administration, how staff are trained and evaluated on transfer safety, how CNAs are supervised, what the dining menu cycle and quality-control measures are, and what costs for disposable supplies are expected. Overall, the facility presents strong relational care and a comfortable physical environment, balanced by operational areas that would benefit from improved clinical controls and clearer leadership consistency.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Westwood Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is located at 1016 Fletcher St, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, 28697.

    About Westwood Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

    Westwood Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has 176 certified skilled nursing beds and usually about 110 residents living there each day, and sometimes you'll hear about the 186 total bed count and the 30-bed Alzheimer's unit, but really the SPARC Memory Unit holds fifteen semi-private rooms for those who need memory care, and you'll find that the SPARC program-Specialized Programming for Alzheimer's and Related Care-gives folks with dementia or memory loss a safe and structured spot, lots of oversight, and fairly tailored activities that try to match what each person can manage, and there's always 24-hour support and care, so people who need more than average personal help with things like bathing, dressing, eating, taking medicine, or just getting around have that assistance nearby all day and night. The place offers short-term rehab after surgery or hospital stays, long-term care for those with chronic illnesses, and a chance for respite stays, and people in both regular and memory care units get regular meals from a kitchen, served in the family-style dining room for the SPARC unit, with customized meal plans if someone's got to watch their salt, sugar, or other dietary needs, because a lot of residents there might have trouble with heart disease, diabetes, or high blood pressure, and often need more careful monitoring with medicine that the staff can store and give as needed. They have a physician who oversees things with an on-site team of nurses giving about 3.04 hours per resident per day, and nurse turnover sits at 31.1%, with the staff coming and going more than some would like, but folks still get personal care plans from an interdisciplinary team meant to help keep independence and give some sense of dignity even as people's conditions may change, and the general care model pays attention to mind, body, and spirit so it's not just about medicine.

    Masks are required at all times for everyone-staff and guests-when they're inside, and every person going in has to do a temperature check and fill out a health assessment, and the center partners with experts from the clinical world and sticks close to CDC guidelines, which lately has meant using things like electrostatic cleaning, new filters such as MERV 13, and some new air scrubbers in hopes they'll catch or prevent viruses, because even with effort, there's been a noted infection-related deficiency regarding how infection control's handled, and all those facts come up in the inspection reports, showing 16 total deficiencies. The whole property has safety features meant to help residents move around safely, especially those with dementia, with access control technology guarding the Memory Care Unit, and there's housekeeping, laundry, help with transportation, and a raft of activities shaped to fit with whatever someone's able to do, handled by staff trained to manage behavioral concerns attached to memory issues, plus some emphasis on making visiting hours workable-though the reception office does keep regular hours from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.

    Westwood Hills has always run as a for-profit corporation under Principle Long Term Care, Inc., since 2011, with managerial names like Raymond, Robert, and Roger Hill, and Principle IT Services, Inc. part of the ownership picture, and it meets federal requirements so they can accept Medicare and Medicaid. The place commits to being a fair housing and equal opportunity provider, so anyone meeting care needs can live there. The center isn't perfect, but people who need skilled nursing, short-term rehab, long-term help, or memory care for Alzheimer's and dementia will find a setting trying to balance safety, social life, and medical help, all under close professional supervision.

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    Westwood Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 1016 Fletcher St, Wilkesboro, North Carolina 28697.

    No, Westwood Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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