Beachwood Pointe Care Center

    23900 Chagrin Blvd, Beachwood, OH, 44122
    2.8 · 79 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    2.0

    Inconsistent care, dirty facility, unsafe

    I had a mixed, ultimately disappointing stay. Many staff were warm, professional, and even lifesaving at times (excellent respiratory therapists, social work, 24/7 family access, good discharge planning), but care was wildly inconsistent. The facility was often dirty - foul odors, overflowing trash, stained sheets, pests and worn furniture - and I saw long/unanswered call lights, delayed meds, missed hygiene, poor/no rehab, and safety incidents that I found unacceptable. Because of the persistent cleanliness, staffing, communication and safety problems, I cannot recommend this place.

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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

    2.77 · 79 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      1.9
    • Staff

      2.4
    • Meals

      1.4
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      2.8

    Pros

    • Some compassionate, caring CNAs and nursing staff
    • Occasionally responsive and engaged nurses
    • Excellent/experienced respiratory therapy staff
    • Hands-on, involved administration and some strong leaders
    • Experienced Director of Nursing reported by some families
    • Consistent memory care staff and dementia care in some units
    • Thorough discharge planning and education in positive cases
    • 24/7 family access reported by some reviewers
    • Rooms made homey and personalized when staff engage
    • Nurses providing hair-styling/grooming assistance
    • Helpful social worker and supportive clinical staff in some cases
    • Quick, helpful responses reported for isolated needs (e.g., providing a chair)
    • Several reviewers reported clean conditions after housekeeping improvements
    • Friendly receptionist and welcoming front-desk staff in some reports
    • Multiple reviewers expressed high satisfaction and would recommend (positive experiences)

    Cons

    • Widespread reports of neglect and poor quality of hands-on care
    • Long call-light and response times; sometimes hours for assistance
    • Allegations of medication mismanagement and delayed medications
    • Rehabilitation services reported as poor or not provided as promised
    • Frequent understaffing and very high nurse/STNA turnover
    • Nonfunctional or unreliable call-light systems
    • Falls, missed fall precautions, and ignored dizziness concerns
    • Serious medical events allegedly not noticed or responded to promptly (seizures, near-fatal incidents)
    • Dirty facility conditions: filthy floors, unclean rooms, overflowing garbage
    • Foul odors including urine, feces, and expired-resident smell
    • Blood- or vomit-stained sheets and linens reported
    • Inadequate laundry practices, missing or damaged clothing and linens
    • Towels and washcloth shortages; linens changed only if asked
    • Reports of bedsores, urine-soaked beds, and poor incontinence care
    • Poor food quality; unappetizing or unheated meals
    • Pest infestations alleged (mice, roaches, bed bugs)
    • Broken or outdated equipment and furniture (old beds, broken TVs, old elevators)
    • Unsafe environment concerns and reports of inadequate security
    • Rude, unprofessional or indifferent staff and HR behavior
    • Nurse manager/director absent or unavailable according to reviewers
    • Failure to notify families/guardians about medications, visits, or incidents
    • Conflicting, poor communication and long phone hold times; phones often unanswered
    • Allegations of theft, tapping into resident accounts, and damaged belongings
    • Reports of state fines and involvement of health department/ombudsman
    • Inconsistent or missing therapeutic services (PT/OT not provided)
    • No activity coordinator or beautician reported by some reviewers
    • Management failing to follow through on care plans or complaints
    • Hostile or chaotic environment at times (staff sleeping/off-property, lights left on)
    • Serious accusations suggesting the facility may require investigation or closure
    • Highly variable experiences between different shifts/units

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the reviews is highly polarized but leans strongly negative: many reviewers describe serious care, safety, cleanliness, and management concerns, while a smaller but notable group report excellent, compassionate care and strong, hands-on leadership. The volume and severity of the negative accounts—ranging from dirty rooms and foul odors to missed medications, falls, near‑fatal events, and alleged financial improprieties—create a consistent pattern of systemic problems in many parts of the facility. At the same time, multiple reviewers name specific staff, therapy teams, and leaders who provided exemplary care, suggesting significant variability in performance by unit, shift, or team.

    Care quality and resident safety are the most frequent themes. Numerous reviews allege neglectful hands-on care: long delays answering call lights, residents left in urine or feces, missed baths and grooming, delayed or omitted medications, and inadequate monitoring for high-risk conditions. Several reviewers describe serious clinical events—seizures, falls, infections, hospital transfers, and at least one near-fatal scenario—where staff response was reported as slow or absent. There are multiple mentions of failed fall-precautions (no bed alarm, inadequate rounding), lack of timely vitals, bedsores, and discharge/refusal conflicts. Medication mismanagement, untimely administration, and documentation concerns are repeatedly cited. These reports, combined with references to state fines and complaints to the health department and ombudsman, indicate that reviewers believe systemic clinical safety issues exist and in some cases regulatory attention has been sought.

    Staffing, management, and communication are another recurrent cluster of complaints. Reviewers frequently describe chronic understaffing, high turnover of nurses and STNAs, and busy or absent nurse managers. Families report long hold times, unreturned calls, difficulties getting information, and administrators not following through on complaints. Some describe rude, unprofessional, or indifferent behavior from nursing staff and HR, including inappropriate conduct. Conversely, a subset of reviews praises individual leaders—an involved administrator, an experienced DON, and unit managers—who were proactive, communicative, and compassionate; these positive reports imply that leadership and staff competence vary across shifts and departments.

    Facility condition and cleanliness is a major negative theme. Many reviews describe filthy floors, overflowing garbage, vomit or feces in public areas, persistent urine odors, stained sheets, inadequate laundering, and shortages of towels/washcloths. Several reviewers allege pest problems (mice, roaches, bed bugs) and old, motel-like rooms with broken furniture and elevators. Others, however, report clean conditions, effective new housekeeping, and no odors—again showing inconsistency. These environmental complaints directly affect perceptions of infection risk, dignity, and safety for residents.

    Rehabilitation, therapy, and activities receive mixed to negative remarks. Several families explicitly say promised rehab services, PT/OT or therapy schedules were not delivered or were insufficient to meet goals, and some residents were not rehabilitated by discharge. Positive exceptions include strong respiratory therapy teams and a few supportive, hands-on therapy staff who made measurable differences for specific patients. Activity coordination and ancillary services (beautician) were often reported as lacking.

    Dining, laundry, and personal belongings are also frequent problem areas. Complaints about food quality and meal service timing are common. Laundry mistakes, lost items, damaged belongings, and alleged theft or unauthorized access to resident accounts were reported multiple times, contributing to distrust among families. A number of reviewers reported linens were only changed upon request, shortages of washcloths, and torn pillows or bedding.

    Patterns and notable incidents: multiple reviews mention regulatory involvement (state fines, health department, ombudsman reports). There are specific allegations of near-fatal delays, a hospital transfer due to low blood pressure, and at least one reviewer claiming external teams (named Ahuja team in one review) “saved her life,” indicating that outside care was necessary to address issues. Several reviewers urged legal action or investigation, and some stated unequivocally that the facility should be shut down. These strong statements, while subjective, indicate a high level of distress and mistrust among many families.

    Despite the array of negative reports, a substantial minority of reviews are strongly positive. Those accounts highlight compassionate caregivers, capable nursing leadership, excellent respiratory therapy, responsive discharge planning, 24/7 visitation access, and clean, welcoming units. Several reviewers explicitly praised individuals and teams by name and said they would recommend the facility. This split suggests that service quality may be highly inconsistent across different units, shifts, or time periods.

    Recommendations and takeaways: prospective residents and families should exercise caution and perform in-person visits across multiple shifts (day, evening, night), ask about staffing ratios, call-light functionality, infection-control practices, rehabilitation schedules, and documentation of medication administration. Families concerned about a current resident should document incidents, contact the ombudsman, and consider reporting serious safety events to state regulators. If placing a loved one here is unavoidable, bring critical supplies, secure important valuables, and maintain regular oversight and communication with staff. For the facility, reviewers repeatedly point to the need for improved staffing levels, stronger and more consistent leadership follow-through, enhanced housekeeping, reliable communication systems, and transparent handling of complaints and incidents.

    In summary, the reviews portray a facility with substantial strengths in pockets—compassionate staff members, effective respiratory therapy, and engaged leaders in some instances—contrasted with pervasive and serious concerns about staffing, safety, cleanliness, rehabilitation, and management follow-through. The inconsistency is the defining pattern: while some families had excellent experiences, many others reported neglect, unsafe conditions, and persistent operational failures that merit careful scrutiny by families and regulators alike.

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    About Beachwood Pointe Care Center

    Beachwood Pointe Care Center sits in Beachwood, Ohio and serves as a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, where you'll find 120 beds set aside for rehabilitation and nursing care, and a total of 140 certified beds, even though they have about 130 residents most of the time, which makes for a 93% occupancy rate, and all the beds here accept both Medicare and Medicaid, which is helpful for families who need that kind of support. The center runs under a for-profit corporation that owns several different nursing homes, so Beachwood Pointe isn't owned by a hospital and doesn't act as a continuing care retirement community. They work with medical, nursing, and therapy professionals together to offer round-the-clock care, which is 24 hours a day, and they provide nursing care, including help to prevent accidents and keep everything as safe as possible in the building, and the fire systems in the building are all sprinklered for extra safety. The place has staff support which usually breaks down to 0.26 registered nurse hours, 1.06 licensed practical nurse hours, and 1.92 certified nursing assistant hours per resident, and you can tell they're paying attention to different types of care needs since they've got specialized care for Alzheimer's and dementia, sub-acute rehabilitation services, long-term care for those planning on staying for a good while, and also hospice services. Residents and families get a chance to participate in councils, which seems to give people a voice in their own care or the care of their loved ones. Beachwood Pointe Care Center also offers therapies across all different disciplines to help with healing after hospital stays or injury, and they put some focus on making residents comfortable, helping both residents and families feel empowered, and aiming for personalized care that's built around health, wellness, and recovery, even though they don't claim any sort of special focus facility status or quality indicator surveys and haven't posted much about features, services, or amenities beyond care basics.

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