Buckeye Forest at Madeira

    5970 Kenwood Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45243
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Compassionate effective rehab and care

    I had a very positive experience at Heartland - the staff were warm, professional, and attentive, and the rehab team helped me regain mobility quickly. The facility felt clean and homey, with good meals, activities, and accessible leadership who communicated regularly. I'd recommend it for compassionate, effective short-term rehab and long-term care, with only minor room for improvement.

    Current/former 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

    3.86·(131)

    Overall rating

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

      3.8
    • Staff

      3.9
    • Meals

      2.8
    • Amenities

      3.7
    • Value

      3.9

    Pros

    • Compassionate nursing and aide staff
    • Skilled physical, occupational, and speech therapy
    • Effective short-term rehabilitation program
    • Engaged activities and transportation program
    • Accessible and proactive admissions leadership
    • Supportive social work and case management
    • Clean, home-like rooms and common areas
    • Private and semi‑private room options
    • Salon and personal-care services
    • Regular communication and quick issue resolution
    • Family-friendly atmosphere and visitation flexibility
    • Dedicated wound-care and clinical support

    Cons

    • Chronic understaffing and high patient-to-staff ratios
    • Heavy reliance on agency/temporary staff and turnover
    • Inconsistent medication administration and documentation
    • Unreliable meal-service continuity and variable food quality
    • Sanitation and pest-control concerns in some areas
    • Delays in personal-care, toileting, and bathing assistance
    • Equipment and supply maintenance gaps
    • Poor phone responsiveness and family communication gaps
    • Variable leadership stability and inconsistent managerial accountability
    • Inconsistent training and conduct standards among frontline staff

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews portray a facility with significant polarization between strong clinical and rehabilitative strengths and recurring operational weaknesses. Many families and residents praised the therapy teams, noting meaningful gains in mobility and function driven by skilled physical, occupational, and speech therapists. Nursing and aide staff receive frequent commendation for compassion and individualized care; several reviews singled out admissions, case management, and social-work staff as accessible and proactive. Activities, outings, transportation, salon services, and a family-like atmosphere are commonly cited as positive contributors to quality of life.

    At the same time, numerous reviewers describe systemic operational problems. Staffing levels and staff mix emerge as a central concern: chronic understaffing, high patient-to-staff ratios, reliance on agency personnel, and frequent turnover are linked to delays in care, inconsistent handoffs, and variability in daily assistance. Related issues include inconsistent medication administration and documentation, equipment and supply maintenance gaps (for example, oxygen and call systems), and intermittent shortages of basic supplies. Several families described delays or omissions in personal-care tasks and toileting assistance, which are characterized here as incontinence-care and personal-care delays.

    Dining and housekeeping show mixed performance. Some accounts describe good menus, pleasant dining experiences, and appropriate meal options; others identify unreliable meal delivery, inconsistent portioning and beverage availability, and diet plans that were not consistently met. Cleanliness and environmental maintenance receive contrasting assessments: many reviewers praised clean, home-like rooms and shiny common areas, while others raised sanitation and pest-control concerns and cited uneven housekeeping attention. These differences often appear correlated with staffing and management stability.

    Management and communication present a split picture. Several reviewers commended specific administrators and admissions staff for responsiveness, transparent communication, and prompt resolution of concerns. Conversely, there are consistent comments about variable leadership stability, defensive or unresponsive managerial behavior in some instances, and poor phone responsiveness to families. A handful of serious allegations — including concerns about staff attentiveness on shift and about post-incident family communication — were also mentioned and contributed to distress among affected families.

    Overall, the facility demonstrates clear strengths in rehabilitation, therapy, and many staff-resident interactions, making it a strong option for short-term rehab when those teams are fully staffed and engaged. However, prospective residents and families should assess current staffing levels, medication-management processes, environmental-cleanliness protocols, and leadership continuity during their tour or intake conversation. Asking for recent staffing ratios, infection-control and pest-control records, and examples of how management handles missed medications or family complaints can help clarify whether the operational weaknesses noted by some reviewers have been addressed.

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    Location

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    Buckeye Forest at Madeira is located at 5970 Kenwood Rd, Cincinnati, OH, 45243.

    About Buckeye Forest at Madeira

    Buckeye Forest at Madeira sits at 5970 Kenwood Road in Cincinnati, Ohio, and offers many types of care like independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, memory care, home health services, hospice care, respite care, and adult day services, and you'll find both short-term and long-term care options, with flexible room setups and dedicated spaces for things like a Living Room, Kitchen, Diner, Gym, Cinema, and activity spaces, and folks can enjoy a beauty salon, computer center, small library, garden, outdoor areas, gaming and fitness rooms, wellness center, and community lounge, plus there's a spa on-site and a dining room where meals can be eaten restaurant-style or, if you wish, in your room. Staff offers a 24-hour call system, nursing for 12-16 hours a day, and skilled nursing and healthcare are available at all times, and there are regular physician visits, care conferences, and help with daily activities-so things like bathing, medication management, wound care, pain management, and mental wellness programs happen as needed, and if you're recovering from surgery or illness, they do physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, IV antibiotic therapy, TPN, tracheotomy care, respiratory therapy, dental care, podiatry, optometry, audiology, and even orthopedic and recreational therapy, so the care team aims to meet each resident's needs as they come with their own personalized plan. The rooms come fully furnished, with private bathrooms, kitchenettes, flat-screen TVs, and pets are allowed with some leash or cage rules, so the living setup is pretty flexible and the staff handles cleaning, linens, and maintenance. Meal choices include flexible meal plans, diabetes diets, and special dietary needs, and there's a system for arranging transportation for outings, doctor visits, or non-medical trips-plus, there are planned day trips, daily scheduled activities, and even some resident-run groups and community-sponsored programs. The community is family-owned, operates as a for-profit corporation, and is known as one of the country's largest post-acute care providers, but it doesn't have a resident or family council and it's not a Continuing Care Retirement Community, though it does accept Medicare and Medicaid. Buckeye Forest at Madeira has a secure memory care unit for folks with dementia or memory loss and hosts various life enrichment programs, and there are a lot of special services offered like medication administration, homemaking, medical transport, supervised therapy, and access to specialist appointments. Past inspection grades have ranged from B+ to D, with a B-minus grade as of October 18, and there's been a flag for abuse over the last year, so history shows times when the facility has done well and times when there were problems. Buckeye Forest at Madeira's website can give more updated details, but the main things you'll find here are a wide range of senior care and therapy services, flexibility for independent or more involved care, personalized plans, and many on-site amenities and activity spaces designed for comfort, safety, and socializing.

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