The Laurels of Defiance

    1701 Jefferson Ave, Defiance, OH 43512
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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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

    4.47·(149)

    Overall rating

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

      4.5
    • Staff

      4.6
    • Meals

      4.1
    • Amenities

      4.8
    • Value

      3.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate, respectful staff interactions
    • Effective physical, occupational, and speech therapy
    • Rehabilitation progress supporting return home and greater independence
    • Clear, helpful updates to families
    • Engaging daily activities, events, and resident social opportunities
    • Attentive activities programming, including individualized support
    • Generally well-regarded meals and desserts
    • Clean, well-maintained rooms and common areas
    • Pleasant courtyard and outdoor sitting area
    • Helpful admissions, billing, and move-in assistance
    • Responsive support across nursing, housekeeping, dining, and other departments

    Cons

    • Staffing capacity concerns affecting timely aide responsiveness
    • Uneven bedside manner and staff courtesy
    • Inconsistent clinical follow-through and medication-administration reliability
    • Variable family communication, visitation coordination, and discharge planning
    • Inconsistent meal temperature and quality
    • Care-planning and resident-rights process consistency concerns

    Summary of reviews

    The overall pattern is strongly favorable, particularly for rehabilitation, staff compassion, and the support provided to residents and families. Many accounts describe attentive nurses and therapists, respectful care, and meaningful progress after surgery or hospitalization. Families and residents often say therapy helped restore mobility or independence and supported a return home. Reviewers also value the assistance available during transitions into the facility and the efforts of social services and other departments to address individual needs. However, experiences are not uniform: a smaller group of critical accounts raises concerns about staff availability, clinical follow-through, and the consistency of resident support.

    Staff are frequently praised as kind, professional, patient, and approachable, with positive comments spanning nursing, aides, therapy, admissions, housekeeping, dining, and administration. Family communication is often described as clear and reassuring, including regular progress updates and help arranging virtual visits. In contrast, some accounts describe delays in getting assistance, concerns about staff tone, or differences in how staff handled family questions and policies. A few critical accounts also raise concerns about medication administration, resident-rights paperwork, and care-planning discussions. One family described delays in completing and sending a requested diagnostic test, along with insufficient supervision during toileting. These concerns contrast with the many accounts of attentive, dignified care and warrant direct discussion with the facility when evaluating care needs.

    Dining is generally viewed positively: residents and visiting family members describe appealing meals, comfortable home-style food, and good desserts. One account described a cold meal, so meal consistency may be worth asking about. Activities are a notable strength. Reviews frequently mention bingo, music, crafts, painting, karaoke, parties, and special events, with the activities team—particularly the director named Dawn—praised for encouraging participation and adapting to residents’ interests. Residents also describe making friends and enjoying the social environment.

    The physical setting is commonly described as clean and pleasant, with positive comments about room upkeep, housekeeping, the courtyard, and shared spaces such as the library. Families also appreciate the facility’s move-in support and help with financial questions. Concerns include reports of limited staffing capacity, uneven aide responsiveness, differing experiences with visitation coordination, and a discharge communicated on short notice. One family also raised a concern about belongings going missing despite being labeled. Taken together, the reviews suggest a facility with strong rehabilitation, activities, and many positive staff experiences, alongside areas where families may want to ask specifically about staffing coverage, medication processes, care-plan communication, personal-property tracking, and discharge notice.

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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

    The Laurels of Defiance is located at 1701 Jefferson Ave, Defiance, OH, 43512.

    About The Laurels of Defiance

    The Laurels of Defiance sits at 1701 S Jefferson in Defiance, Ohio, and has a 107-bed skilled nursing and rehab center where folks can stay for short-term rehabilitation after surgery or illness, or longer if they need ongoing care, and I suppose that brings in all sorts of guests from those who just need a little extra recovery support after a hospital visit to those who require extended or hospice care, and they've got respite options for families needing a break too, so it helps out plenty of different people in different situations. People talk about the modern touches in the building and the way the space is organized with an attractive interior, secure patios, a cozy enclosed courtyard, and comfortable lounges where it seems the guests can get together for social events or just sit quiet and read, and the private or semi-private rooms aim to keep things homey while being safe.

    The staff includes skilled nurses, registered nurses, a Director of Environmental Services, and other caregivers, and they do their best with different levels of care, covering both skilled care and intermediate care, and folks with dialysis needs, IVs, tracheostomy care, wound vac, or Peg tubes are accepted, and all stages of wound care happen right on site, so it's a good place if someone has complex medical needs, and there's a dementia care unit with a permanent nursing staff for residents with memory problems. Short-term care covers rehabilitation and nursing, with both inpatient and outpatient therapy available, and when someone goes home, they can get home-based therapy services too, so the support doesn't stop at the door.

    The meals are said to be healthy and tasty, and the home-style dining area helps guests feel comfortable, while events like the Summer Cookout, Mother's Day Tea, Spring Carnival, and Christmas Extravaganza happen through the year, which makes life a bit more interesting, and folks can join weekly shopping trips or join groups in the community like the Red Hat or Red Suspenders groups, which gives some social choices too. The Laurels of Defiance says they follow The Laurel Way of Caring, focusing on respect, dignity, companionship, and compassion, aiming for independence and a good quality of life, and the staff works to keep guests as active as they want to be.

    Families often mention the staff's professionalism and the range of services, and online reviews sit at 4.2 from 66 people, and while things aren't perfect anywhere, it's clear the place puts effort into creating a safe, friendly environment with as much independence as possible for both long and short stays.

    People often ask...

    The Laurels of Defiance offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 1701 Jefferson Ave, Defiance, OH 43512.

    No, The Laurels of Defiance 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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