Altercare Newark North

    151 Price Rd, Newark, OH 43055
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Compassionate care excellent therapy welcoming

    I'm very pleased with the care my loved one receives here. Staff and nurses are compassionate, responsive, and know residents by name; help arrives quickly and communication with families is regular and respectful. Therapy/rehab is excellent, activities are plentiful and social, and the facility feels clean, welcoming, and home-like. Admissions and aftercare were smooth - I'd confidently recommend this community.

    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

    4.04·(79)

    Overall rating

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

      3.5
    • Staff

      3.8
    • Meals

      2.8
    • Amenities

      3.1
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and professional nursing staff
    • Dedicated and attentive STNA/aide team
    • Strong family communication and regular care updates
    • Effective physical and occupational therapy program
    • High-quality hospice and end-of-life support
    • Engaging activities and social programming
    • Supportive social services and admissions coordination
    • Aftercare and discharge support
    • Long-tenured staff and caregiver continuity
    • On-site exercise and therapy equipment
    • Home-like, welcoming atmosphere
    • AHCA Bronze Award recognition

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels, especially on weekends and mid-shifts
    • Sanitation and housekeeping lapses in memory-care areas and bathrooms
    • Gaps in medication administration and responsiveness
    • Weak clinical leadership and administrative follow-through
    • High staff turnover and reliance on agency personnel
    • Aged facility infrastructure and limited amenities
    • Variable dining quality and meal-service consistency
    • Safety-process weaknesses including fall prevention and monitoring
    • Inconsistent corporate responsiveness and follow-up

    Summary of reviews

    This facility elicits a mixed but clearly patterned set of experiences. Many families and residents praise the frontline caregivers — nurses, STNAs, therapists and social-service staff — for compassion, professionalism and regular communication. The rehabilitation/therapy program and hospice services receive consistent positive mention, and activity programming and admissions/aftercare coordination are frequently highlighted as strengths. Long-tenured staff and an overall welcoming atmosphere are also cited as important positives.

    Despite those strengths, a recurring operational theme is inconsistent staffing. Reviews point to inadequate coverage on weekends and during mid-shifts, frequent use of agency staff, and mid-shift gaps that leave frontline employees overextended. These staffing inconsistencies are linked to delays in responding to resident requests, interruptions in routine care, and concerns about medication administration and timely clinical response. Families should therefore ask about current staffing ratios, weekend coverage, call-bell response metrics, and how the facility manages agency-staff assignments.

    Dining and activities are described variably: some residents report good meals, flexible options, and an active social calendar, while others describe poor meal quality and limited amenity offerings. Activity coordination and social programs are generally rated positively; prospective residents may wish to review a sample menu and the activity calendar during a visit to judge consistency and appropriateness for their needs.

    Facility condition and housekeeping practices also show divergence. Several accounts praise clean, well-maintained areas, but a number of reviews raise sanitation and housekeeping concerns in specific units (notably memory-care areas and certain bathrooms/floors). The physical plant is described as dated in places, with limited modern amenities. Reviewers referenced corrective work (tile and toilet replacement) and state health citations in the past; prospective families should review the most recent inspection reports and ask what remediation steps were completed.

    Management and corporate responsiveness are another mixed area. Local social-service and admissions staff receive strong positive remarks, but some reviewers describe weak clinical leadership at the administrator or director-of-nursing level and limited responsiveness from the corporate office when families escalate concerns. Given these divergent accounts, it is prudent to ask about the facility’s escalation and complaint-resolution process, recent leadership tenure, and how corporate oversight is implemented locally.

    Notable safety-related patterns include concerns about fall prevention and monitoring; some reviews reference serious falls and outcomes that prompted family alarm. While many residents experience safe, attentive care, these safety-process weaknesses should be clarified during a visit. Ask about fall-risk assessments, alarm systems or visual checks in memory-care, medication-management protocols, and how the facility documents and communicates clinical incidents to families.

    In summary, the facility shows clear strengths in frontline caregiving, therapy/rehab, hospice support and community programming, alongside recurring operational weaknesses in staffing consistency, housekeeping/sanitation in specific units, and administrative follow-through. Prospective residents and families should tour the facility in person, speak directly with nursing leadership, review recent state inspection findings, and inquire about staffing patterns, housekeeping schedules, fall-prevention practices, and medication-administration safeguards before making a placement decision.

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    Medicare Ratings

    3·/ 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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    Altercare Newark North is located at 151 Price Rd, Newark, OH, 43055.

    About Altercare Newark North

    Altercare Newark North sits in Newark, Ohio, and offers several care choices under Altercare Integrated Health Services, so there's a mix of options for those needing skilled nursing, short-term rehab, memory care, long-term care, outpatient rehab, hospice, palliative care, and respite care, and there's a secured Memory Care unit over in Speret Hall which has special programs for people with Alzheimer's or other types of dementia. The place gives people a range of living spaces, with one, two, three, or four bedrooms, and offers everything from apartments to condos, townhomes, and single-family homes, with rental choices that sometimes have things like washers and dryers, air conditioning, patios, hot tubs or spas, barbecue spots, waterfront views, fitness centers, pools, doormen, and gated entries, and there's pet-friendly housing too. Inside, folks can count on things like varied layouts, floors, and levels, and the place says it works to make spaces accessible, though exact details may change from unit to unit, and there are policies to protect people based on gender identity, LGBTQ status, source of income, and other legal protections, so it's meant to be a fair and safe spot. There's also internet and satellite services, but the fine print on that isn't clear. Outside, you'll find parking, a garage, and outdoor areas, though the exact features might differ. They offer therapy with up-to-date equipment like Nustep and Keiser machines in the therapy fitness center, and the staff get continuing education so they stay sharp in providing care. Residents can use a full-service beauty salon for haircuts and styling, stroll the walking paths outdoors, or sit quietly in a dedicated quiet room when they need to rest. Spiritual needs get met through non-denominational chapel services. Dining's flexible-people can choose what works best for them, and they try to treat everyone like part of the family, working to make care experiences better, but, as with any place, it's good to ask about the details for your own needs because while there are a lot of amenities and services, each person's situation is unique.

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