Colonial Nursing Center

    201 Buckeye St, Rockford, OH, 45882
    3.0 · 4 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    3.0

    Compassionate staff but management failures

    I've seen both sides: compassionate, long-tenured nurses and attentive housekeeping who gave outstanding care - I'd send my uncle back. Yet the DON was rude (hung up on a caller), I witnessed unattended family members and even threats to call the cops, so I'm planning to move my parents. I recognize they work under funding/private-pay constraints, which explains some shortcomings but doesn't excuse poor leadership and negative service. Genuine frontline staff deserve credit, but management issues make me wary.

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    3.00 · 4 reviews

    Overall rating

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    5. 1
    • Care

      5.0
    • Staff

      3.0
    • Meals

      3.0
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      3.0

    Pros

    • genuine, compassionate staff
    • long-tenured employees
    • compassionate nursing and outstanding care
    • dedicated, responsive management
    • housekeeping praised
    • Director of Nursing (DON) noted positively
    • willingness of some reviewers to recommend/send family again
    • management addresses criticism

    Cons

    • reports of staff incompetence
    • instances of residents/family members being unattended
    • rude staff and poor phone/communication behavior (hung up on callers)
    • threats to call police used in conflicts
    • severe negative service experiences prompting families to move residents
    • polarized and inconsistent care experiences
    • perception of limited resources or funding constraints despite private-pay context

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across these reviews is mixed but highlights two clear themes: many reviewers strongly praise the clinical and long-term caregiving core of the facility, while a smaller but vocal set of reviewers report serious service and interpersonal problems. Several comments describe the nursing staff as compassionate and provide outstanding care; these positive reviews also note long-tenured employees, good housekeeping, and an appreciated Director of Nursing. Management is described in some reviews as dedicated and willing to address criticism, and at least one reviewer explicitly said they would send a close family member (their uncle) back to the facility. These elements suggest a stable clinical team and effective leadership in certain respects.

    At the same time, there are distinct and troubling criticisms that cannot be ignored. Multiple summaries describe incidents of staff incompetence and situations where family members or residents were left unattended. Separate comments report rude interactions, including staff members hanging up on callers and even threats to call the police during disputes. These service failures have led some families to plan to move parents out of the facility and to express strong negative sentiments (including wishing the facility would close). The coexistence of highly positive praise and severe complaints points to inconsistency in resident experience—some units, shifts, or staff members may provide excellent care, while others fall short.

    Staffing and resourcing appear to be underlying factors in how these mixed experiences arise. Positive reviews frame good care as occurring "under funding/resource constraints," and one comment explicitly references private-pay pricing context, implying expectations for services may be higher than the facility's resourcing allows. Long-tenured staff and a praised DON indicate retention and clinical continuity in parts of the operation, but the reports of inattentiveness and incompetence suggest gaps in training, supervision, or staffing levels at other times. Management is recognized as dedicated and responsive in some reviews, which may explain why some issues are addressed; however, the presence of unresolved, acute interpersonal problems (rudeness, antagonistic responses) suggests inconsistent enforcement of customer service standards.

    There is little direct information about dining, activities, or physical facilities in these summaries beyond housekeeping being singled out for praise. That indicates at least that environmental cleanliness is a strength, but there is no substantive feedback to evaluate the recreational, nutritional, or physical environment comprehensively. Given the polarized feedback about staff behavior and competence, prospective families should ask targeted questions about staffing patterns, shift supervision, staff training, and recent quality reviews. They should also request recent incident/complaint logs and speak with both clinical leadership (DON) and front-line staff across different shifts to better understand variability.

    In conclusion, the most frequent and significant patterns are: (1) clear strengths in compassionate nursing, long-tenured caregivers, housekeeping, and some effective management; and (2) serious customer service and care consistency problems for a subset of reviewers, including reports of unattended residents, rude behavior, and even threats. The mixed picture suggests the facility can deliver high-quality care but does so unevenly. For families considering this facility, it is important to validate the consistent presence of the praised staff and leadership and to probe how the facility prevents and responds to the negative behaviors reported. For the facility, the priority would be improving consistency through strengthened staff training, clearer communication protocols, and reinforced supervisory oversight to reduce the high-impact negative incidents mentioned in the reviews.

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    About Colonial Nursing Center

    Colonial Nursing Center sits at 201 Buckeye St in Rockford, Ohio, and offers a supportive place for seniors who need skilled nursing, assisted living, or even memory care for Alzheimer's and dementia, and the staff includes experienced healthcare workers who take time to know everyone by name, meeting each person's unique needs through individualized care plans, so someone needing help with bathing or medication can find what they need, and there are services like wound care and telemetry monitoring for patients who need close watching, and all rooms come furnished as single or double occupancy with a television, telephone, and security system, making it feel safe, and the building itself features walking paths, gardens, dining rooms with scheduled meals, all-day dining, and food choices for things like diabetes or allergies, plus there are laundry and housekeeping services, transportation, and parking. The team helps with everything from managing medications to physical, speech, or occupational therapy, and they offer short-term rehab or long-term nursing, even respite care for those who need a break at home, and families can sit down during care conferences where the latest updates on loved ones come out, giving peace of mind, and the community hosts social and recreational activities to help residents stay connected, whether that means joining in on religious services or a friendly game. Colonial Nursing Center covers the basics like 24-hour supervision, non-ambulatory care, bathing, dressing, transfers, and daily routines, while also making sure there's move-in coordination or emergency alert systems, and staff help with medical appointment scheduling and offer preadmission counseling, making it easier on folks and families as they settle in.

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