Elms Retirement Village

    136 S Main St, Wellington, OH 44090
    • Independent Living
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Warm attentive staff, spotless facility

    I'm very pleased with this community - the staff are warm, professional, and genuinely caring, and nurses are attentive and know residents by name. The building is spotless and well-maintained, rooms are nearly perfect with safe bathrooms, and dining is restaurant-quality with reliable medication and laundry services. There's an on-site salon and social events (they even had trick-or-treating). I love it here and feel truly cared for.

    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
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

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

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.75·(4)

    Overall rating

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

      3.8
    • Staff

      3.8
    • Meals

      4.5
    • Amenities

      4.7
    • Value

      3.8

    Pros

    • Clean, well-maintained facility
    • Professional, welcoming staff
    • Attentive nursing bedside manner
    • Personalized staff–resident relationships
    • Structured medication-management processes
    • Onsite laundry service
    • Onsite beauty salon
    • Restaurant-quality dining and varied menu
    • Active social programming and events
    • Open-plan suites and well-appointed rooms

    Cons

    • Inconsistent nursing care quality
    • Delays in responding to continence and hygiene needs
    • Gaps in clinical monitoring, infection prevention, and hydration oversight
    • Inconsistent communication and clinical escalation to families and leadership

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews describe a facility that presents many strengths on day-to-day living while also showing concerning variability in clinical care. Positive feedback consistently highlights a clean, well-maintained building; friendly, professional staff; strong food service; and a range of onsite amenities. At the same time, a subset of reviews raises substantive operational concerns about how clinical needs are monitored and escalated.

    Care and clinical concerns: Many accounts praise nurses’ bedside manner and the degree to which staff know residents by name and form personal connections. Medication management and routine services such as laundry are described as structured and reliable. Contrasting with those positive reports, other accounts describe inconsistent nursing care quality and delays in attending to basic clinical needs. The pattern of concerns centers on clinical monitoring and follow-up — for example, infection prevention and management, hydration oversight, and timely attention to continence and hygiene needs. Several reviewers also noted difficulties in how clinical concerns were communicated and escalated to leadership, which they felt affected outcomes in at least one serious instance.

    Staff and management: Staff are repeatedly described as kind, welcoming and genuine in their interactions; many residents reported feeling comfortable and trusting of caregivers. However, reviewers expressed frustration with instances where staff communication appeared defensive or where unit leadership did not respond with the expected level of responsiveness. These comments suggest variability between shifts or units in both clinical competence and leadership follow-through.

    Dining, activities, and amenities: Dining is frequently singled out as a strength — described as restaurant-quality with good meal options — and there are convenient onsite services such as an organized laundry service and a beauty salon. Social programming and events (for example, holiday activities) are available and contribute to a lively community, though reviewers differ in how much individual residents participate.

    Facilities and accommodation: The physical environment is consistently described as clean, organized and well-maintained, with safe bathroom design and generally well-appointed rooms. The facility’s open-plan suites are noted features; prospective residents should assess how that layout matches their privacy preferences.

    Notable patterns and considerations for families: The dominant positive themes are cleanliness, hospitality, and quality dining and amenities. The dominant concern is inconsistent clinical oversight — specifically, delays in attending to hygiene and hydration needs, and gaps in infection monitoring and escalation. These are operational issues rather than uniformly reported characteristics, but they are significant when present. Prospective residents and families should tour the unit, ask for current staffing ratios and clinical incident protocols, review infection-control and escalation procedures, and inquire how leadership communicates with families following clinical events. Observing a shift change and speaking with direct-care staff can help assess consistency across shifts.

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    Medicare Ratings

    5·/ 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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    Elms Retirement Village is located at 136 S Main St, Wellington, OH, 44090.

    About Elms Retirement Village

    Elms Retirement Village, found at 136 S Main St in Wellington, Ohio, sits as a medium-sized community where people can choose from Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing, and Respite Care, and you know, it's one of those places where you'll find folks getting help when they need it, whether they want to keep as much independence as possible or need daily nursing care or therapy after surgery, and the staff here, with nurses on duty all day and night, really know how to help out folks living with dementia or Alzheimer's, or those who need wound care, medication help, or just a hand with washing and dressing. They've got meals served in a big dining room, home-style or following a special diet if the doctor says so, and people who like activities can join in day trips, cooking classes, quilting circles, movie nights, art therapy, and even things like pet therapy and aromatherapy, because keeping busy and seeing friends is just as important here as anything else-they even have a billiard room, a library, a putting green, a garden, and a social pub tucked into the independent living area, which makes for a lively environment, though there's always a quiet chair somewhere if that's what you want. The place has a pool and a fitness center supervised by rehab professionals with BIODEX equipment, so folks can keep up with their exercises, or if they're recovering from something, work with physical, occupational, or speech therapists right there on site, and the therapy team takes care with programs for both short and long stays. Elms Retirement Village has its apartments set up so that heat, water, electricity, internet, and weekly housekeeping are all included, and transportation rides run free for anyone who needs to get out for appointments or errands, and some staff speak other languages in addition to English, which is handy. Residents, whether they're living in the regular retirement apartments or getting more help in the nursing wing, get access to things like laundry service, an on-campus beauty shop, chaplain services, and they keep up with security through a 24-hour call system and plenty of supervision, and family members can check up on how things run using the community's quality and livability score system that gets updated often. Folks who need Skilled Nursing care can find certified beds-Medicare and Medicaid are accepted-and personalized care plans address everything from medical needs to emotional and social wellness, while those just looking for some steady neighbors and no home maintenance can settle into the independent apartments meant for folks 55 and up. The community also has resources like caregiver support, informational documentaries, and a wide range of glossaries and educational materials, so families can better understand their options, and you'll find both a structured schedule for anyone who likes to stay active and a supportive, home-like feel where folks are treated like family.

    People often ask...

    Elms Retirement Village offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    Yes, Elms Retirement Village allows residents to age in place and adjust their level of care as needed.

    The full address for this community is 136 S Main St, Wellington, OH 44090.

    No, Elms Retirement Village 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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