Avalon Care Center

    3410 W Pittsburg Rd, New Castle, PA, 16101
    3.1 · 23 reviews
    • Independent living
    • Assisted living
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    1.0

    Compassionate staff, mostly terrible care

    I had a mixed but mostly terrible experience. The therapy team, many nurses, CNAs and aides were compassionate, hardworking and often went above and beyond - they made some of my family's time there tolerable. However the facility was shorthanded, unresponsive at times (especially weekends/younger staff), delayed pain meds, provided poor pain control, and had maintenance failures (heat outage in freezing weather, frozen pipes, cold food) and shared bathrooms with limited access. I also witnessed unsafe care and neglect: an LPN refused treatment, an RN supervisor lied, my relative was left in the lobby and suffered facial injuries and broken dentures, and staff sometimes dismissed questions or breached privacy. Overall I cannot recommend this place despite pockets of kindness.

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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

    3.13 · 23 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      2.9
    • Staff

      2.9
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      2.0
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Strong, high-quality therapy and rehabilitation services
    • Engaging activities program enjoyed by residents
    • Compassionate, kind, and attentive CNAs and some nurses
    • Staff who go above and beyond and create comfort for families
    • Friendly aides and hardworking employees across shifts
    • Older nurses described as helpful and attentive
    • Some families report overall satisfaction with care
    • Past reputation for family atmosphere and strong team rapport under previous owner

    Cons

    • Inconsistent nursing responsiveness (weekend and younger nurses reported unresponsive)
    • Allegations of neglect and unsafe care, including injuries
    • Serious reported incidents (e.g., maxillofacial injuries, broken dentures)
    • Medication delays and poor pain control
    • Staffing shortages and limited interaction with residents
    • Maintenance problems (frozen pipes, heat outage during freezing weather)
    • Bathing frequency reportedly extremely low (e.g., twice a month)
    • Shared bathroom arrangements (two-room or four-person shared bathrooms)
    • Locked doors or bathroom access problems
    • Poor food quality (rock-hard meat, cold beets, unseasoned vegetables)
    • Patient weight loss reported
    • RN supervisor dishonesty and finger-pointing among staff
    • Refusal of care by some licensed staff (LPNs refusing to treat)
    • Privacy and confidentiality concerns about resident information
    • Rumors, hearsay, social media drama, and threats of charges
    • Forced room moves and disruptive administrative decisions
    • Dismissive attitudes and lack of responsiveness to family questions
    • Prolonged bathroom delays and hygiene concerns
    • Mixed or misleading marketing (misrepresented as 5-star rehab)
    • Shorthanded staffing leading to variable experiences
    • Some families strongly do not recommend the facility
    • Polarized experiences across different families and shifts

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment in the reviews is highly mixed and polarized, with a clear pattern: the therapy and activities programs are consistently praised, while nursing care, facility maintenance, dining, and safety/management issues generate many serious complaints. Many reviewers explicitly commend the therapy team — described as "awesome" and an "excellent therapy department" — and note that residents enjoy activities and receive good rehabilitation services. Additionally, CNAs, aides, and some nurses receive frequent praise for compassion, kindness, and going "above and beyond," and several families report they were satisfied with aspects of the care and felt grateful for the staff's efforts.

    However, those positive notes sit beside numerous and specific negative reports that raise safety and quality-of-care concerns. Multiple summaries allege neglect or unsafe care, including at least one report of a patient suffering maxillofacial injuries after being left unattended in a lobby and broken dentures. There are also reports of an LPN refusing to provide treatment, an RN supervisor allegedly lying, and staff members pointing fingers rather than resolving issues. Medication management problems are cited (delays in pain medications and poor pain control), and several reviewers described dismissive or unresponsive nursing behavior — especially on weekends and from younger nurses — which compounds worries about continuity and reliability of care.

    Facility and maintenance issues are another recurring theme. Reviews describe heating outages in freezing weather and frozen pipes, contributing to cold conditions and discomfort for residents. Bathroom arrangements are frequently criticized: some rooms share two- or four-person bathrooms, doors are reported locked at times, and bathing frequency was cited as extremely low (for example, "baths twice a month"), creating hygiene and dignity concerns. These physical-plant and routine-care problems often intersect with staffing shortages, which reviewers say limit staff interaction and responsiveness.

    Dining and nutrition complaints are common and specific: reviewers reported rock-hard meat, cold beets, and unseasoned vegetables, and at least one noted patient weight loss. Such dietary concerns, combined with infrequent bathing and staffing limitations, feed a narrative of declining basic care for some residents despite the robust therapy offerings. Several families also noted that marketing or reputation seemed overstated ("misrepresented as 5-star rehab"), suggesting a disconnect between advertised quality and actual experience.

    Management, communication, and social environment issues appear frequently in the summaries. Some reviewers reminisce about a stronger, more family-like atmosphere under previous ownership and say team rapport used to be better. Current criticisms include rude or angry RNs, finger-pointing among staff, privacy concerns regarding residents' information, rumors and social-media drama, and even threats of charges. These items point to organizational and cultural problems that can erode trust between families and the facility.

    In sum, the facility shows clear strengths in therapy and activities and has many individual staff members (especially CNAs and aides) who are compassionate and appreciated by families. Yet the pattern of recurrent and serious complaints — inconsistent nursing responsiveness, alleged neglectful incidents, medication delays, significant maintenance failures, bathroom and hygiene issues, and poor food/nutrition — creates a mixed overall picture and significant risk indicators. Prospective families should weigh the strong therapy reputation against these safety, staffing, and facility concerns, ask specific questions about nurse staffing levels and shift coverage (especially weekends), bathroom arrangements and bathing protocols, incident reporting and follow-up, medication administration policies, and recent maintenance or ownership changes before making decisions.

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    About Avalon Care Center

    Avalon Care Center sits at 3410 W Pittsburg Rd, New Castle, PA, and runs all day and night, every day, which is good if someone needs help at any hour, and they take care of different needs, with long-term and short-term care, memory care, an adult day center, home healthcare, and even caregiving services for folks who don't need to stay overnight, while their nursing home, Avalon Place, provides both skilled nursing and physician services, and the staff, including registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and certified nursing assistants, try to help residents with medical, psychological, and social needs, and make sure plans fit what each person requires, and you'll find both private and semi-private rooms, pretty common areas, and things like an in-house beauty salon, cable TV in rooms, WiFi everywhere in the building, and three meals a day, with visiting hours open all the time, so families can come by whenever they want, and they also hold social and entertainment activities to keep spirits up and make friends, and there's transportation and on-site rehab for those coming in for the Adult Day Center too, with meals and activities so folks have a safe place to spend the day. Avalon Care Center supports an average of 73 residents daily, with 84 certified beds, focusing on keeping everyone as independent as possible, helped by a dedicated and kind team that aims to treat each person with dignity, and the staff speak English. They do their best to offer skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and memory support, as well as programs focused on recovery and daily living, and folks get access to personalized care, therapy, and outpatient rehab as needed, in both New York and Pennsylvania locations. They're owned by Ava Holdco LLC, with indirect interests from Emsir LLC, Kja Upmc4 LLC, Aryeh Grinspan, Eli Korn, and Gedaliah Wielgus, and they're affiliated with Wecare Centers. Avalon Care Center has amenities for comfort and wellness, but inspection reports have shown they've had problems in the past, like failing to quickly tell residents, doctors, or family about incidents, and not always having enough nursing staff or a licensed nurse in charge of each shift, and their nurse turnover rate is high, at 100%, with nurse staffing hours marked at 3.37 per resident per day, so while the care team tries to provide compassionate and professional support-focused on each person's comfort and dignity-families might want to ask about staffing and communication, just to feel sure about their loved one's needs being met.

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