West Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

    4401 Haverford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Skilled attentive staff, renovated facility

    I'm very pleased with my experience here - the nursing and rehab teams are skilled and attentive, aides and staff are caring and responsive, and the renovated, clean facility gives me real peace of mind. New ownership has clearly improved care; Ms. Beverly Hill and the social worker have been exceptional.

    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
    • 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

    3.74·(86)

    Overall rating

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

      3.3
    • Staff

      3.6
    • Meals

      2.4
    • Amenities

      2.9
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Skilled rehabilitation and therapy services (PT/OT)
    • Compassionate and attentive nursing and aide care
    • Supportive and effective social-work/discharge planning
    • Engaging therapeutic recreation and resident activities
    • Welcoming outdoor garden and atrium spaces
    • Responsive housekeeping, maintenance, and dietary staff
    • Improved cleanliness following recent renovations
    • Strong leadership and administration cited by families
    • Timely problem resolution and follow-up communication
    • Positive resident community and welcoming reception staff

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and high employee turnover
    • Gaps in medication-administration and call-response systems
    • Inadequate pressure-injury prevention and repositioning protocols
    • Sanitation and odor concerns in some common areas
    • Crowded multi-bed room configurations with shared bathrooms
    • Unreliable laundry and personal-property management
    • Variable food quality and limited menu variety
    • Language and communication barriers among staff and families
    • Inconsistent staff professionalism and conduct
    • Facility maintenance deficits and areas needing repair
    • Pest-control concerns
    • Allegations of theft and financial misconduct

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews for West Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center present a mixed picture with clear strengths alongside recurring operational concerns. A consistent strength across many accounts is the facility's rehabilitation program: physical and occupational therapy teams are frequently described as skilled, engaged, and effective at improving mobility and functional outcomes. Several reviewers also praised individual nurses, aides, and therapeutic-recreation staff for being caring and attentive; social-work and discharge-planning services received repeated positive mention for responsiveness and helpfulness. Multiple reviewers noted recent renovations, an attractive garden and atrium, and episodes of proactive problem resolution by staff and management.

    Despite those positives, a number of operational weaknesses recur. Staffing instability and high turnover are cited as underlying causes for multiple care disruptions. Reviewers described delays in medication administration and inconsistent responsiveness to call systems; taken together these suggest gaps in medication-management and resident-response processes. Related clinical concerns include failures in repositioning and skin-care practices, which reviewers associated with pressure-injury development and subsequent hospital care. Communication issues — including language barriers and uneven professionalism among staff — amplify family concerns and complicate coordination of care.

    Facility-level service functions show variability. Some families praised housekeeping, maintenance, and dietary teams, while others described sanitation and odor concerns in parts of the building, intermittent pest-control issues, and unreliable laundry and personal-property processes. Dining experiences range from favorable to limited meal variety and unsatisfactory food quality. Room configurations are another consistent theme: several reviewers referenced crowded multi-bed rooms with shared bathrooms, which may affect privacy and comfort for some residents.

    Management and leadership impressions are polarized. Multiple reviews singled out administrators, directors of nursing, and new ownership for positive changes, improved cleanliness, and more effective follow-up. Conversely, there are accounts of inconsistent supervisory oversight, an unprofessional unit-level manager in one area, and troubling allegations — including theft and financial misconduct — that families raised. These serious claims appear less frequent but warrant attention and formal investigation.

    In sum, West Park demonstrates substantive clinical and rehabilitative strengths that many families found valuable, especially when adequate staffing and engaged leadership are present. At the same time, repeated patterns around staffing instability, medication-and-response system gaps, pressure-injury prevention lapses, and inconsistent facility maintenance indicate operational weaknesses that could affect resident safety and comfort. Prospective residents and families should weigh the facility's strong therapy and some positive staff experiences against these systemic concerns, ask specific questions about staffing ratios, medication procedures, skin-care protocols, laundry/property safeguards, and pest-control measures, and seek evidence of management follow-through on alleged incidents and recent improvement efforts.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 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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    West Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is located at 4401 Haverford Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19104.

    About West Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

    West Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center sits in the scenic heart of Philadelphia, PA, with easy access for families and visitors, and it's been around since the 1950s, when it was known as St. Ignatius Nursing & Rehab Center, serving thousands of residents through the years with long-term care, rehabilitation, and housing, staying true to its roots as a not-for-profit, Catholic ministry connected to the Felician Sisters and Felician Services, and now owned by Allaire Health Services, and if you're looking at the buildings and the landscaped courtyards, gardens, and a vibrant atrium dining room, you'll see the center's efforts to keep residents comfortable with amenities like complimentary cable and Wi-Fi, computer labs, a beauty and barber salon, a full calendar of activities, local field trips, weekly religious services, and even out-of-facility transportation, and there's always a patient concierge available 24/7 to help, and support comes with a 24/7 phone line as well. West Park has a capacity of 176 certified beds and usually about 142 residents daily, with clinical programs like Cardiac Care, Dementia Care, Palliative Care, Respite Care, Telemedicine, Wound Care, and help for folks recovering from surgeries and injuries, and they try to create care plans that work for people who need both short-term rehab and long-term nursing care, making use of their experience handling over 500 residents a year for decades.

    The staff includes Yehoshua (Shia) Gobioff, LNHA, and Tameeika Ricks, a director with admissions and marketing experience, and the facility works with about 51 to 200 employees. The advisory committee tries to find ways to meet unmet needs in the Philadelphia area, and the center keeps up its commitment to fill new gaps in health and social services, often serving as a bridge to connect seniors with housing options like Angela Court and Francis House, as well as other community support programs.

    West Park is a skilled nursing facility that once focused on intensive nursing and rehabilitation for the very frail or for those needing care in between hospital and home, but recently it's moving away from skilled nursing, leaning more toward affordable housing and senior support services. The staff does provide specialized nursing services, but the nurse turnover rate of 68.6% is higher than the state average, and nurse hours per resident per day sit below average at 3.71 compared to the state's 3.9. State inspection reports list 39 total deficiencies for West Park, including not keeping areas free from accident hazards, not providing all necessary help with daily living activities, serving food that sometimes isn't palatable or at the right temperature, and not storing food properly, which led to some nutrition issues, and there was also one infection-related deficiency.

    Even with these challenges, West Park's focus stays on helping seniors who need guidance with health and social services, and the center continues to provide care and connections for the local community. This facility's history, location, and variety of programs make it a mainstay in West Philadelphia, especially for people who need post-acute and long-term care as well as community services and affordable housing.

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    West Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 4401 Haverford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

    No, West Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center 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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