Parkhouse Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

    1600 Black Rock Rd, Royersford, PA, 19468
    3.3 · 33 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    3.0

    Compassionate staff, systemic issues remain

    I had a mixed experience. I found many nurses, aides and the activities team compassionate, attentive and helpful; the grounds are lovely, rooms can be spacious, and it's budget-friendly. But the facility is huge and impersonal, parts were dingy or filthy, and chronic understaffing and poor management led to lapses in care, missing belongings, safety incidents and inconsistent cleanliness. I'm grateful for the caring staff I met, but I'd be cautious-systemic problems undermine otherwise good care.

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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

    3.33 · 33 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      3.0
    • Staff

      3.5
    • Meals

      2.8
    • Amenities

      2.6
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate, attentive nursing and care staff (many individual praise comments)
    • Long-tenured staff in some units / continuity of caregivers
    • Skilled nursing and therapy services reported as helpful by some families
    • Supportive case workers and social work team mentioned positively
    • Accessible Director of Nursing and responsive nursing leadership in some reports
    • Clean, bright rooms and pleasant grounds reported by multiple reviewers
    • Beautiful courtyard / garden area and koi pond cited as a positive space
    • Friendly, helpful front-desk and reception staff
    • Budget-friendly / good value for the price
    • Engaging activities for some residents (sing-alongs, group activities)
    • Adequate room size for many rooms (mostly doubles) and sufficient basic accommodations
    • Some successful rehab transitions and extra therapy when provided
    • Housekeeping and orderly service praised by several reviewers

    Cons

    • Significant and repeated complaints of neglectful care and poor clinical oversight
    • Understaffing and stressed, overworked staff leading to lapses in care
    • Medication errors and mismanagement (e.g., insulin stopped, meds out of order)
    • Inadequate RN coverage and unclear clinical accountability
    • Dirty, filthy rooms and common areas reported by many reviewers
    • Belongings and clothing lost, mixed up, or stolen; supplies theft reported
    • Residents found unwashed, undressed, or soiled; grooming neglected
    • Dementia patients not separated from other residents, causing disruptive behavior
    • Facility maintenance issues: old/dingy north wing, peeling paint, stained carpets, elevator problems
    • Dining problems: poor-quality meals for some, crowded dining, feeding in hallways
    • Facility described as a dumping ground for complex/dementia patients
    • Safety incidents and inadequate monitoring (inadequate 15-minute checks, exposure incidents)
    • Management and ownership concerns: quality decline after sale, profit-driven rehab focus
    • Evictions/room repurposing for higher-priced rehab beds reported
    • Inconsistent responses from management and lack of accountability for complaints
    • Mixed reports on activities and mental stimulation; some residents left unattended for long periods

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment is highly mixed and polarized: many reviewers praise specific staff members, certain floors, and the facility’s value and grounds, while a substantial body of reviews raise serious concerns about neglect, cleanliness, staffing, and management. The most consistent positive themes are praise for individual caregivers—nurses, nurse aides, some therapists, and front-desk staff—who families say are compassionate, attentive, and knowledgeable. Several reviews highlight long-tenured staff and an accessible Director of Nursing or social work team that made transitions smoother. Multiple reviewers also note pleasant outdoor spaces (a courtyard and koi pond), adequate room sizes for doubles, and that the facility can offer budget-friendly care and useful therapy when it is provided diligently.

    However, the negative reports are frequent, specific, and often severe. A large cluster of reviews documents neglectful care: residents left unwashed or improperly dressed, medication mismanagement (including an account of insulin being stopped without family notification), dehydration, high blood sugar, UTIs, and other clinical lapses. Families describe residents being left unattended in hallways, exposed in beds, or sitting for hours with insufficient supervision. Several reviewers question RN coverage and post long narratives about staff shortages and a stressed workforce. These accounts tie directly to safety concerns—reports of inadequate 15-minute checks, a resident’s rapid decline soon after admission, and claims that staff at times had “no idea what was wrong.” Such clinical failures are consistently raised as reasons families moved loved ones out.

    Facility condition and housekeeping are another major divided theme. Some reviews describe the facility as clean, bright, with no odors, and well-kept grounds. Others describe filthy rooms and bathrooms, overflowing trash in pantries, stained carpets, peeling paint, elevator malfunctions, and an apparent lack of a second shift for housekeeping. Several family reports say they personally cleaned rooms on arrival and documented conditions with photos and videos. Theft and loss of personal items—clothing, shoes, and even supplies—are recurring complaints, along with reports of residents entering other rooms and taking items from med carts. These issues feed into a perceived lack of accountability by management when problems are reported.

    Dining and activities receive mixed feedback. Some families report good dining experiences and appropriate dietary accommodations, while others call meals dreadful and describe crowded dining rooms, with some residents fed in hallways. Activities are similarly inconsistent: there are mentions of engaging programming (sing-alongs, activity teams) and positive therapy interventions, but also complaints about lack of mental stimulation, therapists being idle, and residents languishing in bed for extended periods. For residents with dementia, several reviews emphasize a problematic environment where dementia patients are not cohorted or separated; their loud or intrusive behaviors negatively impact quieter residents and create distress for families.

    Management and ownership issues appear as a salient pattern. Multiple reviewers contrast experiences under prior county ownership—described as excellent—with a precipitous drop in quality after the facility was sold. Allegations include a shift toward prioritizing high-revenue rehab beds (including reports of independent seniors being evicted and rooms repurposed for costly rehab patients), and accusations that the owner is profit-focused. Families also describe inconsistent responsiveness from staff and supervisors when concerns are raised; a named supervisor was criticized in some reports. These management concerns are frequently linked to staffing decisions, housekeeping cuts, and perceived declines in clinical oversight.

    Taken together, the reviews suggest this is a facility where outcomes can vary dramatically depending on unit, time, and individual staff. Positive experiences emphasize attentive, caring staff members, a number of competent clinical and support staff, attractive outdoor spaces, and affordable pricing. Negative experiences emphasize systemic problems: understaffing, clinical negligence, medication and safety incidents, poor cleanliness, loss of belongings, inadequate dementia care, and troubling management decisions. For families considering placement, the patterns suggest strong due diligence: visit multiple times (including evenings and weekends), review cleanliness, ask about RN coverage and staff-to-resident ratios, confirm medication management protocols, observe interactions on the specific floor you are considering, and get specifics on how dementia care and rehabs beds are managed and whether rooms may be repurposed. If already using the facility, frequent monitoring, clear documentation of concerns, and escalation to case managers or regulators may be necessary given the recurrent reports of accountability issues.

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    About Parkhouse Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

    Parkhouse Nursing & Rehabilitation Center - Bedrock Care sits on Black Rock Road in Upper Providence, PA, surrounded by scenic rivers and springs, and offers a variety of services for older adults who need skilled nursing care, long-term care, rehabilitation, or support for specific health needs, and it fits right into the Bedrock Care network, which means residents benefit from comprehensive resources and expert guidance for family caregiving and long-term care insurance, and folks can come for short stays if they need respite care, surgical recovery, or stroke rehabilitation too, while those who live there longer find support for wound care, memory care, Alzheimer's and dementia care, as well as specialized clinical programs. The center's rehab gym has electric beds and flat-screen TVs and they've got speech, occupational, and physical therapy services available, which helps people regain their strength or maintain their health, and since the building has on-site SNF dialysis in partnership with Dialyze Direct, residents with kidney issues don't have to leave the premises for treatments. The place keeps things comfortable, offering extended visiting hours, an on-site beauty salon and barber, daily housekeeping and laundry, dietary planning and nutrition support, dental and podiatry services, and chef-prepared meals served in a restaurant-style dining area with the option for room service-cozy rooms open onto peaceful courtyards and walking paths, so folks get fresh air and a nice change of scenery when they want it, and for relaxation, there are lounges with Wi-Fi and cable TV. Residents can get involved in engaging daily activities, join the adult day program, participate in structured activities, or go on community outings, and the staff focuses on promoting independence and well-being for everyone, providing respiratory therapy, tracheostomy care, certified IV care, hospice, palliative care, and fall management programs. With a 2.7 rating from 47 reviews, people have had mixed experiences, but the aim appears to be creating a home-like environment where skilled nurses and therapists provide personal attention and care for folks facing health challenges. Directions are available through their website if anyone wants to visit.

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