West Reading Nursing & Rehab

    425 Buttonwood St, West Reading, PA 19611
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Attentive compassionate staff, comfortable discharge

    I had a very positive stay - staff were consistently friendly, helpful and genuinely compassionate. Check-in was easy, nurses and therapists were attentive, kept appointments, and the place felt clean and welcoming. Activities and warm interactions made me comfortable and confident going home; I'm grateful for the excellent, competent care.

    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

    4.09·(123)

    Overall rating

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

      3.5
    • Staff

      4.0
    • Meals

      1.6
    • Amenities

      2.3
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate, personable staff
    • Attentive and responsive nursing aides
    • Effective rehabilitation and therapy services
    • Professional and helpful admissions/front-desk team
    • Successful discharge planning and care transitions
    • Engaging activities and occasional outings
    • Family-like atmosphere and emotional support
    • Courteous, professional nursing staff
    • Clean, well-kept rooms and hallways
    • Efficient registration and visitor check-in

    Cons

    • Inconsistent cleanliness and sanitation practices
    • Delayed response to call bells and assistance requests
    • Inadequate incontinence-care processes and linen management
    • Unreliable meal quality and meal-service continuity
    • Building maintenance deficiencies and outdated infrastructure
    • Insufficient temperature control in resident rooms
    • Overcrowded rooms and limited resident privacy
    • Gaps in clinical oversight for pressure-injury prevention and fall management
    • Poor family communication and notification processes
    • Management and leadership presence gaps
    • Pest-control concerns
    • Privacy and biometric-data handling concerns

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews present a sharply mixed picture. Many families and former residents describe warm, compassionate interactions with caregiving staff and successful rehabilitation outcomes, while other accounts raise substantive operational and clinical concerns. The facility appears to provide effective therapy and discharge planning for some residents, but there are recurring themes that prospective families should evaluate in person.

    Care and clinical oversight: Clinical practice is uneven. Positive accounts emphasize effective therapy, successful returns to home, and attentive nursing that meets discharge goals. Counterbalancing this, other accounts identify lapses in clinical follow-up, delayed assistance after calls for help, and gaps in pressure-injury prevention and fall-management processes. These patterns suggest variable adherence to care protocols — strengths in rehabilitation services coexist with weaknesses in some routine nursing and safety practices.

    Staff and conduct: Staffing impressions are likewise mixed. Numerous reviewers praise compassionate, courteous, and professional aides, nurses, and administrative staff, noting helpful admissions personnel and quick problem resolution for paperwork and appointments. At the same time, there are reports of unprofessional conduct, curt communication, and slow responsiveness during critical moments. The data indicate that staff behavior and responsiveness can be a strong point but is not consistently experienced across all shifts or units.

    Dining and activities: Accounts of dining range from adequate to problematic. Some families note accommodating service and reasonable meal provision; others describe repetitive menus, unmet dietary requirements, and interruptions in meal service. Activity programming exists and includes card games and occasional outings, but engagement levels and frequency vary — some residents appear well stimulated while others have limited activity options.

    Facilities and environment: The physical plant is frequently described as aged and in need of maintenance. Reviewers cite outdated finishes and equipment, broken or limited elevator service, and inconsistent temperature control in rooms. Cleanliness reports are inconsistent: some visitors note tidy rooms and hallways, whereas other observers describe sanitation concerns and overflowing trash in shared restrooms. There are also mentions of pest-control concerns and overcrowded multi-bed rooms, which contribute to privacy and comfort limitations.

    Management, communication, and policies: Several reviews highlight shortcomings in management presence, record-keeping, and family communication — including failures to relay messages or timely notifications of significant events. These systemic communication gaps, combined with occasional reports of hostile interactions with human-resources personnel, point to managerial and operational areas needing attention. There are also isolated, serious claims about regulatory and code-related issues that prospective families may wish to investigate further through official channels.

    Notable patterns and guidance for families: The strongest, most consistent positive is the quality of interpersonal care provided by many front-line staff and the effectiveness of therapy for residents with rehabilitation goals. The most consistent negatives center on facility maintenance, sanitation consistency, responsiveness at times of need, meal-service reliability, overcrowding, and communication practices. Prospective residents and families should conduct an on-site visit during peak and off-peak hours, observe staff response times, inspect room cleanliness and temperature control, ask about staffing ratios and clinical oversight protocols, review meal and incontinence-care policies, and request documentation of pest-control and privacy/data-handling practices before making a placement decision.

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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 Reading Nursing & Rehab is located at 425 Buttonwood St, West Reading, PA, 19611.

    About West Reading Nursing & Rehab

    West Reading Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center sits in Reading, PA and provides a full range of care for seniors and adults, covering independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, memory care for those with dementia or Alzheimer's, as well as short-term and long-term care, home care, and adult day programs, so if someone needs help just during the day or needs a place to stay long-term they offer both options, and they suit people coming from the hospital for rehab after things like surgery, stroke, joint replacement, or heart issue, and also handle cardiac recovery and oncology care, plus the building itself has safety features like sprinklers, handicap access, and in-room washers and dryers, with different room layouts including studio, single rooms, two-bedroom units, plus private and semi-private spaces in the nursing area, and they give people choices in meals in the dining room, offer phones for each guest, TVs, internet, lounges, activity spaces, and a game room, and have community features such as a salon, barbershop, guest parking, and a fitness center, which makes life a bit easier for residents and visitors alike.

    The staff at West Reading Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center include nurses and therapy teams who give care for wounds, medication, diabetes, and occupational and speech therapy, and they offer transportation, medical services like podiatry, and help for personal needs such as dressing, bathing, grooming, laundry, and toileting, and they also offer housekeeping services and help with maintenance, but looking at the facts, the center's nurse hours at 3.44 per resident per day come in below the state average of 3.9, though their nurse turnover is lower than average at 36.8%, and they've received 25 deficiency citations in inspections, some of which were for nutrition, food sources, menu plans meeting dietary needs, and making sure there's enough capable staff, so if someone is looking for details about care quality, they may want to ask about these things too.

    Residents get their care plans tailored for individual needs, whether that's full-time nursing, rehab after hospital stays, or ongoing chronic disease management like diabetes, and the place puts effort into health and wellness programs, social and arts activities, and education, plus rooms can have kitchens or kitchenettes, and housekeeping is included; they even have hospice and home health services for those needing those types of support, and with 176 certified beds and an average of 150 residents daily, the center is fairly large, and they encourage families or residents to set up tours, assessments, and go through billing and service rates before making decisions, and the facility, run by Genesis Healthcare and managed by Darwin Mitchell since October 2023, operates as a for-profit corporation and is listed in the state provider directory.

    West Reading Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center focuses on keeping the environment comfortable for recovery and long-term living, offers high-intensity rehab therapies, provides specialized services for wound and neurological care, and supports both adults who wish to live actively and those needing more constant nursing help, and though it covers many needs in the same location, it's a good idea for families to look at recent inspection reports, check out the amenities and rooms in person, and talk through care plans as every person's needs are a bit different.

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