Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab

    36 Bazeberry Rd, Cordova, TN 38018
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Excellent rehab with caring staff

    I had a very positive rehab stay - caring, polite staff and top-notch therapists helped me regain strength. The facility is beautiful, immaculate and well-equipped, with comfortable mostly-private rooms, plentiful activities, and good meals (including kosher/dietary options). Communication with staff and families was excellent; I'd recommend it for skilled nursing and rehab.

    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

    3.54·(97)

    Overall rating

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

      3.1
    • Staff

      3.2
    • Meals

      2.9
    • Amenities

      3.9
    • Value

      2.2

    Pros

    • Immaculate and well-maintained interior spaces
    • Strong physical therapy and rehabilitation program
    • State-of-the-art gym and rehab equipment
    • Private, apartment-style rooms
    • Robust activities and outings program (therapy dog, gardens)
    • On-site kosher dining and bakery options
    • Beautiful grounds and landscaped courtyards
    • Compassionate and attentive individual caregivers and therapists
    • Efficient admissions process and high demand/occupancy
    • Clean, modern facility design with multiple common areas
    • Engaged social-work and therapy teams in many cases

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staff competence and conduct
    • Chronic understaffing and high staff turnover
    • Variable clinical-care consistency, including medication and pain management
    • Inconsistent rehabilitation intensity and discharge planning
    • Unreliable meal quality and service continuity
    • Maintenance and environmental-control gaps
    • Weak family communication and care-planning transparency
    • Safety-process gaps for dementia care and fall prevention
    • Pest-control and sanitation issues in some areas
    • Lax property-control and resident-belongings safeguards
    • Inconsistent management responsiveness and leadership stability
    • Privacy and HIPAA process lapses
    • Perceived emphasis on financial/operational priorities over individualized care

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews for the facility are highly polarized, with distinct clusters of positive and negative experiences. On the positive side, the campus, interiors and grounds are frequently described as clean, modern, and well maintained; many families praise the private, apartment-style rooms and landscaped courtyards. The physical-therapy and rehabilitation program, including a well-equipped gym, is a repeatedly cited strength, with multiple reviewers crediting the therapy team for measurable recovery. The activities program, therapy dog, outings and garden areas are also noted as meaningful quality-of-life features. Several reviewers highlighted compassionate individual caregivers, strong social-work engagement, kosher dining options and an efficient admissions process as reasons they would recommend the facility.

    Conversely, a substantial set of operational concerns emerges across reviews. Staffing is often characterized as inconsistent: reviewers describe high turnover, chronic understaffing (particularly on night shifts), and uneven competence and conduct among nursing assistants and nurses. These staffing patterns are linked to delays in responding to call lights, long waits for medications, gaps in pain control and blood-pressure management, and variability in the quality and frequency of personal-care tasks. Reviewers also describe variability in clinical-management processes—medication administration, oxygen/tubing oversight, and documentation—creating perceptions of unreliable clinical care.

    Dining and food service are another area of mixed performance. While some reviews praise the kosher offerings and on-site bakery, many others describe cold or poorly prepared meals, mismatches with dietary restrictions, and inconsistent delivery. Maintenance and environmental controls draw repeated attention: complaints include in-room temperature problems, delayed or incomplete repairs, mattress and equipment issues, and pest-control concerns. These environmental issues are tied to comfort and safety perceptions for residents.

    Family communication and leadership responsiveness are recurring themes. Many families report helpful, communicative case managers and social workers, but an equally large set of comments describe poor communication, dismissive or intimidating interactions from certain administrators or supervisors, and inconsistent care-planning transparency. Safety-process gaps are also described in the context of dementia care, fall prevention, and transitions back from hospitals or emergency care; there are also singular but noteworthy allegations concerning missing personal items and privacy lapses that prospective families should evaluate further.

    In short, the facility shows clear institutional strengths—modern, attractive physical plant, robust rehab resources and active programming—but also systemic operational weaknesses that can materially affect resident experience: inconsistent staffing and clinical practice, variable meal and maintenance reliability, and mixed leadership responsiveness. Prospective residents and families should weigh the facility’s strong rehabilitation and amenity offerings against the reported variability in day-to-day nursing, maintenance and communication. When evaluating placement, consider targeted questions about current staffing levels and turnover, dementia-care protocols, medication-safety processes, pest-control and maintenance response times, and documented procedures for safeguarding personal belongings and resident privacy.

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    Medicare Ratings

    3·/ 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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    Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab is located at 36 Bazeberry Rd, Cordova, TN, 38018.

    About Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab

    Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab sits on Bazeberry Road in Cordova, Tennessee, and has served seniors in the Memphis area since 1927, always keeping dignity, compassion, and professionalism at the center of its care. This not-for-profit nursing home has a strong Jewish character but welcomes people of all faiths, keeping Kosher meals and holiday celebrations, and it's part of the Association of Jewish Aging Services. There are 160 skilled nursing beds, an adult day center, and a full range of services for older adults, including assisted living, hospital-level emergency care, home care, long-term nursing care, and both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation. Families find all sorts of therapies available-cardiopulmonary rehab, orthopedics rehab after surgeries or broken bones, stroke rehab with detailed recovery plans, cognitive rehab for stroke or dementia, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy-and doctors, nurses, and staff keep a close eye on each person, meeting with family regularly to look at progress and concerns.

    The staff includes registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, restorative nurses, and professionals in social work and dietary fields, all working around the clock. Care plans are personal, with teams adapting them as needs change, offering help for people with chronic or terminal illness, disabilities, or those needing hospice or respite care. The place has a warm, supportive environment with air conditioning, wheelchair accessibility, parking, housekeeping, laundry, restrooms, a lobby, and outdoor spaces. Activities and therapeutic recreation get planned to suit different interests, and there's a comfortable, bright feeling through shared spaces. People get evaluated by different therapy disciplines when they first arrive to see what exactly they need, and every service focuses on patient comfort and recovery. Newsweek named Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab one of the Best Nursing Homes in 2022, and many in Memphis know it for honest, quality care-it's stayed in the community for so long because it always does its best for every resident. You'll find adult day care, cognitive care, skilled long-term nursing, specialized rehab services, wound care, dining staff for meal needs, and a team that looks after every little detail, big or small. Their website has more information for those interested, and the staff keep up their reputation for treating everyone with respect and patience.

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