Elk River Health and Nursing Center of Winchester

    32 Memorial Dr, Winchester, TN, 37398
    3.7 · 10 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    1.0

    Mixed care poor communication avoid

    I placed my mother here and had mixed results. The building is clean, two-per-room, and offers rehab (Medicare covers up to 100 days), but meds made her drowsy so rehab was limited and expensive for the quality. Some nurses and our case worker were phenomenal, kind, and helped with the hospice transition, but a tech handled her roughly, meals were poor, and overall communication was terrible - unresponsive front desk, no doctor callbacks, and harmful miscommunications that sent her to the ICU. I suspect some reviews are fake; based on our experience this is not a true rehab facility and I cannot recommend it.

    Pricing

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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

    3.70 · 10 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      1.5
    • Staff

      3.0
    • Meals

      2.0
    • Amenities

      3.7
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Clean facility
    • Some skilled or caring nurses
    • Case worker provided good assistance
    • Phenomenal/attentive staff reported by some families
    • Helpful transition support to home hospice
    • Kind, sweet interactions from certain staff members
    • Dependable team reported by some reviewers
    • Rehab services offered on site
    • Medicare coverage available up to 100 days
    • Presence of higher-level staff observed

    Cons

    • Terrible communication from facility
    • Unresponsive front desk
    • Doctors do not return calls
    • Miscommunication about patient health status
    • Reports of poor overall care and a bad reputation
    • Mixed staff quality and inconsistency in care
    • Rough handling by a nursing tech
    • Patient required ICU stay after issues
    • Not adequate as a rehab facility for some patients
    • Limited rehab when medications cause drowsiness
    • Medications reportedly caused excessive drowsiness
    • Poor meals
    • High/expensive overall cost
    • Pricing concerns and value questions
    • Two-per-room layout (limited privacy)
    • Some reviewers do not recommend the facility
    • Concerns about inauthentic or manipulated reviews
    • Allegations of fake ratings and discouraging feedback

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment in the collected reviews is mixed but leans toward concern. Multiple reviewers praise individual staff members and specific positive experiences—comments include a clean environment, pockets of compassionate and skilled nursing care, a helpful case worker, and a team that supported an effective transition to home hospice. Some families specifically call out “phenomenal” staff, dependable team members, kind and sweet interactions, and the presence of higher-level staff. The facility does offer on-site rehab services and reviewers note Medicare coverage for up to 100 days, which may be helpful for short-term stays.

    However, the dominant themes are communication failures, inconsistent care quality, and worries about clinical oversight. Several reviews describe unresponsive front desk staff, doctors who do not return calls, and miscommunication about patients’ health status. These communication breakdowns are not isolated to administrative matters; they appear to affect clinical outcomes for some patients—one reviewer reported their loved one subsequently spent time in the ICU, and another noted rough handling by a tech. Reported medication issues (excessive drowsiness) also interfered with the ability to participate in rehabilitation, leading at least one reviewer to conclude the facility was not suitable as a rehab-focused placement.

    Care consistency is a major pattern: while some families had excellent experiences with attentive staff, others describe poor overall care, mixed staff quality, and behaviors suggesting inadequate training or supervision (for example, rough handling). Meals are called out as poor in multiple summaries, and the physical setup (two-per-room layout) raises privacy and comfort considerations. Cost and value are recurring concerns—several reviewers called the facility expensive and questioned pricing relative to the quality and outcomes experienced.

    Administrative and reputational issues compound the clinical and operational problems. Aside from descriptions of unresponsiveness and communication issues, reviewers express concerns about the trustworthiness of the online ratings themselves—allegations of inauthentic reviews, ratings manipulation, and fake ratings appear in the summaries. These claims suggest potential difficulties for prospective residents and families trying to evaluate the facility using public review sources.

    In summary, prospective residents and families should expect a facility with some clear strengths in individual staff members and case management support, and useful practical aspects such as Medicare-covered short stays and on-site rehab services. At the same time, there are consistent reports of serious weaknesses: poor and inconsistent communication, variable clinical care that in some cases led to severe consequences, concerns about medication management interfering with rehab, complaints about food and privacy, and questions about cost-effectiveness. The presence of claims about manipulated reviews further means extra caution is warranted: verify recent, specific references (ask for recent family contacts, inspect rooms, observe staff interactions, request detailed care plans and medicine management protocols) before making placement decisions.

    Location

    Map showing location of Elk River Health and Nursing Center of Winchester

    About Elk River Health and Nursing Center of Winchester

    Elk River Health and Nursing Center of Winchester sits at 32 Memorial Drive in Winchester, Tennessee, and can serve up to 80 residents, though most days there are about 52 people living there. The facility shapes its daily care with a staffing level of 3.99 nurse hours for each resident each day, but with a nurse turnover rate of 46.0%, folks may see different faces over time. It has direct ownership by Ocoee Foundation Inc., while Twin Rivers Health & Rehabilitation LLC and Clinton Davis have managed it since April 2019. Elk River Health and Nursing Center is part of Elk River Communities and is run as a non-profit corporation. The building offers skilled nursing services, assisted living, dementia care, rehabilitation therapy, and general long-term and respite care, so families in Franklin and the nearby counties use its broad services. The place also has Certified Nursing Assistant Training, health and wellness programs, guidance for long-term care insurance, and family caregiving support. Elk River was recognized with a 2021 Bronze AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award and has a 4.3 rating based on 6 reviews online, but inspection history notes 6 deficiencies, including issues with food handling and nutrition procedures (rated severity 'F'), and some problems with resident care planning and following care orders (rated severity 'D'). The staff is well-trained, skilled in therapies and activities meant to support comfort and a positive outlook on life, and the place tries to be warm and supportive for its residents, but every family should look at the inspection reports and visit in person. The facility welcomes community members and works to provide expert guidance and long-term care resources, while offering information about careers and tours through its website.

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