Royal Oaks Residence And Rehabilitation Center

    2939 Woodland Park Drive, Houston, TX, 77082
    1.3 · 3 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    1.0

    Chronic understaffing and severe neglect

    I was appalled by the care my loved one received. The place is chronically understaffed (one staff covering two floors at night), had no real fall precautions, and my relative fell repeatedly while meds weren't reviewed afterward; staff gave inappropriate dementia drugs (antipsychotics, benzodiazepines) and even caused an injury. Pain meds were withheld, management ignored complaints and wouldn't communicate, other residents cried for relief, and my loved one suffered and later died after being removed. It was clean and odor-free, but the neglect destroyed any sense of safety.

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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

    1.33 · 3 reviews

    Overall rating

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    5. 1
    • Care

      1.0
    • Staff

      1.3
    • Meals

      1.3
    • Amenities

      1.3
    • Value

      1.3

    Pros

    • Clean facility
    • No unpleasant odors reported
    • Acceptable physical environment

    Cons

    • Chronic understaffing
    • Minimal night coverage (one staff for two floors)
    • Inadequate fall precautions
    • Multiple patient falls reported
    • Inappropriate use of antipsychotics and benzodiazepines for dementia
    • Medications not reviewed after falls
    • Pain medications withheld or delayed
    • No doctor on site
    • Poor clinical care
    • Unresponsive or unhelpful management
    • Patient injuries caused by staff
    • Lack of communication with families/patients
    • Reports of patients crying for pain medication
    • Regulatory complaint filed
    • Allegation of patient death connected to care/transfer

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment from the reviews is strongly negative and centers on safety, clinical care, staffing, and medication management, with only limited positive remarks about the physical environment. Reviewers consistently praise the cleanliness of the facility and note an absence of foul odors and an otherwise acceptable physical environment. Beyond cleanliness, however, the reviews describe serious and recurring concerns about the quality and safety of care.

    Care quality and safety are the dominant themes. Multiple reviews report repeated patient falls and an absence of adequate fall precautions or post-fall medication review. These incidents are presented as part of a pattern, not isolated events, and reviewers tie falls to insufficient monitoring and inadequate procedures. Several comments indicate that after falls there was no appropriate reassessment of medications or altering of care plans, which reviewers view as a lapse in clinical oversight.

    Staffing issues are highlighted as a core driver of the safety problems. Reviews repeatedly allege chronic understaffing and specifically call out night coverage as minimal — in one account only a single staff member was responsible for two floors. That level of staffing is depicted as directly contributing to delays in care, poor supervision of residents (particularly those at risk of falls), and an inability to respond appropriately to urgent needs.

    Medication management and treatment of dementia patients are another major concern. Reviews claim inappropriate administration of antipsychotics and benzodiazepines to residents with dementia, raising red flags about chemical restraint and off-label use. In addition, reviewers assert that medications were not reviewed after adverse events, and that pain medications were withheld or delayed, leading to significant patient suffering. Several reviews emphasize that other patients were heard crying out for pain medication, and one account connects inadequate pain management and subsequent transfer with the patient’s death, intensifying the severity of the allegations.

    Management and communication receive consistent criticism. Reviewers describe management as unresponsive or dismissive of complaints; families reportedly felt ignored when raising concerns. There are allegations of staff-caused injuries and inadequate explanations or accountability from leadership. At least one reviewer reports filing a formal complaint, indicating that families sought external remedies rather than relying on internal resolution. The combination of poor communication and unresponsive management contributes to a perception of systemic neglect.

    Facility amenities and non-clinical aspects have limited coverage in the reviews. Aside from cleanliness and odor-free observations, reviewers did not provide substantive information about dining, activities, therapy services, or social programming. The lack of commentary in these areas means no conclusions can be drawn from the provided summaries about dining quality, activity offerings, or rehabilitation services.

    Notable patterns across multiple summaries include: (1) staffing shortfalls, particularly at night, correlating with safety incidents; (2) troubling medication practices involving sedative and antipsychotic drugs for dementia patients without apparent appropriate oversight; (3) failures in pain management leading to substantial patient distress; and (4) families perceiving management as unresponsive, prompting formal complaints. Taken together, the reviews depict a facility with an acceptable physical environment but significant and potentially serious deficiencies in clinical care, safety practices, staffing levels, medication oversight, and communication. These patterns suggest systemic issues rather than isolated lapses, based on the frequency and severity of the concerns raised in the reviews.

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    About Royal Oaks Residence And Rehabilitation Center

    Royal Oaks Residence And Rehabilitation Center sits in Alief, Texas, and helps up to 161 residents with both assisted living and skilled nursing care, so people find round-the-clock support for their changing needs, and you'll see that rooms are fully furnished, some come with kitchenettes, private bathrooms, air conditioning, cable TV, telephone, and Wi-Fi, and the common areas include a community dining room, lounges, a fitness and wellness center, a game room, a computer center, a garden, walking paths, and a beauty salon where folks can feel comfortable and safe. The community offers personalized help with bathing, dressing, transferring, diabetes care, medication management, and special diets, and the staff supports both short-term rehab and long-term stays for those needing memory care, Alzheimer's care, or skilled nursing, and there's always a nurse around for 12-16 hours each day plus an all-day call system. Residents get meals made by a professional chef, allergy and diet-friendly dishes, restaurant-style dining, and daily housekeeping, and the center plans plenty of activities like arts and crafts, movie nights, fitness programs, trips, and outdoor fun, with both resident and staff-led events. The facility has no known status, and folks can stay long-term or for respite care, where caregivers need a break for a short time, and transportation's arranged for medical appointments or outings. The place is run by Elie Deitsch and recognized by Medicare under number 455756, but it does have a fairly low average rating of 2.7 out of 10 from residents, even though the facility has a devoted team that keeps the center clean, well-kept, and friendly, with services aimed at seniors who either need regular medical care or want a homey spot with support, activities, and a positive community for living out their days with a bit more help.

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