Waco Healthcare and Rehabilitation

    1400 Lake Shore Dr, Waco, TX 76708
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Compassionate staff and outstanding therapy

    I'm grateful for the compassionate, attentive staff and outstanding therapy team - they helped my mother regain mobility, kept her safe and comfortable, and treated her like family in a clean, welcoming facility with good food and engaging activities. Overall I highly recommend this community; a few small improvements are underway, but we felt respected, informed, and very well cared for.

    Loved one of 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

    4.32·(95)

    Overall rating

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

      4.5
    • Staff

      4.5
    • Meals

      5.0
    • Amenities

      4.0
    • Value

      4.3

    Pros

    • Compassionate, family-oriented nursing and aide staff
    • Strong rehabilitation services (OT/PT/ST) with measurable functional gains
    • Attentive, personalized care planning
    • Supportive and engaged administration and leadership
    • Well-rated dietary services and laundry/housekeeping operations
    • Active social programming and family events
    • Clean, well-maintained interior spaces and guest amenities
    • Successful short-term rehab-to-home discharges
    • Helpful reception and front-desk coordination

    Cons

    • Variable staffing levels and shift-to-shift coverage
    • Cleanliness and pest-control inconsistencies in some areas
    • Gaps in clinical oversight and infection-prevention practices
    • Breakdowns in care coordination and discharge documentation
    • Variability in staff professionalism and communication tone
    • Aging exterior and inconsistent curb appeal
    • Inconsistent administrative follow-through across units/shifts

    Summary of reviews

    The review set describes a facility with clear strengths in hands-on caregiving and rehabilitation, alongside operational weaknesses that prospective families should evaluate. Many reviewers highlight a compassionate, family-oriented culture among nursing staff, CNAs, and therapists. The therapy department receives repeated praise for helping residents regain mobility and return home; several accounts cite intensive therapy schedules and successful transfers from bed to ambulation. Housekeeping, dietary services, laundry, and several administrative staff members are frequently characterized as attentive and professional, and social programming and family events contribute to a home-like atmosphere for many residents.

    At the same time, the reviews show inconsistent experiences. Staffing variability is a recurring theme: while some shifts and units are described as well-staffed and proactive, others are described as understaffed with resulting delays in response and care. Relatedly, there are multiple mentions of communication and care-coordination failures — examples include discharge paperwork errors, wrong orders being sent, and primary-care oversight lapses — which point to systemic process weaknesses rather than isolated clerical mistakes. A subset of reviews raises concerns about clinical oversight and infection prevention; a few reviewers describe serious clinical outcomes that warrant direct inquiry and review of inspection records during a pre-placement evaluation.

    Cleanliness and facility condition are another area of mixed feedback. Interior housekeeping and many individual rooms receive positive comments for cleanliness and thoughtful amenities, yet other accounts cite sanitation issues, odor concerns in common areas, and pest-control concerns. The exterior and some building elements are described as dated, which affects curb appeal and may influence family impressions. Dining receives generally positive remarks for food quality and accommodation of dietary needs, though isolated comments indicate variability in meal-service continuity and presentation.

    Management and leadership are often singled out positively by reviewers who note responsive administration, problem resolution, and a focus on training and improvement. Conversely, other reviewers describe inconsistent managerial follow-through and variable conduct by specific counseling or charge-nurse staff, which suggests uneven application of facility policies across shifts or units. These contrasting impressions indicate that culture and performance may be strong in some teams while weak in others.

    For prospective residents and families: arrange an on-site tour that includes inspection of both interior and exterior spaces, a meal sampling, and meetings with therapy, nursing leadership, and the social worker. Ask for current staffing ratios, recent inspection/survey results, infection-control policies, examples of discharge paperwork processes, and turnover statistics for direct-care staff. Request references from recent families whose care goals align with yours (short-term rehab, long-term care, memory care) so you can better understand consistency of care across different units and shifts. Overall, the facility demonstrates substantive clinical and rehabilitative strengths, but variability in operational consistency means due diligence is important prior to placement.

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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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    Waco Healthcare and Rehabilitation is located at 1400 Lake Shore Dr, Waco, TX, 76708.

    About Waco Healthcare and Rehabilitation

    Waco Healthcare and Rehabilitation sits at 1400 Lake Shore Dr in Waco, Texas, and folks have known it since 2019 when a group of healthcare professionals opened its doors, working under the Hospitals and Health Care industry, and it's got between 51 and 200 employees on staff. You'll see a team run by a Director of Environmental Services and a Medical Records Specialist, and there's LVN staff from both Shiftkey and right there at Waco Healthcare, all working alongside a Certified Nursing Assistant who's got 14 years of experience, which is something some families like to know about. This place focuses on rehabilitation and nursing care, and they've designed special care programs, with unique features, to help people get better after illness or injury. They've got all the basics you'd figure, like meals, a dining room, laundry, housekeeping, and linens service, along with outdoor spaces where folks can sit and get some sun or take part in bingo or arts and crafts, and folks always seem to enjoy that bit of recreation. Residents choose between private and semiprivate rooms, and if someone needs help with daily things like bathing, dressing, eating, or medication, staff provide that assistance.

    Waco Healthcare and Rehabilitation offers memory care and skilled rehabilitation, and they've set up a secure dementia unit for those who need it, with memory care and services for long-term care, respite stays, wound treatment, hospice, and palliative care too, so whatever the resident's needs, they've got a way to help. There's sub-acute rehab-with its own unit and private entrance-that's newly refurbished and offers therapy sessions seven days a week, and they've even put together a gym and a practice kitchen, which helps with therapy and getting people ready for home. They do physical, occupational, and speech therapy as part of their broad range of medical services, all delivered by a compassionate and trusted group of staff who focus on making residents comfortable, safe, and respected, with individualized care that pays attention to dignity, well-being, and comfort, and you do see people taking time to chat and build friendships, so it does have a bit of that small town warmth. Waco Healthcare and Rehabilitation is certified by Medicare and Medicaid, so it's set up to handle different healthcare needs and offer families some options, and they do try to keep things homelike without being fancy, making sure that experience and good care come first for everyone who lives there.

    People often ask...

    Waco Healthcare and Rehabilitation offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 1400 Lake Shore Dr, Waco, TX 76708.

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