Grace Healthcare of Abingdon - Under New Ownership

    600 Walden Rd, Abingdon, VA, 24210
    2.9 · 15 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    1.0

    Neglectful, dishonest facility causing harm

    I trusted this place with my mother and regret it deeply. In my experience management was money-driven and dishonest, admins were unhelpful, and the patient advocate worked for the facility-not the residents. Caregivers were often compassionate but clearly understaffed; there were a few good workers amid generally poor care, neglect, and unsafe practices (a night aide refused water and yanked a call remote that caused a cut). They forced pureed meals despite her ability to chew, provided no meaningful rehab, misrepresented bed-rest orders, and her mobility declined; she developed pressure ulcers, aspiration pneumonia, UTI and MRSA with frequent ambulance transfers. I was also uncomfortable with gender bias in intimate care (objected to male CNAs and imaging techs) and felt safety was not prioritized. My mother died shortly after admission - avoid this facility.

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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

    2.93 · 15 reviews

    Overall rating

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    5. 1
    • Care

      2.0
    • Staff

      2.3
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      2.9
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Great administrative staff
    • Compassionate caregivers
    • Some competent caregivers/staff members

    Cons

    • Gender discomfort with male staff during intimate procedures
    • Objections to male CNAs, mammographers, and sonographers
    • Perception that care decisions are not purely clinical
    • Inconsistency between patients' and caregivers' accounts
    • Poor bedside care and neglect
    • Night aide refusing to provide water
    • Physical harm/abuse (pulled device causing a cut)
    • Rehab services not provided or inadequate
    • Misrepresentation of bed rest or care orders
    • Development of pressure ulcers (decubitus) during stay
    • Aspiration pneumonia during stay
    • Urinary tract infections (UTIs) acquired in facility
    • MRSA infection acquired during stay
    • Multiple ambulance transfers
    • Chronic understaffing
    • Very few consistently good workers
    • Poor patient advocacy / patient advocate ineffective
    • Misrepresentation or dishonesty on facility homepage
    • Perception of management as money-driven
    • Forced pureed meals despite ability to chew
    • Mobility decline during stay
    • Safety not prioritized
    • Reports of resident death shortly after admission
    • Recommendation to avoid the facility

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment in the reviews is strongly negative, with a number of recurring and serious concerns about clinical care, safety, staffing, and management practices. While reviewers acknowledge a small number of compassionate caregivers and some positive interactions with administrative staff, the dominant themes are neglect, clinical deterioration of residents, preventable infections, and a perception that the facility is understaffed and mismanaged.

    Care quality and clinical outcomes are the most frequently cited problems. Multiple reviewers describe inadequate or absent rehabilitation services, misrepresentation of physician or bed‑rest orders, and active clinical decline while in the facility (including reduced mobility). Reviewers report serious clinical complications that they associate with care at the facility: development of pressure ulcers (decubitus), aspiration pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and MRSA infections. Several reviews mention ambulance transfers and one notes a resident death shortly after admission. There are also claims that devices or interventions were handled improperly, resulting in physical harm (for example, a pulled device causing a cut). Taken together, these comments paint a pattern of inconsistent clinical oversight and outcomes that reviewers view as unacceptable.

    Staffing, staff behavior, and safety are other persistent themes. Many reviewers describe chronic understaffing and say that only a few staff members provide acceptable care; others are characterized as uncaring or negligent. Specific incidents include a night aide refusing to provide water to a resident and allegations of abuse and unsafe handling. There are also multiple comments about gender sensitivity: several reviewers expressed discomfort or objection to male staff (CNAs, mammographers, sonographers) performing intimate procedures, suggesting the facility may not be adequately accommodating resident preferences or cultural/sensitivity concerns. Overall, reviewers feel safety and basic care needs are not consistently prioritized.

    Management, communication, and advocacy receive critical attention. Reviewers accuse the facility of dishonesty or misrepresenting services (including what appears on the homepage) and describe management as money-driven. Several complain that the patient advocate role does not function in the residents' interest, and that staff do not properly advocate for resident needs. There is also a perception of inconsistent messaging—where caregivers and management may describe conditions differently than patients or families experience—contributing to distrust.

    Dining and functional care concerns appear in several reviews: for example, residents being forced onto pureed diets despite the ability to chew, which families link to declines in strength and mobility. This, combined with reports of inadequate rehabilitation and mobility decline, suggests functional care plans may be inappropriate or poorly implemented.

    In balance, while a few reviewers praised administrative staff and some compassionate caregivers, the aggregated reviews raise substantial red flags about clinical quality, infection control, safety, staffing levels, management transparency, and respect for resident preferences. The most urgent and recurring problems are preventable clinical complications (pressure wounds, aspiration, infections), alleged neglect and abuse, chronic understaffing, and what reviewers describe as misleading communication from management. Prospective residents and families should exercise caution: verify clinical staffing and infection‑control protocols, ask for documentation of rehabilitation plans and outcomes, inquire about policies for resident preferences (including gender sensitivity during intimate care), and seek clear, evidenced assurances that basic needs and safety are reliably met before admission.

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    About Grace Healthcare of Abingdon - Under New Ownership

    Grace Healthcare of Abingdon - Under New Ownership stays open all day and night, so help's always nearby, and they've got 119 beds, including a dozen private rooms with their own bathrooms, which means some folks can have a bit more privacy if needed. The place sits inside an established healthcare network, and the building's been freshened up inside and out lately to make things more comfortable and easier for everyone to get around, plus they've got modern systems like electronic health records to help keep care coordinated. They offer short-term rehab for people after surgery or illness, long-term skilled nursing care, memory care for Alzheimer's and dementia, palliative care, and therapies like physical, occupational, and speech, and you'll find both furnished rooms with things like Wi-Fi, cable TV, and kitchenettes, plus outdoor landscaped spaces, walking paths, and spots for quiet or visiting. The staff, led by Mr. James Rife, focuses on personalized care, with round-the-clock supervision and a call system, and they can help with almost any need from medicine management and help getting dressed to non-ambulatory care and support for daily living. Amenities range from activities run by the community, a fitness room, a movie theater, and outdoor programs, to services like laundry, housekeeping, and specialized meals for things like diabetes or allergies, plus dining's offered restaurant-style all day, so there's not much worry about missing a meal. They accept Medicare and Medicaid for those who qualify, and have a resident and family council to help make sure people's voices are heard, and for getting around or to appointments, there are transportation and parking choices. Being a for-profit place under new owners, they keep their focus on health and wellness, promoting a positive place with dedicated staff who try to meet each resident's needs, which matters a whole lot, and though they don't have BBB accreditation, their long history and place in the community show they're committed to providing honest, compassionate care for people needing skilled nursing or memory support, whether it's for a little while or long term.

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