Grace Healthcare of Abingdon - Under New Ownership

    600 Walden Rd, Abingdon, VA 24210
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Caring staff, clean, welcoming community

    I've been very pleased with the caring, hard-working staff and strong teamwork-nurses and therapists are excellent and the community feels warm and welcoming. The facility is clean, home-like, non-smoking, with improved meals and an active social calendar under new administration and dietary leadership. I'm thankful for the excellent, patient-focused care and steady improvements; I recommend this place.

    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

    3.22·(41)

    Overall rating

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

      2.1
    • Staff

      3.4
    • Meals

      2.8
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate caregivers
    • Supportive administrative staff

    Cons

    • Inconsistent responsiveness and basic-care delivery
    • Insufficient staffing and high staff turnover
    • Gaps in staff conduct oversight and safety protocols
    • Inadequate prevention of pressure injuries and mobility support
    • Inadequate infection-control and clinical escalation processes
    • Limited accommodation of resident gender preferences for intimate care
    • Weak resident advocacy and family communication
    • Inconsistent therapeutic-diet implementation and meal accommodation
    • Questionable transparency and marketing practices

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews present a mixed picture in which families identified a small number of positive interactions alongside multiple operational and clinical concerns. Positive comments focus on individual caregivers and members of the administrative team who were described as compassionate and helpful. However, these favorable interactions sit alongside more frequent reports of inconsistent care processes and clinical outcomes.

    Care quality and clinical outcomes were the primary areas of concern. Reviewers described delays and inconsistencies in basic-care tasks and responsiveness, along with instances that families perceived as failures of clinical monitoring and escalation. Specific clinical issues flagged include pressure injuries, aspiration events, urinary and other infections, and transfers to acute care. These accounts suggest gaps in routine nursing surveillance, prevention protocols (for pressure injuries and aspiration), and timely clinical escalation.

    Staffing and staff conduct were recurring themes. Reviewers indicated staffing shortages and turnover that affected continuity of care and the facility’s ability to respond promptly. There were also concerns about oversight of staff conduct and safety practices; families reported interactions that raised questions about staff training, supervision, and adherence to safe-care procedures. Several reviewers expressed discomfort with assignment of male caregivers for intimate procedures and described limited accommodation of resident preferences regarding caregiver gender.

    Dining and rehabilitation practices were described as inconsistent. Families reported rigid application of modified diets and limited flexibility when residents’ functional ability to eat or swallow was questioned. Rehabilitation and mobility support were described as inadequate in some cases, with reports of functional decline during a stay. Reviewers provided little consistent information about activities programming; neither clear praise nor detailed complaints about activities were prominent in the summaries.

    Facility and management issues emerged in two areas: communication/advocacy and transparency. Many families noted weak or unsatisfactory communication channels with clinical staff and expressed dissatisfaction with the effectiveness of the facility’s patient-advocacy resources. Separate comments questioned the alignment between the facility’s online descriptions and families’ actual experiences, suggesting a need for clearer marketing and greater operational transparency.

    Taken together, the pattern in these reviews points to operational weaknesses that prospective residents and families should evaluate directly: staffing levels and continuity, prevention and monitoring protocols for pressure injuries and infection, flexibility in dining and therapy plans, and how resident preferences (including caregiver gender) are accommodated. Families considering this facility may want to request recent staffing ratios, infection-control metrics, care-plan examples, and clear information about how complaints and advocacy are handled before making placement decisions.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1·/ 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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    Grace Healthcare of Abingdon - Under New Ownership is located at 600 Walden Rd, Abingdon, VA, 24210.

    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.

    People often ask...

    Grace Healthcare of Abingdon - Under New Ownership offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 600 Walden Rd, Abingdon, VA 24210.

    No, Grace Healthcare of Abingdon - Under New Ownership does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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