George Washington Health & Rehabilitation

    1510 Collingwood Rd, Alexandria, Virginia 22308
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Excellent compassionate care and rehab

    I placed my aunt here and was very pleased: nursing, wound care and rehab/PT were excellent, CNAs and therapists were professional and compassionate, and social work/administration were attentive and responsive. The building was clean, activities engaging, and staff made us feel like family during discharge and recovery. Overall great medical and rehab care - I'd recommend them while noting there's always room for small improvements.

    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

    4.07·(201)

    Overall rating

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

      3.6
    • Staff

      3.9
    • Meals

      2.5
    • Amenities

      2.7
    • Value

      1.7

    Pros

    • Compassionate and dedicated nursing staff
    • Skilled physical and occupational therapy services
    • Experienced wound-care and rehabilitation clinicians
    • Supportive social work and case management
    • Engaging activities and events program
    • Responsive maintenance and housekeeping individuals
    • Attentive admissions and business-office support
    • Occasional prompt clinical responsiveness
    • Family-oriented communication when staff are available
    • Help with transitions and home-discharge planning

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and shift-to-shift variability
    • Gaps in medication-administration and documentation controls
    • Delays and inconsistencies in call-button response
    • Gaps in catheter and wound-care protocols leading to infection risk
    • Sanitation concerns in resident rooms and bathrooms
    • Maintenance and building disrepair affecting room safety and comfort
    • Variable dining quality and limited fresh-produce options
    • Fragmented communication across nursing, therapy, and social work
    • Unreliable hospital-to-facility transition and admission coordination
    • Inconsistent staff conduct and tone toward residents and families
    • Limited clinical coverage on weekends and off shifts
    • Pest-control and environmental-cleaning process weaknesses

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews for this facility present a highly mixed picture with clear areas of clinical and operational strength alongside recurring operational weaknesses. Strengths most often described include committed nursing staff, a robust rehabilitation program (physical and occupational therapy), and specialized wound-care clinicians. Several reviewers also praised social work and case-management support, engaging activities, and individual staff members in maintenance, housekeeping, admissions, and business-office roles who are responsive and helpful. These positives indicate the facility has strong clinical and programmatic capabilities in pockets of the organization.

    At the same time, a number of consistent operational themes emerge. Staffing levels and shift-to-shift consistency are recurrent concerns; reviewers cite understaffing, limited weekend clinical coverage, and overworked nurses and aides. Those staffing challenges are associated with delays in responding to call buttons, missed or delayed medication doses, and inconsistent assistance with toileting and transfers. Related clinical risks cited include gaps in medication administration and documentation, and deficiencies in catheter and wound-care processes that contributed to urinary-tract infections, sepsis, and wound-healing setbacks in several accounts. These are system-level issues that point to the need for stronger clinical oversight, clearer protocols, and more reliable staffing coverage.

    Facility condition and housekeeping are another area of divergence. Positive comments note clean, comfortable rooms and diligent housekeeping staff in some units; however, other reviewers describe sanitation concerns in resident rooms and bathrooms, issues with laundry or bedding, pest-control concerns, and general maintenance problems such as missing ceiling panels, damaged drywall, heating/ventilation complaints, and locked or inoperable windows. Dining receives mixed feedback as well: some families praise portion sizes, special meals, and helpful dietary staff, while others describe inconsistent food quality, limited fresh produce, and restricted kitchen service hours that affect meal availability.

    Management and communication present a polarized pattern. Multiple reviewers identified individual leaders and staff (by name) who were proactive, communicative, and effective; others described unresponsive or defensive management, miscommunication between admissions and clinical supervisors, and a perceived lack of follow-through on complaints. These differences suggest variable leadership effectiveness across departments or changes in leadership over time. A further pattern is that family advocacy often influences outcomes; reviewers who actively engaged with social work, administration, or external advocates were more likely to report corrective action.

    For prospective residents and families, the predominant themes to evaluate during a visit are staffing ratios and weekend clinical coverage, infection-prevention and wound/catheter-care protocols, call-button responsiveness, room condition and sanitation processes, and the facility’s approach to medication administration and documentation. Asking for recent staffing levels, weekend medical coverage plans, copies of care protocols for wounds and indwelling devices, and opportunities to meet the therapy and social-work teams can help clarify whether the facility’s strengths align with an individual’s needs. Overall, the facility demonstrates notable clinical and rehabilitative strengths in places but also exhibits operational inconsistencies that warrant careful, situational assessment before placement.

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    Medicare Ratings

    3·/ 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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    George Washington Health & Rehabilitation is located at 1510 Collingwood Rd, Alexandria, Virginia, 22308.

    About George Washington Health & Rehabilitation

    George Washington Health & Rehabilitation is a nursing home at 1510 Collingwood Road in Alexandria, Virginia, with 96 certified beds but an average of about 87 residents per day and a listed capacity of 65 beds, so whether someone's looking for a private room or a semi-private room, both options are there, with all the usual ups and downs; this place has had its share of inspection reports, recording a total of 45 deficiencies, including issues with resident rights, infection prevention and control (like F0880), two infection-related problems, and concerns about pressure ulcer care (F0686), so it's honest to say they've got some areas needing attention, but if someone's thinking about the nursing side, nurse turnover shows up at about 30.6%, with 3.20 reported nurse staffing hours per resident per day, and services like skilled nursing, dementia care, and long-term or short-term rehabilitation are all part of the program.

    They go with some unique names for programs and use terms like "Efficiency Indicators," "Quartile Rankings," or "Gross Patient Revenue Per Adjusted Patient Day," and while the administration's run by Mr. Ibrahim Kamara and past records show a link to Julius Mbeboh and ownership under Va Pro 7 Snf Operations Holdings LLC (100%), they're also affiliated with Hill Valley Healthcare. The community's private and proprietary, takes pride in its "People First" care philosophy, and is staffed by English speakers ready to provide post-acute rehab and specialized care. There's no claim to perfection here-deficiencies have been noted in public reports-but features for comfort and recovery include a rehab gym, beauty/barber shop, library, patio garden, outdoor recreation area, places for families to visit, and supportive environments, along with transportation services and pastoral support for those who need them. Sometimes one sees state-of-the-art treatments and advanced modalities, and there's a focus on skilled nursing with around-the-clock care, and even though no current data for office hours or specialties is available, the online profile can be printed, shared, or downloaded as a vCard, and details about things like licensed beds, room rates, full-time staff, or patient days show up in their general info section, so anybody considering long-term care, skilled nursing, or both, will find the basics covered, even with room for improvement because of past deficiencies, while the focus remains on helping residents recover and live more comfortably.

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