Mount Vernon Healthcare Center

    8111 Tis Well Dr, Alexandria, VA 22306
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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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

    3.29·(70)

    Overall rating

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

      3.0
    • Staff

      3.2
    • Meals

      2.5
    • Amenities

      3.2
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Strong rehabilitative (physical and occupational) therapy program
    • Compassionate and attentive nursing staff
    • Accessible and supportive social work services
    • Active and varied resident activities program
    • Clean and well-maintained facility areas
    • Skilled dietary and meal-service staff
    • Stable, long-tenured staff in some departments
    • Responsive admissions and front-desk personnel
    • Effective hospice and end-of-life support
    • Modern therapy equipment and gym facilities

    Cons

    • Inconsistent clinical-care reliability
    • Gaps in medication-administration controls and timeliness
    • Slow or inconsistent response to call lights and assistance requests
    • Variable staff competence and training across shifts
    • Poor family communication and unresponsive case management
    • Discharge coordination failures and follow-up lapses
    • Inconsistent cleanliness and sanitation in resident rooms and some common areas
    • Incontinence-care timeliness
    • Staff conduct and communication tone
    • Staffing shortages and high turnover affecting continuity
    • Billing and financial-administration irregularities and allegations
    • Weak escalation and clinical-incident response to physicians or emergency services

    Summary of reviews

    The review set is highly polarized: many families and residents describe excellent rehabilitative outcomes, compassionate caregivers, and a clean, well-equipped facility, while others describe substantive operational shortcomings that affected clinical safety, communication, and discharge processes. Positive commentary centers on a strong therapy program, engaged social-work support, an active activities schedule, and generally good dining and maintenance in significant parts of the facility. These strengths are cited as instrumental in successful short-term rehabilitation and in positive resident experience for many guests.

    Clinical care quality appears inconsistent. Several accounts describe timely, individualized nursing and effective therapy that supported measurable recovery; counterbalanced are reports indicating lapses in medication administration, missed or delayed medications, and cases where delayed clinical escalation necessitated higher-level care. The pattern suggests variability in medication-administration controls, handoff practices, and escalation protocols rather than uniform clinical failure. Reviewers also noted differences between shifts: day teams often rated more favorably, while night coverage and specific units were described as less responsive.

    Staffing and staff conduct are mixed themes. Numerous reviewers praise nurses, therapists, and social-work staff as compassionate, communicative, and skilled. At the same time, recurring concerns include slow or inconsistent responses to call lights, perceived rough or inattentive handling in specific interactions, inconsistent CNA training, and tension between staffing levels and workload. These accounts point to staffing shortages, variable training/supervision, and uneven staff performance rather than a single, facility-wide culture of care.

    Dining, activities, and facilities receive generally positive mentions from many families. The dietary and kitchen staff are frequently described as competent and the activities program as varied and engaging for many residents; modern therapy equipment and a well-appointed gym are noted strengths. However, some reviews indicate bland or inconsistent meal quality and an activities leadership that could be more proactive on certain units. Cleanliness and sanitation are similarly mixed: many describe an orderly, odor-free environment and attentive maintenance, whereas others raise sanitation and odor concerns in specific resident rooms or common areas.

    Management, communication, and administrative processes are consistent areas of concern. Family communication gaps include unresponsive case managers, limited physician contact, unanswered nurse-practice calls, and delayed return calls after discharge. Several reviewers reported discharge coordination problems such as missing medications and incomplete follow-up. Financial-operations criticisms appear with some frequency, up to and including allegations of billing irregularities; these warrant careful inquiry by prospective families. Leadership is described by some as defensive or slow to address complaints, creating perceptions of limited accountability.

    What this pattern means for prospective residents and families: the facility demonstrates clear strengths in rehabilitation, therapy infrastructure, and several compassionate frontline teams, but also shows operational variability that can materially affect experience and safety—especially around medication administration, responsiveness to requests for assistance, discharge coordination, and billing. Families considering admission should conduct an on-site assessment focused on medication-safety processes, night-shift staffing and response times, discharge planning protocols, and billing practices; ask to meet the therapy, nursing leadership, and the case manager who will oversee care. Observing staff–resident interactions, reviewing recent quality or inspection summaries if available, and clarifying escalation and visitation policies will help set realistic expectations given the mixed patterns reflected in these reviews.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Cited by CMS for abuse, or potential for abuse, on its most recent survey cycle.

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Mount Vernon Healthcare Center is located at 8111 Tis Well Dr, Alexandria, VA, 22306.

    About Mount Vernon Healthcare Center

    Mount Vernon Healthcare Center sits on Tis Well Drive in Alexandria, VA, and you'll find it's a skilled nursing facility with both long-term and short-term care, offering 24-hour licensed nursing care every day of the week which folks seem to appreciate, especially since they have nurses and staff known for being warm, loving, and caring, and you see that kind of attitude show up in the way residents and families get involved in care planning. The facility, sometimes called Mount Vernon Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, has somewhere between 64 and 66 beds and is family-owned, so it keeps a close community feel, with activities like bingo, live music, floral club, and monthly birthday celebrations that help folks stay connected and feel supported.

    Residents get person-centered care plans, whether they're staying for wound care, hospice care, palliative care, physical therapy, occupational or speech therapy, memory care, or even sub-acute and short-term rehabilitation. The teams here include nurses, caregiving staff, medical support, and volunteers who interact with people in groups and in one-on-one settings, and you see a wide range of therapies on offer, like speech, occupational, physical, and respiratory, with extra services when needed like tracheostomy care, nebulization, pulse oximetry, infusion therapy, and round-the-clock pharmacy delivery. You'll notice the center has nurses involved in different types of care beyond the basics, including family planning and clinics, though their main focus stays on the elderly and those who need rehabilitation or medical support.

    Nutrition is a big part of daily life at Mount Vernon Healthcare Center; chefs and meal planners make sure meals are both tasty and full of good nutrients, plus a registered dietitian oversees special and individualized diets if someone needs a little extra help for their health. The place operates under MedStar Health, with services extended to MedStar Family Choice DC enrollees and DC Healthy Families for folks aged 18 and up, so you have a wider variety of people in the building, not just for seniors. The center is ADA accessible and runs its programming centered on emotional and physical well-being, from social events to therapy, and there's recognition for their efforts with high review scores and senior living awards. Things feel personal, with the director, Ms. Joni Mauritz, leading the charge, and the mission's about comfort, happiness, and helping residents succeed, aiming to create a safe and welcoming space where families can feel included in care decisions, which makes for a supportive environment that blends skilled nursing, personal care, and community connections in a quiet spot of Virginia's healthcare network.

    People often ask...

    Mount Vernon Healthcare Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 8111 Tis Well Dr, Alexandria, VA 22306.

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