Bayside of Poquoson Health and Rehab

    1 Vantage Dr, Poquoson, VA 23662
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing
    3.5ยท52 reviews

    Warm compassionate care spotless facility

    I'm very pleased with my family's experience at Bayside - the staff are warm, compassionate and endlessly helpful (Ms. Wanda is an absolute blessing), the building is spotless and home-like, and the rehab and activities really improved my loved one's quality of life. They made a stressful time much easier, checked on us regularly, and treated residents like family. I'd happily recommend their Bayside Church services and the facility to others - nearly everything was excellent.

    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

    3.48ยท(52)

    Overall rating

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

      3.5
    • Staff

      3.8
    • Meals

      1.3
    • Amenities

      2.3
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate nursing and caregiving staff
    • Dedicated individual staff advocates and activity leaders
    • Supportive hospice and end-of-life transition care
    • Active rehabilitation program with measurable resident progress
    • Engaging activities (gardening, manicure services, church services)
    • Clean, recently upgraded interiors and routine maintenance
    • Welcoming, family-style atmosphere
    • Thoughtful family communication and emotional support
    • Professional medical-records and administrative support in some areas
    • Meal service and kitchen staff acknowledged for hard work

    Cons

    • Inconsistent medication-administration controls
    • Variable staff responsiveness and communication with families
    • High leadership turnover and management instability
    • Intermittent staffing shortages and workload pressures
    • Inconsistent meal quality and food-safety processes
    • Incontinence-care and timely personal-care gaps
    • Gaps in transfer, transport, and fall-prevention procedures
    • Staff professionalism and conduct
    • Billing, invoicing, and external-billing process errors
    • Delayed maintenance resolution and contractor-payment issues

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews present a mixed but distinct pattern: many families praise individual caregivers and specific departments while also describing operational inconsistencies that affect clinical reliability. Positive accounts highlight compassionate and attentive nursing and CNA teams, strong activity coordination (including outdoor gardening, manicures and church services), meaningful hospice transitions, and a rehabilitation program that can produce measurable resident progress. Several reviewers singled out long-standing staff members who provide personalized advocacy and steady engagement with residents and families, contributing to a warm, family-style atmosphere.

    At the same time, recurring operational concerns emerge. Medication-management issues, missed doses, and pharmacy-ordering errors are described frequently enough to characterize an inconsistency in medication-administration controls. Communication gaps โ€” delayed callbacks, unclear billing contacts, and inconsistent family updates โ€” compound worry for families trying to coordinate care. Staffing instability and frequent changes in executive leadership are mentioned repeatedly; reviewers link these factors to uneven day-to-day supervision, occasional short-staffing, and variability in how policies are enforced.

    Dining and basic-care experiences vary across accounts. Kitchen and maintenance teams receive praise for hard work, but there are also comments about inconsistent meal quality and specific food-safety concerns. Personal-care and toileting support are another area of variance: some families describe attentive, dignified care and regular in-room visits, while others describe delays in incontinence-care and missed assistance. Safety processes around transfers and transport warrant attention as well โ€” reviewers cite incidents that suggest opportunities to strengthen transfer protocols, equipment availability, and fall-prevention practices.

    Facility condition and improvements are a relative strength: multiple reviews note cleanliness, recent upgrades, and an overall welcoming interior. However, reviewers also describe episodic maintenance delays and unresolved contractor-payment issues that have impacted repairs. Staff professionalism is generally praised but not uniformly; there are isolated, serious allegations about staff conduct, including concerns about substance use and unprofessional behavior, which families identified as reasons for heightened scrutiny or regulatory follow-up.

    For prospective residents and families: the facility appears capable of providing compassionate, person-centered care and engaging programming, particularly when stable caregiving teams and committed activity staff are in place. At the same time, due diligence is advisable around clinical reliability and administrative processes. Recommended questions to ask before placement include current staff-to-resident ratios, medication-administration safeguards, fall-prevention and transfer protocols, procedures for billing and invoice clarification, recent leadership changes, and how the facility addresses concerns about staff conduct. Observing mealtime, speaking with the therapy team, and requesting references from recent resident families may help clarify whether the facilityโ€™s operational strengths align with your expectations for consistent clinical care.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2ยท/ 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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    Bayside of Poquoson Health and Rehab is located at 1 Vantage Dr, Poquoson, VA, 23662.

    About Bayside of Poquoson Health and Rehab

    Bayside of Poquoson Health and Rehab stands as a skilled nursing facility with 60 licensed beds at 1 Vantage Drive in Poquoson, serving the wider Virginia Peninsula area and run by Trio Healthcare LLC, and you'll find they focus a lot on health care needs that range from short-term rehab-to-home stays all the way through to long-term nursing and memory care, as well as respite care, orthopedic rehab, fall recovery, stroke rehab, trach care, and wound care, which means if someone needs specialized help in recovery after surgery, or needs therapy like physical, occupational, or speech-language therapy, the staff, who work under the care of Director of Nursing Ms. Leslie Stroffregen, are there around the clock and aim to meet those individual needs. The place includes some amenities that help make life easier during recovery or a longer stay, and efficiency measures and focus on hospitality help everyone feel a little more comfortable and secure, because the staff try to give each patient personal attention whether someone's there for a brief time or needing ongoing care. The daily room rates are $225 for private rooms and $212 for semi-private, and with about 58 full-time staff members, everyone gets cared for in a smaller setting, which can really matter. The facility had 19,080 patient days in fiscal year 2023, and the team works to serve folks looking for post-acute care or ongoing help with daily life, always aiming for competent and outcome-oriented care, and if somebody needs more information, the facility does have ways you can reach out online too.

    People often ask...

    Bayside of Poquoson Health and Rehab offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 1 Vantage Dr, Poquoson, VA 23662.

    No, Bayside of Poquoson Health and Rehab 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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