Star City Rehab and Nursing

    1047 Mecca St NE, Roanoke, Virginia 24012
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Reviews

    3.81·(54)

    Overall rating

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

      3.2
    • Staff

      3.8
    • Meals

      1.8
    • Amenities

      3.5
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive nursing assistants
    • Strong physical and occupational therapy services
    • Responsive respiratory therapy and clinical support
    • Supportive social work and discharge coordination
    • Welcoming atmosphere and community events
    • Clean, updated interior and private-room options
    • Dedicated support staff (laundry and ancillary services)
    • Engaged and friendly front-desk and admissions staff

    Cons

    • Chronic understaffing and heavy reliance on agency personnel
    • Delayed response to call bells and routine care tasks
    • Medication-administration and storage control gaps
    • Inconsistent cleanliness and sanitation practices
    • Poor phone access and inconsistent family communication
    • Variable meal quality and temperature control
    • Safety oversight gaps for equipment and patient monitoring
    • Inconsistent management accountability and follow-through
    • High cost relative to inconsistent service quality
    • Variable therapy-program consistency

    Summary of reviews

    Reviewers describe a facility with a clear operational divide: many families and former patients praise the rehabilitation, respiratory, and therapy teams and describe compassionate frontline caregivers, while other reviewers raise substantive operational concerns that affect direct resident care.

    Care quality and clinical teams: Rehabilitation services (PT/OT) and respiratory therapy receive repeated positive feedback; reviewers characterize these departments as skilled, supportive, and effective at promoting recovery. Nursing assistants and some nurses are described as compassionate and attentive in numerous accounts. However, there are consistent complaints about delayed attendance to residents' needs, long call-button response times, missed or late medication administration, and at least one allegation of medication mismanagement (including unsecured medications). These latter issues suggest weaknesses in clinical workflows and medication-safety controls that families should evaluate closely.

    Staff and management: Staffing stability is a prominent concern. Multiple accounts indicate chronic understaffing, frequent use of agency staff, and high turnover, which correlate with inconsistent care and communication. Several reviews describe difficulty reaching staff by phone and variable responsiveness from leadership; others praise specific staff members and social work for effective discharge coordination. Taken together, the pattern suggests pockets of strong individual performance within a broader system that struggles with staffing, scheduling, and managerial follow-through.

    Dining, activities, and environment: Activity programming and community events are cited positively — reviewers note a welcoming atmosphere, resident interaction, and family-friendly events. Opinions on dining are mixed: there are comments about limited or skipped meal service, cold meals, and requests for improved food quality, alongside some praise for meal experiences. Facility appearance is likewise mixed; many describe the campus as attractive, updated, and comfortable with private-room options, while other reviewers report sanitation issues, pest-control concerns, and specific safety hazards (for example, unsecured equipment or exposed hardware) that warrant investigation.

    Safety, communication, and notable patterns: Safety oversight and consistency are recurring themes. Concerns include gaps in monitoring clinical equipment, inconsistent documentation and follow-through, and examples of poor tone or conduct in staff interactions. Families frequently note that active advocacy is required to ensure timely care; the ombudsman is mentioned as a helpful external resource. Cost is raised as an issue when service expectations are unmet. Prospective residents and families should weigh the facility's strong therapy and respiratory services against identified operational weaknesses—especially staffing, medication safety, cleanliness, and communication—and verify current staffing levels, medication-safety practices, and management responsiveness before placement.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

    Star City Rehab and Nursing is located at 1047 Mecca St NE, Roanoke, Virginia, 24012.

    About Star City Rehab and Nursing

    Star City Rehab and Nursing sits at 1047 Mecca Street, NE, in Roanoke, Virginia, and has 116 beds for people needing skilled nursing care, long term care, rehabilitative care, or respiratory care, so folks get help for many different needs and conditions, and the facility stays open all day and night so residents are looked after any time, day or night, and you might notice when you walk through that they've set aside special spaces for therapy and treatment, which is a big help for those needing to focus on recovery, and the staff, led by Mr. Jonathan Caudill as the administrator, pays attention to making care plans that match each person's health and comfort needs. Specialized care units handle different types of health issues, and you'll see a range of medical and clinical services are ready for people staying short or long term. The team says they're friendly and knowledgeable and welcome questions, which is comforting for new folks, and the place even has amenities that try to make living there easier, including accessibility tools like high contrast options for people who might have trouble seeing well, and it's clear they're interested in sharing news and updates since there's a gallery, a blog, jobs listed, and posts on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram, so families can keep up with what's happening at the facility or get a sense of the community, and all these things together show that Star City Rehab and Nursing pays attention to a wide range of care and lifestyles needs, aiming to help people recover and live as comfortably as possible.

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    Star City Rehab and Nursing offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 1047 Mecca St NE, Roanoke, Virginia 24012.

    No, Star City Rehab and Nursing 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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