Valley Center

    1000 Lincoln Dr, South Charleston, WV, 25309
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    4.0

    Mostly positive with recurring problems

    I've had a mixed but mostly positive experience: staff are kind, professional and caring, admissions and rehab are excellent, activities are engaging, and the building is generally clean and secure. That said, I've seen recurring problems - cold/poor meals, some maintenance and cleanliness lapses, occasional understaffing and troubling reports of missing belongings or medication errors - so I'd recommend visiting, asking pointed questions, and monitoring care closely.

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    4.31 · 121 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      3.9
    • Staff

      4.3
    • Meals

      1.8
    • Amenities

      2.7
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Many friendly, compassionate and helpful staff
    • Dedicated and effective physical/occupational therapy (noted successes)
    • Several named staff praised (Brandi, Debbie, Abby, Hannah, Lexi, Nikki, Elane)
    • Good transitions/discharge planning and return-to-home support
    • Engaging activities and a social, welcoming atmosphere
    • Clean, orderly, and professional facility cited by multiple reviewers
    • Secure access and easy parking
    • Multi-department teamwork and coordinated care when functioning well
    • Some strong nursing rehabilitation outcomes and improved mobility
    • Responsive business/administrative staff in some cases

    Cons

    • Widespread reports of filthy conditions and strong unpleasant odors
    • Bathrooms and rooms described as dirty, stained, and poorly maintained
    • Residents left in feces/urine-soiled sheets and incontinent care failures
    • Medication errors, delays, and reported medication thefts
    • Belongings disappearing and alleged confiscation of phones/keepsakes
    • Call lights and care requests frequently ignored or slow to respond
    • Cold, bland, or inedible meals; food left out of reach of immobile residents
    • Understaffing, undertrained or unprofessional nursing assistants and LPNs
    • Management and administrative mismanagement or poor accountability
    • Clinical neglect leading to dehydration, ER visits, bedsores, and infection risk
    • Inconsistent therapy availability and staffing shortages in therapy
    • Outdated facility areas, maintenance issues (running sinks, scratched doors)
    • Barriers to communication (phones not answered, confiscated devices)
    • Perception of profit-driven priorities over resident well-being

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the reviews is strongly mixed with a wide range of highly positive and extremely negative experiences. Many reviewers praise individual staff members, therapists, and some departments for compassionate care, effective rehabilitation, and helpful admissions/administrative support. At the same time, a substantial portion of reviews describe serious failures in hygiene, basic caregiving, medication and property safety, and management accountability. The pattern suggests notable variability in quality across shifts, units, or time periods rather than a uniformly good or bad facility.

    Care quality and clinical safety are the most polarizing themes. Positive reports highlight attentive nurses and CNAs, successful physical therapy that restored mobility, supportive social work, and coordinated care that enabled safe discharges home. Specific names are repeatedly mentioned as exemplars of good care — for example, Brandi and Debbie in nursing roles, Abby in social work, therapists like Hannah and Elane, and administrative staff such as Lexi and Nikki — indicating pockets of excellent, patient-centered caregiving. Conversely, multiple reviews describe severe clinical lapses: residents left in feces for hours, urine-soiled sheets, dehydration with dangerous kidney enzyme levels requiring ER transfer, bedsores, medication delays, and alleged medication thefts. These reports indicate potential systemic risks to resident safety when staffing, supervision, or processes fail.

    Staffing, training, and professionalism emerge as a second major theme. Reviewers repeatedly mention both compassionate, well-trained individuals and staff described as rude, dismissive, under-educated, or unprofessional. Many complaints point to ignored call lights, understaffed shifts, and LPNs/CNAs making excuses or being oblivious to resident needs. Therapy services are similarly inconsistent: several reviewers praise therapy staff and good outcomes, while others describe therapy as practically non-existent or understaffed and unprofessional. This inconsistency suggests variable staffing levels, fluctuating competencies, or management lapses in scheduling and oversight.

    Facility cleanliness and physical plant issues are a consistent concern among detractors. Numerous reports describe a filthy environment — strong animal- or vomit-like smells, stained walls, old scarred doors, scratched paint, running noisy sinks, and bathrooms in disrepair. Several reviewers contrast this with other accounts calling the facility very clean and orderly, again pointing to inconsistent maintenance or differences between wings/rooms. Infection risk and general unclean conditions were specifically called out and tied by reviewers to neglectful care practices.

    Dining and basic daily needs are another frequent complaint area. Many reviewers describe cold or inedible meals, small bland portions, lack of fresh fruits and vegetables, and situations in which food or utensils were left out of reach of immobile residents. Some reports note no water cups available or residents told to cup hands under sinks. These issues compound concerns about hydration and nutrition, with at least one reviewer linking inadequate fluid replacement and ileostomy bag supplies to clinical deterioration.

    Property, communication, and administration concerns form a third cluster of issues. Multiple reviewers allege belongings went missing, keepsakes were taken, or phones were confiscated, restricting family communication. Call stations and nurses’ stations sometimes went unanswered, necessitating family involvement with directors to get action. Several reviewers explicitly criticize management for mismanagement, poor accountability, and prioritizing profit over resident welfare. That said, others praise administrative staff for smooth admissions, issue resolution, and helpful financial/business office service, indicating pockets of effective leadership.

    Activities, social atmosphere, and outpatient logistics receive generally positive notes: the facility offers multiple dining areas and TVs, engaging activities, religious/group events, and descriptions of residents being socially engaged and never bored. These positives contribute to an overall impression that the facility has the capacity to provide a warm, engaging environment when staffed and managed well.

    In summary, reviewers paint a facility of contrasts: strong individual caregivers and therapy successes alongside alarming accounts of neglect, hygiene failures, medication/property safety issues, and administrative inconsistencies. The most frequent and severe concerns (resident neglect, hygiene/infection risk, medication problems, staff responsiveness, and missing belongings) warrant close attention and corrective action. At the same time, repeated praise for specific staff members and therapy outcomes suggests that improvements in staffing consistency, training, supervision, maintenance, and leadership accountability could substantially raise the overall standard of care. Prospective families should probe for current staffing levels, infection-control protocols, incident reporting and resolution practices, and recent changes in leadership or quality metrics; and consider in-person visits at different times of day to observe consistency before making decisions.

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    About Valley Center

    Valley Center sits right in the heart of West Virginia, where you'll find a medium-sized senior community that offers a bunch of different services for people at many stages of life, and what stands out is how they've got both independent living for active seniors and more involved care for folks with memory loss like Alzheimer's or dementia, plus nursing and rehab services for those who need it, and the place is Medicare- and Medicaid-certified and accepts most private insurance, which makes things easier for families. The center has senior apartments for independent living, plus assisted living choices with different setups from small residential homes to apartment-style living, and so you get options to fit what you're looking for, and the skilled nursing facility part is set up with round-the-clock supervision, a 24-hour call system, and staff who handle medication management, personal hygiene help like dressing or bathing, and working with doctors or other healthcare folks. You'll find on-site medical services, physician services, respiratory therapy, speech and occupational therapy, as well as contract rehab therapy that covers both long-term and short-term needs, and people who need help with things like case management, discharge planning, respite care, or individual treatment plans will find those, too. Valley Center provides home health care, nutrition help, palliative and hospice care, home-delivered meals, medical supply management, and transport to appointments, so all the basics are covered, and there's also a laundry area, housekeeping, and meal programs that give residents one or two prepared meals every day. Folks who like being social or keeping active have options with community-sponsored events, movie nights, group activities, educational and cultural programs, and even religious options, and if you want to get outside or try your hand at art, there are gardens, walking paths, an arts room, and a barber shop plus a beauty salon right on site. The whole place keeps a close-knit feeling since it's not too big, and you're near a bunch of local places-cafés, restaurants, parks, Starbucks, and several health centers like Thomas Breast Cancer Center, Dunbar Medical Associates, and Good Neighbor Pharmacy, offering residents a mix of amenities and a little of that town feeling. Their overall customer satisfaction rating is 3.6, and they've earned an AHCA Quality Award. So, Valley Center takes care of everything from basic needs to specialized memory and rehab care, along with leisure activities, giving seniors a supportive and comfortable space to call home.

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