Waterford Rehab & Nursing Center

    8333 W Okeechobee Rd, Hialeah, FL 33016
    • 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

    3.87·(110)

    Overall rating

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

      3.8
    • Staff

      3.9
    • Meals

      2.0
    • Amenities

      2.0
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Strong rehabilitation services with measurable mobility gains
    • Compassionate, attentive nursing and CNA care
    • Skilled and dedicated therapy teams
    • Coordinated admissions and transport logistics
    • Family-oriented atmosphere with regular updates
    • In-house dialysis program
    • Bilingual/Spanish-language staff and culturally responsive care
    • Clean and orderly patient rooms and bathrooms (in many accounts)
    • Daily personal-hygiene assistance and clean bedding availability
    • Supportive social-work involvement during stays
    • Convenient location close to family
    • Effective post-operative recovery support

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and frequent short-staffing
    • Variable cleanliness and sanitation control across units
    • Delays in responding to nurse calls and personal-care requests
    • Gaps in medication-administration oversight and clinical follow-up
    • Weak discharge-planning and care-transition coordination
    • Inconsistent therapy intensity and mixed messaging about patient abilities
    • Communication gaps between shifts and with families
    • Pest-control concerns in some rooms and common areas
    • Billing and administrative practices perceived as financially driven
    • Difficulties securing long-term or higher-acuity placements
    • Inadequate property-handling and documentation processes
    • Limited on-call physician or continuous clinical oversight

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews for Waterford Rehab & Nursing Center are highly polarized, with distinct clusters of positive and negative experiences. Many families praised the rehabilitation program and therapy staff, noting concrete mobility improvements and successful post-operative recoveries. Multiple accounts highlight compassionate, attentive nursing and CNA care, frequent family updates, coordinated admissions and transport, and an in-house dialysis program that supports continuity of care. Spanish-language and culturally responsive staff were also repeatedly cited as strengths, contributing to a family-like atmosphere for many residents.

    At the same time, a substantive set of reviews raises operational concerns. Staffing inconsistency and perceived short-staffing recur across narratives, and reviewers describe delays in responding to nurse calls and personal-care needs. Cleanliness and sanitation control appear uneven: while several families described clean, orderly rooms and daily hygiene support, others described odor concerns, sanitation issues in specific areas, and pest-control problems. These mixed observations suggest variability in housekeeping and environmental oversight between units or shifts.

    Clinical and administrative coordination are other notable patterns. Some families reported strong social-work support and coordinated discharge logistics, while others reported weak discharge planning, delays securing home-health services or long-term placement, and conflicting information from different staff members about residents' functional abilities. Concerns about medication-administration controls, clinical follow-up, and limited on-call physician availability were raised in multiple accounts, implying gaps in clinical oversight for higher-acuity patients.

    Management and billing practices are a recurring area of friction. Several reviews described interactions with administration as transactional or financially driven, and there are accounts alleging property loss and billing or insurance changes that families found problematic. These comments point to perceived deficiencies in administrative transparency, property-handling, and documentation processes.

    Dining and activities receive fewer detailed mentions overall. Where noted positively, reviewers described acceptable meals and effective therapy programs that included exercise promotion; where criticized, comments focused on inconsistent meal quality and limited snack availability. Facilities and amenities drew mixed feedback as well: many reviewers praised cleanliness and comfortable rooms, while others described maintenance and sanitation issues in specific areas.

    In summary, Waterford demonstrates clear strengths in rehabilitation, many examples of dedicated bedside care, and resources such as in-house dialysis and bilingual staff. However, variability in staffing, environmental sanitation, clinical oversight, discharge coordination, and administrative transparency create inconsistent experiences across residents. Prospective residents and families should weigh the facility’s strong therapy and nursing capabilities against these operational concerns and consider targeted questions about staffing ratios, discharge planning processes, infection-control/pest management protocols, medication oversight, and procedures for handling personal property before admission.

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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

    Waterford Rehab & Nursing Center is located at 8333 W Okeechobee Rd, Hialeah, FL, 33016.

    About Waterford Rehab & Nursing Center

    Waterford Rehab & Nursing Center sits in Hialeah and operates as a skilled nursing facility that takes Medicare, Medicaid, and a broad range of health insurance options while supporting 214 certified beds and serving an average of 199 residents daily. The center helps both short-term and long-term residents with services like post-surgical rehab, cardiac rehab, orthopedic rehab, respiratory care, wound care, and specialty memory care for dementia and Alzheimer's, and folks can also get help with diabetes care, pain management, neuromuscular care, nutritional management, stroke rehabilitation, tracheotomy care, and IV therapies. The community focuses on comprehensive care, with a team including physicians, nurses, therapists, dietitians, social service staff, and others to deliver care plans based on each resident's physical, cognitive, and emotional needs, and it provides 12 to 16 hours of nursing care each day along with a 24-hour supervision and emergency call system.

    Residents can get help with all daily needs, such as bathing, dressing, transfers, and medication management, plus the staff coordinates doctor visits and oupatient care, and the place offers emotional and nutritional counseling and support for both short-term recovery and long-term stays. Waterford gives access to furnished rooms featuring private bathrooms, cable TV, air conditioning, Wi-Fi, telephones, kitchenettes, and has both housekeeping and laundry included, and families can use move-in coordination and support services.

    Meals come prepared by a professional chef, with restaurant-style dining that accommodates allergies, diabetes, and other special diets, and residents can eat at any time of day in the main dining room. The community, which recently received renovations and is recognized for its design, provides a range of outdoor and indoor spaces like a game room, movie theater, activity and arts rooms, walking paths, library, fitness room, spa/wellness area, and a community garden, while recreation programs such as organized community activities, movie nights, music programs, and social support are available for everyone who wants to participate.

    The staff offers transportation, parking, daily housekeeping, and individualized activity programs to try and keep residents busy and safe, but there have been some issues reported in recent inspections, like four deficiencies noted in August 2024, including problems with accurate assessment, privacy of personal and medical records, accident safety, and infection control, totaling eighteen deficiencies overall. The nurse turnover rate is lower than average at 24.1%, but staff nurse hours per resident per day fall below the state average at 3.61 hours compared to 3.9, and no information about management staff is available. Waterford Rehab & Nursing Center maintains ownership under Waterford Holdco LLC, with indirect owners connected to the Philipson Family Limited Liability Company and others, and strives to offer a friendly and safe environment, but families should know its recent inspection record includes privacy, supervision, infection, and resident assessment deficiencies.

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