Heritage Harbour Health And Rehabilitation Center

    2700 South Haven Road, Annapolis, MD, 21401
    3.3 · 14 reviews
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    3.0

    Good medical care, understaffed, inconsistent

    I received very good medical and rehab care here - RNs on duty, daily PA/MD rounds, excellent PT/OT/Speech, dialysis available, and generally kind, professional staff. Security, therapy, and some nurses were outstanding, and the dietitian tried to customize meals; overall clinical care often exceeded my expectations. That said, the place is clearly understaffed (especially nights and food services), which led to slow responses, missed feeding/assistance, call buttons out of reach, and spotty hands-on care on some shifts. Cleanliness and food were inconsistent: some rooms were tidy, but I also witnessed unclean rooms, bad odors, and poor kitchen backup - there was even at least one report of a body left too long and very poor family communication. COVID rules were strict and safety measures felt good, but activities, mental-health support, and weekend knowledgeable staff were lacking. I'd recommend this facility for short-term rehab or round-the-clock medical needs, but I would not trust it for long-term care without a family advocate present.

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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

    3.29 · 14 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      3.0
    • Staff

      3.2
    • Meals

      2.5
    • Amenities

      2.5
    • Value

      4.0

    Pros

    • Excellent physical, occupational, and speech therapy services
    • Round-the-clock medical coverage with RNs on duty and daily PA/MD oversight
    • Access to specialists when needed
    • Responsive nurses and nursing aides (generally during day shifts)
    • Caring and attentive administrators
    • Dietitian who customizes diets and is engaged
    • Meals reported better than many other facilities
    • Good security features (electronic doors)
    • Clean rooms reported by some reviewers
    • Friendly and compassionate staff in many cases
    • Strong rehabilitation outcomes; frequently recommended for rehab stays
    • Good dialysis coordination and timely callbacks
    • Pleasant TV accessibility and window views connecting with seasons
    • Activity department praised by some reviewers
    • Overall satisfaction reported by multiple short-term stay patients

    Cons

    • Significant cleanliness issues reported (urine on floor, horrendous smells)
    • Call buttons left on the floor or out of reach
    • Lack of consistent feeding assistance and meal customization for some residents
    • Residents left suspended in lifts or unattended
    • Reports of delayed or no family notification after a roommate's death; body left for hours
    • Lack of dental care
    • Dated, cramped rooms and small shared rooms; windows that do not open
    • Poor staff communication and lack of coordination among clinicians
    • Long waits for assistance and slow response to requests
    • Activities are limited or overpromised to visitors
    • Understaffing and weekend unavailability of knowledgeable staff
    • Shift-dependent quality of care (notably poor 11pm–7am shift)
    • Instances of rude or arrogant caregivers and administration
    • Language barriers impacting care
    • Mental health and psychosocial needs not well addressed
    • COVID visitation restrictions and variable rules

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the reviews is mixed, with a clear division between strong clinical and therapy offerings and significant operational, staffing, cleanliness, and communication problems. Many reviewers praise the rehabilitation strengths of the facility — especially physical, occupational, and speech therapy — and report good medical oversight (RNs on duty, daily PA/MD involvement and access to specialists). Several short-term patients described care that exceeded expectations, timely coordination for dialysis, and compassionate, attentive administrators and certain staff members. These strengths make the center a commonly recommended choice for rehab stays.

    However, multiple serious concerns recur across reviews. Cleanliness and basic daily-care issues appear in stark contrast depending on which reviewer you read: some state the facility is clean and well kept, while others describe urine on floors, horrendous smells, and call bells left out of reach. More alarming are reports of residents being left unattended in lifts, insufficient feeding assistance, and at least one instance of a roommate's death with the body reportedly left in the room for hours and family not notified promptly. These incidents point to inconsistent adherence to basic safety and dignity standards for residents.

    Staffing and shift variability are major themes. Daytime and early-evening shifts (notably 7am–3pm and 3pm–11pm) are frequently described as professional and compassionate, with good hands-on care and responsiveness. In contrast, the 11pm–7am shift and some weekend times are repeatedly criticized for poor quality, slow responses, perceived indifference, and lack of knowledgeable staff. Understaffing, language barriers, and weekend unavailability exacerbate these problems. Several reviewers also reported poor communication and coordination among doctors and nurses, which can contribute to fragmented care and family frustration.

    Facility and amenity-related feedback is mixed. Positive notes include secure electronic doors, private room options, pleasant window views, and TVs with accessible remotes. Negatives include dated infrastructure, cramped shared rooms, windows that do not open, and situations where advertised amenities and activities seemed overpromised unless an advocate or family member pushed for them. Activity programming receives praise from some and criticism from others; overall, reviewers suggest social and mental-health supports are less robust than medical/rehab services.

    Dining and nutrition feedback is varied but leans positive for individualized attention in many cases: the dietitian is often singled out for trying hard and customizing diets, and some reviewers felt meals were better than at other facilities. Conversely, others cited substandard food service, lack of meal customization, and no feeding assistance when required. Kitchen performance appears variable — some say it is timely and supportive, others note staffing shortages in food services and inconsistent meal quality.

    Management impressions are mixed: some reviewers find administrators caring, attentive, and responsive; others describe rude or arrogant staff and poor leadership. The presence of an advocate or involved family member is highlighted as an important factor in getting good care and in mitigating some of the facility's shortcomings. COVID-era policies (limited visitation, indoor confinement, variable rules, weekly Zoom calls, and scheduled outdoor time) were reported as generally safe but restrictive; implementation and communication around those rules sometimes caused frustration.

    In summary, the facility appears to deliver strong rehabilitation and many elements of clinical care particularly during day shifts, with notable strengths in therapy departments, some compassionate staff, and secure premises. At the same time, there are recurring and serious operational concerns — inconsistent cleanliness, lapses in basic resident assistance, communication failures, understaffing (especially at night and on weekends), and troubling reports related to end-of-life handling — that significantly affect resident and family trust. Prospective patients and families would benefit from visiting, asking specifically about night and weekend staffing, care escalation protocols, cleanliness audits, death notification procedures, and how dietary and feeding needs are handled. For short-term rehab stays the center is frequently recommended; for long-term custodial care, reviews suggest caution and the need for active family advocacy to ensure consistent, dignified care.

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    About Heritage Harbour Health And Rehabilitation Center

    Heritage Harbour Health And Rehabilitation Center sits in the Sava Senior Care network and provides long-term care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and a range of senior living options, so when folks come here, they find everything from assisted and independent living to memory care and home care services, and the rooms come in layouts like studio, suite, semi-private, share, or companion, each with basic amenities like furnished rooms, private bathrooms, kitchenettes, cable TV, phones, air conditioning, and Wi-Fi, which helps people make themselves comfortable. Staff include registered nurses, therapists, social workers, and physicians, and they offer twelve to sixteen hours of on-site skilled nursing every day, with a 24-hour call and supervision system, making sure residents get support and personal care whenever needed, including help with daily activities, medication management, and even non-ambulatory care, and though the staff usually get kind marks for helpfulness and a friendly atmosphere, over time the center's quality ratings have jumped from A to D depending on the area-so you see both strong and average care measures depending on the year and the category inspectors check.

    As a for-profit company, Heritage Harbour accepts Medicare and Medicaid, with 106 out of its 154 beds certified as of January 2024, and provides care for folks needing short rehab, as well as those needing continuing care, with a patient return-to-home rate for short-term rehabilitation standing at 4.8%, which is about average for similar centers. They do alright with some of their care numbers, like only 1.9% of their short-term residents get pressure ulcers and they keep moderate to severe pain rates at 4.8% for this group, and they've scored better than many facilities in keeping long-stay residents from losing mobility or needing more help with daily life-14.4% of residents needed more daily help compared to a national average of 18%, and 16.9% saw their ability to move independently get worse, which is under the national average of 22.5%.

    They offer a wide range of therapies-speech, occupational, physical, and respiratory-alongside pharmacy and nutritional counseling, and put emphasis on food with restaurant-style dining, options for allergies or diabetes, and all-day meal service from a professional chef, while residents can join in on daily activities, go to movie nights, use the fitness or wellness room, visit the library, walk the paths outdoors, tend to the community garden, and get rides or use parking for family visits or outings. Support services like housekeeping, laundry, arts and music programs, and a game room, as well as a community kitchen, are provided, and there's a focus on keeping residents engaged through community-sponsored and resident-run activities.

    Still, despite some good marks and several awards like Best of Senior Living, the place has had its share of problems, including a history of fluctuating quality grades (from B+ in one area to D or C in others), a "much below average" overall Medicare rating, a one-star health inspection grade, and two stars for staffing and quality measures. Health inspections in the past three years didn't lead to fines or federal payment denials, but the center has been cited for 25 health deficiencies, covering things like resident rights, assessments, pharmacy, administration, and general quality of care and environment, which means things sometimes fall through the cracks. One big concern is the higher rate of long-stay resident restraint at 1%, above both state and national averages. Serious incidents like falls and infections do happen: 2.5% of long-stayers had a major fall injury, 2.7% had a urinary tract infection, 4.1% experienced significant pain, and 12.4% developed pressure ulcers; the place also had a lawsuit involving untreated bed sores that led to a death. On a positive note, they've done well on resident vaccination rates, with over 77% assessed and given flu or pneumonia shots, and very low new antipsychotic medication use in short-stay residents at 1.3%.

    Family and resident councils help address problems and improve quality, and being part of a Continuing Care Retirement Community lets Heritage Harbour offer different housing and care levels, so residents can shift between them as needs change. Folks looking for middle-of-the-road senior care with basic comforts and therapies will find most standard services here, but inspection and quality records should be checked by families, since care remains uneven depending on the area, year, and type of care.

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