Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institutes

    3915 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, MN, 55422
    2.0 · 3 reviews
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    1.0

    Well-kept facility, rude uncaring staff

    The building is clean, well-kept, well-lit with varied activities and a nice outdoor walking path, but my experience was ruined by rude, unprofessional staff. Chronic understaffing, ignored complaints, poor scheduling and unaccommodating, uncaring behavior led to bad care and terrible customer service. A few nurses were friendly, but I would not recommend this facility.

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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

    2.00 · 3 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      2.5
    • Staff

      2.0
    • Meals

      2.0
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Friendly, readily available nursing staff
    • Well-staffed (reported by some reviewers)
    • Clean facility
    • Well-kept facilities
    • Well-lit spaces
    • Magnificent facility
    • Varied activities
    • Dedicated activity rooms
    • Outdoor walking path

    Cons

    • Understaffed (reported by some reviewers)
    • Unprofessional or rude staff
    • Staff hiding or absent during shifts
    • Complaints ignored / poor complaint response
    • Poor or inconsistent care quality
    • Terrible customer service / unaccommodating staff
    • Scheduling issues for patients and volunteers
    • Negative overall experiences leading to non-recommendation

    Summary review

    The reviews present a sharply mixed picture of Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institutes, with strong praise for the physical environment and activity offerings contrasted by significant, recurring complaints about staff behavior, care quality, and administrative responsiveness. Several reviewers emphasize that the facility itself is impressive: it is described as magnificent, clean, well-kept, and well-lit. The availability of dedicated activity rooms and an outdoor walking path, along with varied activities, is consistently highlighted as a positive feature that supports patient engagement and a pleasant environment.

    Care quality and staffing reports are inconsistent across reviews. A portion of reviewers report that nursing staff are friendly and readily available, and some explicitly say the facility seems well-staffed. Those accounts suggest that, at least at certain times or in some units, patients receive attentive nursing care. Conversely, other reviewers describe the facility as understaffed, with staff who are unprofessional, rude, or uncaring. Some go further to allege that staff hide during shifts, contributing to poor care and negative experiences. The juxtaposition of both "well-staffed" and "understaffed" comments suggests uneven staffing levels or variable experiences depending on shift, unit, or timeframe.

    Staff engagement and customer service emerge as a major fault line. While a few reviewers found staff memorable and friendly, multiple reports condemn staff for being unaccommodating, rude, or failing to address complaints. Several reviewers explicitly say complaints were ignored and that management or staff responsiveness was poor. These issues are tied to broader statements about terrible customer service and leave some reviewers unwilling to recommend the facility. Such consistent remarks about ignored complaints and poor service indicate potential problems in complaint-handling processes, staff training, or leadership oversight.

    Activities and environment are generally praised. The presence of varied activities and dedicated spaces for those activities, plus outdoor walking options, is noted positively and repeatedly. However, there are also mentions that some staff were not memorable or engaging in activity leadership, meaning the benefits of programming may be diminished if staff do not consistently engage participants. Scheduling problems for patients and volunteers were explicitly mentioned, which can affect the delivery and continuity of programs and volunteer support.

    There is little to no information about dining or food services in the provided reviews; no reliable conclusions can be drawn on that topic from these summaries. The most notable pattern overall is polarization: some reviewers report positive, even excellent, experiences focused on the facility and accessible nursing staff, while others report fundamentally negative experiences centered on staff behavior, inadequate care, and poor administrative response. This split suggests variability in experience that could be caused by differences across shifts, units, staff members, or time periods.

    In sum, the facility's physical environment and activity offerings are clear strengths, but recurrent and serious concerns about staff professionalism, consistency of care, scheduling, and complaint resolution substantially detract from the overall reputation in these reviews. Prospective patients and families should weigh the environmental and activity advantages against the risk of inconsistent staffing and customer service. For the facility, the reviews point to priorities for improvement: stabilize and standardize staffing and schedules, strengthen customer-service and complaint-response practices, and ensure consistent staff engagement in care and programming to align the positive aspects of the physical environment with reliably positive patient experiences.

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    About Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institutes

    Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute in Golden Valley, Minnesota, is part of Allina Health and works with the Abbott Northwestern Hospital location, so when you go there, you'll see different kinds of specialists and see a focus on helping people with disabilities, spinal cord injuries, and paralysis, and you'll notice the place is fully wheelchair accessible, with restrooms and all sorts of therapy rooms, and you've got nine providers on site for occupational, physical, and speech therapy. They also give a lot of support through Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services (ARMHS), feeding teams for oral motor and feeding issues, and have both outpatient and inpatient options, so you won't need to stay overnight unless it's really needed, and sessions for therapy happen one to three times a week, with telehealth choices for those who need to do things from home. Community support is strong here and you'll find special programs and resources like the Tech Access Initiative and Ready to Roll Emergency Preparedness, as well as Health Access Toolkit for living with disability, and they even run support groups like the SCI Peer Group, led by Joe Dailey and Steve Laux, and the Women Staying Strong group led by Barbara Mace, with meetings available both in-person and over Zoom and special monthly gatherings for women whose family members have spinal cord injuries. During the warm months, you might see folks outside for adaptive cycling, pizza socials, demo days, or just celebrating at the 4th of July BBQ, so there's a sense of community in what they do. Courage Kenny covers a wide range of therapies, including neuro-muscular electrical stimulation, locomotor training, and ongoing fitness support with activity-based recovery, and there are pediatric programs like Courage Kenny Kids for children who need neurorecovery care. They focus a lot on independent living with services like individualized home supports, care planning, positive supports, intervention help, vocational evaluations, and job development so people can keep working and learning. The research side is active, too, with labs working on ways to help people with paralysis move better, and they use special programs like Journey Forward and NeuroHope. There's a strong connection to the United Spinal Association, so folks have free access to resources, and the Institute has joined CARF International for accreditation, which means outside experts check they meet high standards, and they also work with groups like CARF Canada and CARF Europe for quality. You'll find acupuncture services Monday through Friday, standard hours for most therapies, and extra attention for feeding problems through occupational and speech therapy, plus specialized care from Courage Kenny Psychological Associates. They serve both kids and adults at the Golden Valley location and also offer community-based employment services, vision rehabilitation, and an opioid treatment program, so the range of care here is as broad as the people who come through the door, no matter what they're facing or how complex their needs might be.

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