Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

    1341 Paradise Road PO Box 566, Edenton, NC 27932
    • Skilled Nursing
    3.8ยท21 reviews

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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

    3.81ยท(21)

    Overall rating

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

      4.3
    • Staff

      4.3
    • Meals

      4.0
    • Amenities

      4.0
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate, attentive nursing staff
    • Knowledgeable nurses and skilled CNAs
    • Strong rehabilitation and therapy program
    • Comprehensive clinical and support services
    • Engaging activities and professional activities staff
    • Responsive maintenance and housekeeping
    • Accommodating to service animals
    • Clean, well-maintained facility and home-like atmosphere
    • Family-focused, personalized attention
    • Cafeteria with home-style meal options

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staff conduct and interpersonal tone
    • Delays in attending to resident needs
    • Variable physician and medical-provider engagement
    • Inconsistent food quality and meal-service continuity
    • Operational changes after ownership transition affecting services
    • Property-handling and security gaps (allegations of theft and mishandling)
    • Staffing and continuity gaps across shifts

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews describe a facility with clear strengths in direct care and rehabilitation but with operational inconsistencies that warrant inquiry before placement. Families and residents frequently highlight strong, compassionate nursing and CNA teams and a rehabilitation program that achieves measurable goals. At the same time, a subset of accounts raises concerns about variability in staff behavior, responsiveness, and some operational controls.

    Care quality and staff: Clinical caregiving receives consistent praise โ€” nurses and CNAs are repeatedly described as attentive, compassionate, and skilled. Multiple reviewers credit therapists and the rehab program with positive outcomes and individualized goal achievement. However, reviewers also describe variability in staff conduct and tone; some staff are characterized as rude or unhelpful, and there are reports of delays in attending to basic resident needs. These patterns suggest that performance may vary by shift or individual employee rather than reflecting the entire caregiving team.

    Dining and dietary services: Opinions on food are mixed. Several reviewers praised cafeteria offerings and home-style meals, while others described a decline in food quality that they associate with recent ownership or budgetary changes. Meal-service continuity and consistency appear to be uneven; prospective families may want to observe meal service and ask about recent menu and staffing adjustments.

    Activities and ancillary services: Activities staff and social programs are generally noted as professional and engaging, and the facility receives positive comments for being accommodating to service animals. Housekeeping and maintenance are described as responsive, and many reviewers describe the environment as clean and home-like. These elements contribute to a supportive, family-focused atmosphere for long-term residents.

    Facilities and management: The physical facility is often described as well maintained and clean. Several reviewers attribute some negative changes to a recent ownership transition and related budget impacts; this is reflected in comments about food, staffing consistency, and service levels. There are also serious operational concerns raised, including allegations of theft and property mishandling and gaps in property security, which prospective families should investigate directly with leadership and during a site visit.

    Notable patterns and practical guidance: The dominant positive themes are strong nursing/CNA care, effective rehabilitation services, and a welcoming environment. The dominant concerns are variability in staff behavior and responsiveness, inconsistent food-service quality, variable physician engagement, and operational issues tied to recent management changes. For decision-making, families should observe care during different shifts, review current staffing and physician arrangements, ask about recent operational changes since the ownership transition, and inquire about property-handling policies and incident reporting processes. This facility offers clear strengths but also operational variability that merits targeted questions and an in-person assessment before placement.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4ยท/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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    Location

    Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is located at 1341 Paradise Road PO Box 566, Edenton, NC, 27932.

    About Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

    Chowan River Nursing And Rehabilitation Center sits in Edenton, North Carolina, and has 130 beds, which is larger than the state average, and usually has close to 90 residents, so there's still some space most of the time. The facility provides skilled nursing care along with both short-term rehabilitation and long-term nursing home care, and accepts Medicare and Medicaid, both for short stays and for those living there a longer time. The building's got rooms with safety features for disabled residents, private bathrooms, kitchenettes, cable TV, telephones, air conditioning, regular housekeeping, laundry, and Wi-Fi. The staff helps with daily care like bathing, dressing, medication management, moving around, and offers services like dental, hearing, vision, and podiatry care, plus tracheotomy care, wound care, infection management with IV therapy, diabetes help, stroke and amputee recovery, rehab therapies like physical, occupational, and speech, pharmacy, X-rays, mental health, pain management, and dietary support. Clinical staff includes Registered Nurses, LPNs, CNAs, and therapists, and residents get about 125 minutes a day with a CNA, with less time from nurses and even less from therapy, but the staff runs 24-hour supervision and there's always somebody on call. Housekeeping, laundry, daily move-in coordination, and help managing money are part of what's available, and residents get support for getting out and about, including help with off-site outings, transportation, and parking. Folks can use the dining room with all day dining and a professional chef for special diets, have snacks outside usual meal times, and take part in movie nights, arts and crafts, music programs, game room fun, fitness or wellness in the spa, time in the library, or organized groups that range from volunteer opportunities to resident councils, but there's currently no formal family council in place, though the staff does hold counseling for residents and families. There are emergency alert systems throughout, smoke alarms, and safety features built in all the common areas, so people can move about safely, and there are outdoor walking paths, a garden, and patio spaces for fresh air. The center gets its operating license from the state, passes regular health inspections with strong grades (like an "A"), and doesn't have severe health inspection deficiencies noted. As for ratings, the federal Medicare system gives an overall 2-star rating, with three stars for health inspections, only one star for nurse staffing, and two stars for quality measures, which puts it about average or a bit below for some areas, mainly because staffing levels are lower than some local places. The ownership is a single for-profit corporation that doesn't run other nursing homes, so it's a standalone community. Residents can expect regular care, specialty services, and opportunities for socializing and activities every day, but like most places, it isn't full all the time, and some services you might want to double-check before making a final decision.

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