Surry Community Health and Rehab Center

    542 Allred Mill Rd, Mount Airy, NC 27030
    • Skilled Nursing
    1.6ยท11 reviews

    Excellent staff, clean and well-maintained

    I had a very good experience - the staff were excellent and straightforward, the rooms were adequate, and the community was clean and well maintained. I'd recommend it.

    Current/former resident
    Jul 2026

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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

    1.64ยท(11)

    Overall rating

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

      1.3
    • Staff

      1.7
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      1.6
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Robust rehabilitation and therapy services
    • Compassionate CNAs and nurses
    • Recently remodeled, well-maintained facility
    • Clean environment with adequate rooms
    • Individual staff members recognized for high-quality care

    Cons

    • Inconsistent clinical care and hygiene management
    • Inadequate staffing levels and high staff turnover
    • Delays in medication administration and pain management
    • Poor family communication and unreliable phone responsiveness
    • Infection-prevention and catheterization practice gaps
    • Inconsistent meal quality and limited menu choices
    • Documentation-focused workflow over task completion
    • Weak administrative responsiveness and billing/transparency issues
    • Unclear visitation and admission-process policies
    • Inconsistent enforcement of on-site policies (e.g., smoking)

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews present a mixed picture. Strengths include a recently remodeled, generally clean facility with adequate room accommodations and a therapy program that several families described as effective for rehabilitation goals. Individual caregivers โ€” particularly some CNAs and nurses โ€” received positive mentions for compassionate, high-quality care. These positive highlights suggest the facility can provide strong rehabilitation services and that there are staff members who deliver attentive care.

    However, a number of operational shortcomings recur across the feedback. Clinical-care consistency is a primary concern: reviewers described missed hygiene tasks, inconsistent bathing schedules, delayed or irregular checks on residents, and cases that families perceived as contributing to pressure injuries and infection. There are specific, serious allegations regarding catheterization practices that resulted in emergency care; such claims point to the need for review of clinical protocols and infection-prevention practices.

    Staffing and workforce issues are a common theme. Reviewers reported frequent staff shortages, new or inexperienced nursing assistants, and a sense that staffing levels do not reliably meet resident needs. Several comments attributed this in part to low pay and high workload, which reviewers connected to delays in assistance (including prolonged unattended periods after transport) and uneven delivery of basic care. At the same time, multiple accounts praised individual caregivers, indicating variability in staff performance rather than uniformly poor conduct.

    Communication and management practices were also highlighted as problematic. Families described difficulties reaching staff by phone, limited or inconsistent family communication about clinical status, slow or unfriendly admissions interactions, and unclear waiting-list or visitation policies. Administrative responsiveness was described as weak in some accounts โ€” apologies without corrective action, billing or discharge communications that felt abrupt or opaque, and at least one report of a threatened discharge tied to financial matters. Observations of inconsistent enforcement of on-site policies, including smoking in outdoor resident areas, further illustrate management and oversight gaps.

    Dining and daily living services received mixed feedback. Several reviewers cited poor meal quality and limited menu choices, while others did not focus on activities or social programming. The emphasis in positive comments tended to be on therapy rather than on recreational programming, suggesting that rehabilitation is a relative strength but dining and activity offerings may be uneven.

    Notable patterns for prospective families: reliance on relatives to fill gaps in basic care, documentation appearing to take precedence over task completion in some cases, and uneven performance between individual caregivers and facility-wide systems. Given the combination of strengths (rehab services, some caring staff, updated physical environment) and recurrent operational concerns (staffing, clinical consistency, communication, management and billing transparency), families should approach placement with targeted questions.

    Practical suggestions for evaluation: inquire about current staffing ratios and turnover, ask for written infection-control and catheter-care protocols, observe a medication administration or therapy session if possible, request the facilityโ€™s bathing and toileting schedules, review billing and discharge policies in writing, test phone responsiveness during business hours, and meet with both nursing leadership and therapy staff. These steps can help determine whether the facilityโ€™s strengths align with a prospective residentโ€™s needs and whether the operational gaps reflected in reviews have been addressed.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1ยท/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Map showing location of Surry Community Health and Rehab Center

    Surry Community Health and Rehab Center is located at 542 Allred Mill Rd, Mount Airy, NC, 27030.

    About Surry Community Health and Rehab Center

    Surry Community Health and Rehab Center, also called Surry Community Health Center by Harborview, sits on Allred Mill Road in Mount Airy, North Carolina, and serves as both a skilled nursing and assisted living facility, with around 120 certified skilled nursing beds, and you'll find it handles both short-term rehabilitation stays and longer-term care, so if someone's needing a lot of medical help after a hospital stay, or if they need nursing care and support with daily living tasks, this place is set up to help with both. The nursing team provides care for 12 to 16 hours each day and offers supervision 24/7, meaning there's always someone on hand to assist, whether it's helping with medications, getting dressed or bathed, or helping residents move from bed to chair, so folks who need more hands-on help don't have to worry about being left on their own. Every room includes a call system for emergencies, and every resident gets furnished living quarters with private bathrooms, a little kitchen, high-speed internet, cable TV, and air conditioning, all at no extra cost, so people feel comfortable and safe and connected.

    The team can help residents recover from things like heart surgery, heart stents, and heart attacks, with a strong cardiac management program, and they also offer respiratory therapy, pain management, lab work, EKGs, and X-rays around the clock, as well as engaging with rehabilitation for strokes, orthopedic issues, dialysis, and even swallowing and language problems through their physical, occupational, and speech therapy programs, which run up to six days a week, and they put a big focus on giving residents a real chance at regaining skills needed for daily life, like getting dressed, brushing teeth, or preparing meals in their room, while always adjusting things through individualized care plans designed with residents' medical teams and family involvement. There's also special memory care for folks with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, including activities, music and memory programs, secure supervision, and therapies shaped to maintain dignity and ease anxiety, so families are supported if a loved one's showing memory loss. On top of that, the Center takes care of psychiatric and mental health needs too, with access to professional staff and programs.

    Surry Community Health and Rehab Center isn't aiming to be flashy, but it's got a spa and wellness room, a free Esteem Salon open five days for haircuts and beauty services, a movie theater, a game room, and arts and crafts spaces, and they organize outdoor walks and offer spaces for social gatherings under the open sky, so residents have choices for how they spend their time-maybe relaxing, maybe visiting, maybe attending faith-based activities with prayer included in care plans, since this is a faith-centered operation. They run an active schedule of community-sponsored activities, exercise classes, resident-led programs, and recreation, all supporting mental and emotional wellness, and you'll find nutritional counseling from a registered dietitian, menus shaped by a chef with restaurant-style meals, options for those with diabetes or allergies, and regular exercise and fitness programming. Housekeeping, laundry, and move-in coordination are part of the services, as well as telephone access and staff to help with medications, and the center accepts Medicaid and Medicare to help families manage costs.

    Patients recovering from something like heart problems or surgery often get therapy, extra supervision, and help coordinating with outside cardiac rehab or providers, and after discharge, there are even follow-up calls to see how things are going, and the staff includes a medical director, director of nursing services, consulting cardiologist, therapists, dietitian, and respiratory therapist-all licensed and trained for senior care and complex cases. The administrator is Wanda Howlett, and the whole place aims for a home-like feel, favors patient-centered care, tries to treat everyone with respect, and brings families into decision-making early on, with a focus on keeping residents comfortable, safe, and as independent as they can be. Tours are offered, with admissions staff helping with paperwork, and residents or families need to bring insurance and medical legal documents along when moving in. The Surry Community Health and Rehab Center is connected to a Continuing Care Retirement Community, so when someone's needs change, they don't have to leave the community for a higher or different level of care, and families find that a comfort when planning. Residents seem to appreciate the warm surroundings, friendly staff, and balance of privacy, engagement, and safety that the Center provides.

    People often ask...

    Surry Community Health and Rehab Center offers skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 542 Allred Mill Rd, Mount Airy, NC 27030.

    No, Surry Community Health and Rehab Center does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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