Azalea Health & Rehab Center

    3800 Independence Blvd, Wilmington, NC 28412
    • 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

    3.79·(34)

    Overall rating

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

      3.7
    • Staff

      3.8
    • Meals

      3.7
    • Amenities

      2.8
    • Value

      4.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive caregiving staff
    • Skilled physical and occupational therapy team
    • Clean, well-maintained interior and grounds
    • Engaging activities program (bingo, library, salon services)
    • Tasty and varied meal service
    • Private and shared room options with personal TVs and phones
    • Outdoor courtyards and a pleasant front-porch area
    • Family visitation flexibility and event/party room availability
    • Responsive leadership and strong physician/PA involvement
    • Prompt housekeeping response when issues are raised
    • On-time medication administration noted by some families
    • Medicare coverage accepted

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staff responsiveness to call buttons and care requests
    • Variable nurse staffing levels and clinical competency
    • Medication administration and clinical monitoring gaps
    • Inconsistent sanitation and plumbing maintenance in some areas
    • Variable food quality and meal palatability
    • Inconsistent communication tone and occasional privacy/HIPAA lapses
    • Weekend service and phone-response weaknesses
    • Equipment maintenance and availability shortfalls
    • Gaps in post-discharge follow-up and emergency coordination
    • Uneven rehabilitation outcomes across residents

    Summary of reviews

    Azalea Health & Rehab Center receives a mix of positive and critical observations. Many families praise the facility's rehabilitation services, describing the physical and occupational therapy teams as skilled and effective. Caregiving staff are frequently characterized as compassionate and helpful, and several reviewers highlighted strong physician/PA involvement and responsive leadership. The facility's physical environment earns consistent positive mention: reviewers describe clean, well-maintained interiors and grounds, outdoor courtyards, a front porch area, and private/shared room options with included TVs and phones. Activities and amenities—such as bingo, a library, nail and hair services, and a party room for family events—are also strengths, and Medicare coverage is available for eligible residents.

    Care and clinical oversight show variability. While some families report on-time medications and proactive fall monitoring, others describe delays in response to call buttons, long waits for bed assistance, and instances of delayed medication administration or inconsistent blood-sugar monitoring. A small number of reviews describe serious individual clinical concerns, including a post-discharge emergency and other acute events; these suggest the facility can have gaps in clinical monitoring and coordination of post-discharge care. Reviewers also noted inconsistent nursing coverage and differing levels of clinical competency among nursing staff.

    Housekeeping and maintenance are generally acceptable but uneven. Many reviewers describe prompt cleaning and a well-kept facility, yet a number of comments raise sanitation and plumbing maintenance concerns in some areas, occasional dirty laundry, room readiness delays, and isolated equipment failures (for example, a broken wheelchair). Odor concerns and restroom/plumbing problems were mentioned by some families—these appear episodic but important to investigate during a tour.

    Dining and programming are often highlighted positively, with several residents and family members appreciating the meals and the variety of activities. That said, food quality is not uniformly praised; a subset of reviewers found meals inedible or inconsistent. The activities program, availability of social spaces, and on-site salon services are consistent positives that contribute to resident engagement.

    Communication and staff conduct present a mixed picture. Many reviewers report helpful, patient staff and proactive family outreach, while others describe curt or rude interactions, lapses in privacy practices, and weaker responsiveness during weekends and after hours. Leadership has been praised for addressing complaints quickly in some cases, but families should be aware of variability in tone and follow-through depending on shift and day.

    Overall, Azalea Health & Rehab Center appears to offer strong rehabilitation services, a pleasant physical environment, and many compassionate staff members, making it a reasonable option for patients needing therapy and social programming. At the same time, recurring themes—intermittent staffing and responsiveness shortfalls, medication and clinical monitoring inconsistencies, sanitation and maintenance issues in specific areas, and variable communication—warrant attention. Prospective residents and families would benefit from on-site visits, asking targeted questions about nurse-to-resident ratios, weekend staffing and response times, medication administration protocols, recent maintenance/housekeeping audits, and examples of how management handles serious clinical events and privacy concerns.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

    Azalea Health & Rehab Center is located at 3800 Independence Blvd, Wilmington, NC, 28412.

    About Azalea Health & Rehab Center

    Azalea Health & Rehab Center sits on Independence Boulevard in Wilmington, NC, having opened in 2013 as a state-of-the-art skilled nursing facility, and provides both short-term rehabilitation and long-term skilled nursing care with a focus on medical and personal needs for seniors. Staff at Azalea include dedicated nurses and therapists who help residents with strength, mobility, memory care, and daily health, and the team is known for their compassionate approach, which families tend to appreciate around here, though you'll find nurse turnover is fairly high at about 72.7%, with nurse hours per resident each day averaging 3.56 hours. The center has 80 certified skilled nursing beds and offers services that include respite care, assisted living, and personal care, and then there's the therapy department that supports people getting back on their feet after illness, surgery, or injury, with some options to pre-register for rehabilitation programs before planned surgeries to make transitions from hospital to care a little smoother. The main language is English, and you'll find amenities that try to make life more like home, with activities, therapy programs, access to local Wilmington events like the North Carolina Azalea Festival, and staff who pay attention to individual needs. The center supports elective surgeries by helping people plan their rehab stay ahead of time, and it tries to offer some choices about living arrangements and daily routines in hopes of supporting respectful care. Saber Governance, LLC has managed the facility since 2019, with Brian Joiner and administrator Alisha Cook leading operations, and the group is affiliated with Saber Healthcare Group, a for-profit health corporation. Azalea Health & Rehab Center has received recognition from the American Health Care Association for efforts in lowering hospitalizations, improving satisfaction, and managing medications, but the facility's record isn't without issues like some deficiencies noted for keeping resident information private (F0842), not always ensuring a safe environment free from accidents (F0689), and some infection control and care safety problems found on inspection reports, so these are ongoing matters for them to address. The staff provides a professional, individualized approach but as of now the center isn't accepting new patients; still, for the folks who live there or visit, the atmosphere feels home-like and the staff tries to keep daily life comfortable while handling both medical and personal needs under one roof.

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