Arbors Health Care Co

    5500 E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43213
    • Skilled Nursing
    3.5ยท32 reviews

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    Overall rating

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    5. 1
    • Care

      3.1
    • Staff

      3.3
    • Meals

      2.6
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      3.5

    Pros

    • Compassionate direct-care staff
    • Strong individual caregivers and nurses
    • Supportive and responsive administration
    • Attentive social work and family support
    • Engaging activity programming
    • Visible improvements under new leadership
    • Hardworking, humble staff demeanor
    • Available meal variety and selection

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staff responsiveness and conduct
    • Variable care quality across shifts and units
    • Nutrition and meal acceptability issues
    • Inadequate feeding assistance and monitoring
    • Incontinence-care and sanitation concerns in areas
    • Staffing shortages and reliance on limited personnel
    • Maintenance and infrastructure deficiencies
    • Medication-management and delivery delays
    • Laundry and personal-property management gaps
    • Safety-practice inconsistencies (fall and transfer prevention)

    Summary of reviews

    Care quality at the facility is mixed: several accounts describe compassionate, attentive caregivers and strong individual nurses who provide meaningful day-to-day support, while other accounts indicate inconsistent care across shifts. Positive reports highlight staff members who are warm, hardworking, and engaged with residents; however, reviewers also describe uneven responsiveness and conduct that can leave families feeling unsupported. There are particular concerns about feeding assistance and monitoring that have contributed to weight loss and reduced intake for some residents, suggesting variability in basic care assistance practices.

    Staffing and clinical operations show both strengths and weaknesses. Praised elements include an involved administration, supportive social work, and instances of clear staff communication. At the same time, reviewers cite staffing shortages, limited on-shift personnel, and delayed medication delivery as recurring operational issues. Safety practices appear inconsistent: some reviewers noted falls and other safety lapses that point to gaps in transfer and fall-prevention processes and in family notification after incidents.

    Dining and nutrition present a notable area of divergence. Some families appreciated meal variety and selection, while others found menu choices poorly suited to resident preferences (meals described as overly spicy) and expressed a desire for greater meal customization. Several comments connected dissatisfaction with food to decreased intake; combined with concerns about feeding assistance, this suggests nutrition support and meal acceptability are uneven.

    Activities and psychosocial support receive generally positive feedback, with multiple mentions of engaging programming, supportive social workers, and staff who foster resident well-being. These strengths are important for quality of life and were consistently noted among the facility's positive attributes.

    Facility condition and maintenance are inconsistent across reports. Some reviewers describe clean, well-kept common areas and spotless floors, while others report sanitation and odor concerns in parts of the building, as well as infrastructure issues such as old beds, out-of-service phones, and ongoing renovation. Laundry and personal-property management problems โ€” including missing clothing โ€” were also raised and point to operational gaps in resident belongings management.

    Management and culture appear to be in transition. Several reviewers praised an outstanding or amazing administrator and described visible improvements under new leadership; others characterized administration as unresponsive in certain situations. This mixed picture suggests that while change initiatives may be underway, implementation and consistency remain works in progress.

    Overall pattern: the facility demonstrates clear strengths in individual caregiver compassion, social programming, and pockets of strong leadership, but it also exhibits systemic operational weaknesses โ€” inconsistent staffing, variable cleanliness and maintenance, meal acceptance issues, gaps in feeding assistance, and safety-practice inconsistencies. Prospective residents and families would benefit from in-person assessment focused on staffing levels during target care times, meal accommodations, infection-control and sanitation practices, property-management procedures, and specific fall-prevention and medication-delivery protocols to determine whether current operations meet their expectations.

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    Location

    Arbors Health Care Co is located at 5500 E Broad St, Columbus, OH, 43213.

    About Arbors Health Care Co

    Arbors Health Care Co runs several senior care locations like Adams County Manor, Eagle Creek Nursing Center, Hillcrest Nursing Home, Beverly Healthcare Lima, Lima Manor, and others around Columbus, Ohio, and nearby areas, and what you get with them is a variety of services for older adults, with places like Arbors East Skilled & Rehab focusing on skilled nursing and rehabilitation, places like Feridean Common and The Forum at Knightsbridge offering independent and assisted living, memory care, and continuing care services, and other places like Columbus Rehab and Subacute Inc making it a point to care for people through every stage of their stay, from when they arrive to when they leave, and you'll find units set up for long term care, assisted living, dementia and Alzheimer's-specific programs, skilled nursing, home health care, adult daycare, respite care, inpatient nursing, and even hospice when needed, and folks can get short-term rehab or long-term care, some homes take Medicare and Medicaid, and the staff in most places have a habit of being pretty helpful, joyful, and kind, with activities set up for social time, exercise, games and mental stimulation, and a particular focus on keeping people engaged and cared for day-to-day with things like help with bathing or getting dressed, meals set up by chefs and meal planners paying attention to nutrition, as well as special secure areas for people who may wander or get confused due to memory problems, and names like Wexner Heritage Village and Kobacker House get mentioned alongside them because of related services like health care, memory care, and end-of-life care, and though they've won some awards like Best of Senior Living and All-Star thanks to their supportive community, there have been serious issues, too, as state and federal inspectors have found problems-especially at spots like Arbors East with about 49 residents right now, which has lost its license and Medicaid funding for repeated violations, not checking blood sugar or vital statistics regularly, and putting residents' safety and dignity at risk, and it's important to know that while you'll find all types of support-ranging from daily help with medicines, bathing, and meals, to therapy, to home health visits, memory care, and even senior apartments and CCRC communities-the quality between places can vary, and families looking for help can talk to advisors during the week and weekend who'll point them to local options, but you've got to weigh the mix of active care, friendly staff, engaging routines and the record of inspections and past problems before choosing any place, and the main office used to be at 5500 E. Broad St. in Columbus, with some homes in the system still open, managed by folks like Mr. Mel Beal as Executive Vice President and Ms. Lisa Chalk as Administrator, and though they hold an A+ BBB rating, they aren't BBB accredited, so you'll want to do some careful checking into recent inspection reports and features for each individual home before deciding, as services, support, and staff quality can vary a great deal across their many buildings and programs.

    People often ask...

    Arbors Health Care Co offers skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 5500 E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43213.

    No, Arbors Health Care Co 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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