Forest Park Nursing & Rehabilitation

    6825 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75235
    • Skilled Nursing

    Comfortable facility with caring staff

    I'm pleased with this facility - it's clean and comfortable, the nurses and therapists have been very kind and helpful, and staff communicate well about care. Meals are tasty and often tailored to requests, and there are encouraging activities in the common areas. Overall I feel well cared for and comfortable here.

    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

    3.38·(26)

    Overall rating

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

      2.8
    • Staff

      2.9
    • Meals

      3.6
    • Amenities

      2.5
    • Value

      2.7

    Pros

    • attractive exterior and welcoming lobby
    • palatable, well-seasoned meals
    • skilled and engaged therapy staff
    • courteous and helpful nursing staff
    • effective room-level care coordination
    • clean, home-like interior common areas
    • accommodating meal requests
    • encouragement of resident participation in activities
    • timely family communication in many cases
    • comfortable rooms for many residents

    Cons

    • inconsistent staffing levels
    • slow responsiveness to call lights and requests
    • inconsistent sanitation and housekeeping practices
    • limited availability of assistive bathing equipment
    • weak administrative communication and follow-through
    • high staff turnover affecting continuity of care
    • limited activity variety and frequency
    • infrastructure and technology shortcomings
    • inadequate meal variety and special-diet accommodations
    • gaps in medication and on-call responsiveness
    • safety and transfer-practice vulnerabilities

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews describe a facility with a mixture of clear strengths and notable operational weaknesses. Strengths repeatedly cited include an attractive exterior and welcoming lobby, a generally clean and home-like interior in common areas, and a number of staff members who are courteous, helpful, and skilled—particularly therapy personnel. Many families praised the meals as well-seasoned and palatable, and several accounts highlight staff who accommodate individual meal requests and encourage participation in activities. Where communication is timely and coordinated at the room level, families report feeling well informed about hospital transfers and clinical actions.

    Care quality perceptions are mixed. Therapy services and certain nursing staff are frequently commended for clinical competence and bedside manner. However, concerns about staffing consistency and responsiveness are recurrent. Reviewers describe slow responses to call lights, occasional delays in bathing or incontinence-related care, and perceived buck-passing among staff. High turnover and weekend or off-shift slowdowns are cited as contributors to uneven continuity of care and variable resident experiences.

    Dining and activities present a similarly mixed picture. Many residents appear to enjoy the food, while others find options limited or bland and note inadequate accommodations for denture wearers or special diets. Activity programming exists and can be engaging—bingo and group events are mentioned—but is characterized by limited variety and frequency, which may not meet every resident's social needs.

    Facility infrastructure and housekeeping show contrast between public areas and operational gaps. The exterior and lobby are strengths, yet parts of the facility are described as outdated or compact, and sanitation concerns are raised for bathrooms and some hallways. Reviewers also reported intermittent issues with hot water, phone/internet availability, and housekeeping frequency. Availability of assistive bathing equipment (for example shower chairs) and consistent safety practices during transfers are noted as uneven, creating potential risks for mobility-impaired residents.

    Management and administration are a recurring source of dissatisfaction for some families. Common themes include limited administrative communication, closed office accessibility, on-call phone gaps, and a perception that documentation or regulatory preparedness is prioritized over day-to-day resident experience. A few accounts reference regulatory inspection activity. Conversely, other reports indicate improvements after families raised concerns, suggesting the facility may respond to escalation in at least some situations.

    Overall pattern: experiences vary across residents, shifts, and units. Prospective residents and families should weigh the facility's strong therapy program, pleasant public spaces, and generally favorable meal experiences against operational weaknesses such as inconsistent staffing, responsiveness, sanitation practices, and certain infrastructure limitations. If considering this facility, families may wish to clarify staffing ratios and weekend coverage, ask about assistive equipment policies, review how special-diet and denture needs are handled, and establish preferred communication pathways with administration to monitor responsiveness and care continuity.

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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

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    Forest Park Nursing & Rehabilitation is located at 6825 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75235.

    About Forest Park Nursing & Rehabilitation

    Forest Park Nursing & Rehabilitation, located at 6825 Harry Hines Blvd in Dallas, TX, is a skilled nursing facility that offers both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care for residents, and you can tell they've thought about healing with their range of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, memory care programs, and post-operative rehab, so people coming here often have choices in care and services, and they offer 24-hour skilled nursing and physician-supervised care aimed at helping folks stay as healthy as they can. The facility has 150 certified beds, usually averaging about 103 residents a day, with private rooms that have TVs and phones, plus high-speed internet so residents can stay connected; there are indoor and outdoor common areas too, including a nice patio garden, and amenities like an on-site beauty salon, a barber shop, laundry and dry cleaning services, and regular activities, including some that happen off-site. You'll find an experienced team working here, with roles like MDS Nurse, Occupational Therapy Assistant, and Registered Nurse, and they design individual care plans with outside board-certified physicians and even coordinate Home Health if residents need to safely go back home, and for those with wounds, they offer wound care and Vacuum-Assisted Closure therapy. There's a focus on helping residents meet their goals with supervised therapy and meals reviewed by a certified dietitian, plus social services to help during transitions or longer stays, so they try to keep things comfortable and supportive.

    But you should know the facility has had some issues over the years, being a Special Focus Facility Candidate-which means it's had a history of serious quality problems, though not yet officially flagged by the government, and the current management, Forest Park Nursing & Rehabilitation LLC, took over in November 2022, with David Garetz as the administrator, and the Dallas County Hospital District has been involved since 2017, while Fundamental Healthcare is listed as an affiliate, so there have been a few hands in the management pot. Inspection reports show 53 total deficiencies, including serious problems like not reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or theft, failing to make and follow complete care plans, and once having an area deemed an immediate hazard to residents' safety; there have also been two infection-related deficiencies and other concerns about stopping the spread of infections in the building. The nurse turnover rate stands at about 67%, with about 2.88 hours of nurse staffing per resident each day, so staff changes seem pretty common-something people might want to keep in mind if consistency is important. Still, the facility says it's committed to a respectful, caring environment focused on physical, social, and emotional well-being, and staff work to help residents regain independence whenever possible, using individualized rehab programs, palliative care for those who need it, and attention to comfort and dignity; you'll even find activities tailored to each person's interests to help quality of life. It's a privately held company with a small social media following, and there's a real effort to pay attention to each resident's unique needs, but with the inspection history and frequent staff turnover, families may want to ask more questions to make sure Forest Park's environment is the right fit for their loved ones.

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    The full address for this community is 6825 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75235.

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