HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Northern Virginia

    24430 Millstream Drive, Aldie, VA, 20105
    3.0 · 8 reviews
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    2.0

    Beautiful facility, neglectful management, beware

    I had a mixed experience. The facility is beautiful, extremely clean, with private rooms/bathrooms, easy parking, and therapy was excellent and frequent-very effective rehab; food was better than hospital food. But management and the case manager were dishonest and unhelpful, communication was poor, and I had to constantly advocate-beg for baths, monitor care, and they pushed short group therapies with no dedicated OT early on. My loved one developed sores and was left in worse condition (kept in a chair instead of a bed). If you can actively oversee care it may be worthwhile for rehab; otherwise stay away.

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    3.00 · 8 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      3.3
    • Staff

      3.1
    • Meals

      3.0
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      3.0

    Pros

    • Extremely clean, new facility
    • Private rooms with private bathrooms
    • Attentive and friendly staff (many reports)
    • Wonderful nursing staff (reported by some families)
    • Strong, effective therapy teams (PT/OT/ST)
    • Frequent therapy (therapy almost daily; reports up to five hours/day)
    • Therapy arranged for home and wheelchair provided
    • Nice appearance and easy access with ample parking
    • Common dining room with varied menu options
    • Food described as better than typical hospital food

    Cons

    • Perceived profit-driven / for-profit focus
    • Poor management and dishonest administration reported
    • Case manager unhelpful, allegedly prejudiced or dishonest
    • Inconsistent nursing care; isolated reports of negligent or 'bad' nurses
    • Medical staff often unavailable or poor communication about doctor rounds
    • Instances of bedsores or skin breakdown (including under compression stockings)
    • Patients kept in chairs instead of proper beds; left in worse condition
    • Pushed into group therapies; lack of dedicated individual OT initially
    • Short therapy sessions reported (e.g., 30 minutes) despite expectations
    • Families required to closely monitor care and repeatedly request basic needs (baths)
    • Poor communication: no callbacks, issues passed around, untruthful responses
    • Food quality inconsistent; not restaurant quality and lunch service ends early

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment is mixed and polarized: many reviewers praise the facility’s physical environment and rehabilitation services, while a substantial number report serious concerns about management, clinical oversight, and inconsistent nursing care. Several families describe measurable functional improvements after therapy and compliment therapists and nursing staff, but an approximately equal number relay negative experiences involving poor communication, alleged dishonesty from administrative staff, and lapses in medical care that they consider harmful.

    Facility and amenities: Multiple reviews emphasize that the hospital is new, very clean, and attractive, with private rooms that include private bathrooms. The facility is described as easy to access with ample parking and a pleasant common dining area. These aspects are consistently cited as strengths and contribute to a generally positive first impression. However, some reviewers note that food quality is variable — better than standard hospital fare but not restaurant quality — and an operational detail mentioned once is that lunch service ends early (closed at 1pm).

    Therapy and rehabilitation: One of the clearest strengths across the positive reviews is the rehabilitation program. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy teams are repeatedly described as strong, effective, and instrumental in patient improvement. Several reviewers say therapy was provided almost daily, with at least one account citing up to five hours per day and another noting that home therapy and equipment (wheelchair) were arranged. These accounts suggest the facility can deliver intensive, outcome-focused rehab. That said, some families report a different experience: lack of a dedicated OT during the first week, being funneled into group therapies instead of individualized sessions, or receiving very short therapy visits (e.g., 30 minutes). This variation indicates inconsistency in therapy delivery and expectations should be clarified up-front.

    Nursing, medical care, and safety: Reviews about nursing and medical oversight are mixed and represent a major friction point. Several reviews praise nursing staff as wonderful and attentive, while others describe inattentive behavior, neglect, or a single 'bad' nurse who caused problems. More serious are reports that medical staff were unavailable, physician rounds were not scheduled or communicated, and families discovered bedsores or skin issues (including sores under compression stockings). There are also accounts of patients being kept in chairs when a hospital bed would have been appropriate. These safety-related complaints (skin breakdown, improper positioning, and limited medical oversight) are significant and recurring enough to warrant caution.

    Management, case management, and communication: A persistent theme among negative reviews centers on administration and communication. Several reviewers characterize the facility as profit-driven and accuse management or doctors of being dishonest or evasive. Case managers are described as unhelpful or prejudiced in at least one account, with an allegation that insurance was misled. Families report poor responsiveness (no callbacks), problems being pushed between staff members, and the need to repeatedly advocate or 'beg' for basic care tasks like baths. These recurring complaints point to systemic communication and accountability issues rather than isolated interpersonal problems.

    Patterns and recommendations based on reviews: The review set suggests a clear pattern of high variability — some patients receive excellent, intensive rehab in a clean, modern setting with compassionate staff, while others experience lapses in clinical care, poor coordination, and troubling safety outcomes. Prospective families should weigh the facility’s strong rehabilitation reputation and appealing physical environment against the documented risks around management transparency, medical availability, and care consistency.

    If considering this facility, important steps include: clarify the expected therapy schedule and whether sessions will be individualized or group-based; confirm physician availability and the schedule for rounding; ask about skin integrity protocols and how transfers/positioning are managed; get the name and role of the case manager and document communications; and plan to closely monitor the loved one (inspect skin, check bath/hygiene logs, and follow up on unmet needs). These actions will help mitigate the inconsistent areas highlighted by reviewers while taking advantage of the facility’s strengths in therapy and environment.

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    About HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Northern Virginia

    HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Northern Virginia, found at 24430 Millstream Drive in Aldie, is part of Encompass Health and holds 60 beds in a facility made for patients who need physical, occupational, or speech therapy, where people go if they're recovering from strokes, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, hip fractures, amputations, or complex neurological and orthopedic conditions, and the staff includes physicians, nurses, physical, occupational, and speech therapists, dietitians, pharmacists, and case managers who all work together to build care plans shaped for each patient's needs, and the therapy schedule is pretty set with about three hours of therapy five days each week, and the rooms, all private, come with televisions, telephones, and free WiFi, and there's a day room, a cafeteria, a courtyard, and parking for families. The hospital keeps a strong focus on safety, with programs to track patient safety and hospital-acquired infections, and they've got a system that manages quality by looking at things like readmissions, average length of stay, discharge rates to skilled nursing facilities, and mortality rates for certain conditions, relying on data from Medicare and peer-reviewed sources. They bring in the latest therapy technologies, too, with things like Bioness H200®, LiteGait® and Vector® gait systems, the NeuroGYM Sit-to-Stand Trainer®, MOTOmed® muvi, the Car Transfer Simulator, and DriveABLE™ Lite for neurological and orthopedic rehabilitation, and there's inpatient and outpatient care, along with monthly stroke and brain injury support groups, programs for family caregivers, interpreter services, and help with insurance and billing through online options like MyEHC medical records portal and secure bill payment, and if someone needs help with admission or a referral, the admission liaisons can assist over the phone. The hospital stays accredited by The Joint Commission, meeting reliable standards for patient safety and healthcare quality, and patients can bring service animals and access onsite dialysis if needed, with independent physicians visiting often and 24/7 skilled nursing care always available. Visitors are welcome daily, and the hospital builds its approach around supporting each patient to work toward recovering abilities and gaining as much independence as possible.

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