Woodbine Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center

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  Pamela Dobson 2 weeks ago

  The Woodbine Medical and Rehabilitation Center, located on King Street in Alexandria, Virginia, bills itself as a premier rehabilitation center nationally. This description is absurdly grotesque. My wife's three consecutive roommates were all "screamers," which prevented her from sleeping well. This was a veritable curse. The nurses, nursing assistants, and medical staff often appeared poorly motivated, and their performance was frequently mediocre, even though a few were excellent. My wife found it extraordinarily difficult to gain access to physical and occupational therapy. While this therapy is critical to recovery, therapists, especially qualified ones, were in short supply at Woodbine Rehabilitation Center. In theory, Woodbine's social workers managed each patient's case and monitored their recovery, or lack thereof, as a prerequisite for discharge. It was the social worker's theoretical obligation to provide the patient and their family with a supposedly carefully planned and choreographed strategy for the patient to regain some semblance of normalcy and health. The social worker assigned to my wife never did any of this. I was forced to appeal to the social worker's superiors to schedule a status update meeting. None of the staff members present at this pathetic status update meeting even knew her. The social worker didn't know her at all, for all intents and purposes, and had no relevant information about her case. The head nurse didn't know her either and couldn't even pronounce the names of the medications she was taking. He didn't even attempt to explain the strategy behind the medications Pamela was being given. Only one physical therapist was present, not an occupational therapist. The physical therapist didn't know my wife either. All the information the dietician provided about her was inaccurate. The status update meeting was a pathetic charade and served no meaningful purpose. My wife found it difficult, if not impossible, to receive adequate p

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  spam son 4 months ago

  I am writing this review out of deep concern and frustration after witnessing the care provided at Woodbine Rehabilitation Center during my mother’s stay. From the beginning, basic standards of cleanliness were not consistently maintained. Her room was not properly cleaned upon admission, and on multiple occasions when she used the commode, it was left uncleaned for extended periods—sometimes 30 minutes to an hour—creating an unsanitary and undignified situation for a vulnerable patient. At times, her meals were also brought while the commode had not been cleaned, which made it extremely distressing for her to be expected to eat in the same environment. More concerning is the lack of urgency in responding to clear signs of illness. My mother developed diarrhea and later began vomiting. We immediately notified staff, including nurses and doctors, yet there was a significant delay in response and no timely assessment or intervention. For a patient in obvious distress, this level of inattention was extremely upsetting. I also witnessed a troubling situation involving another resident. An elderly man was left sitting in a hallway in a corner with his legs elevated while his diaper was visibly saturated and had leaked through his clothing. At the time, there were multiple staff members sitting at the nurses’ station, but none made any effort to assist him. In the days leading up to my mother’s discharge, he remained in the same area even though several beds appeared to be available in nearby rooms. It was upsetting and difficult to understand why he was left there for so long. He did not appear to have anyone advocating for him, and I genuinely felt bad for him. The food quality was also consistently poor and not appropriate for patients in a rehabilitation setting. In addition, when we asked staff for assistance, it often felt like requests were redirected or passed to someone else rather than being handled directly. This contributed to a sense of disorganization and la

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