The Best Nursing Home Communities in Alachua County, FL

Welcome to Gainesville Health Care Center! Gainesville Health Care Center is a 180 bed nursing facility that offers short-term rehabilitation, long term care, memory care, palliative care and hospice care.It is our mission to promote the optimum health and well being of each of our patients and residents through assistance, recreation and education. We are conveniently located one block from Shands at the University of Florida, directly across the street from the Malcolm Randall VA Medical Center and directly behind the beautiful new Shands Cancer Center. Our experienced and caring interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, nutritional services, social workers and physical, occupational and speech therapists are committed to achieving and maintaining the maximum health potential for each of our patients and residents and a smooth transition for our short term patients returning home. Our team invites the patient and family to participate when generating a plan of care that is appropriate for each patient. Our care team is experienced in a wide variety of complicated medical problems including diabetes, cardiac problems, wound care, post surgical care, orthopedic rehabilitation, gastrointestinal disorders including those that require tube feedings and many others. Our experienced staff can also offer your loved one care for many medical problems other facilities in our area don’t offer. These include tracheostomy care, wound care including wound vacs and total parental nutrition. Our facility invites family and friends to visit 24 hours a day and pet visits are welcomed. We also offer a wide variety of on site activities and socials so we have something to suit each individual’s needs and interests and we invite family and friends to participate in our social activities with their loved ones. To learn more about this provider’s license and review other available state reports, please visit: Florida Agency of Health Care Administration

"Magnolia Ridge Rehabilitation Center was the most disgusting place I've ever been. It's brand new. The rehab people were excellent, but you got to stay in the nursing home part of it to be in rehab. It's a beautiful facility. You think you just walked into the Hilton, but the staff was terrible. I would never send anybody there again. I was there when my sister-in-law was eating and she didn't eat it all. It didn't look good, but I tasted it. It was OK. It tastes like hospital food. The rehab was wonderful. That's a different group of people all together. It's like you step into a different world when you get into rehab. Those people were nice, friendly, helpful, enthusiastic, and everything you can think of that's nice. She was in rehab every day. They need to stop the staff from eating at the front desk at the nurses' stations because all of them are eating at the same time, and they just ignore you most of the time. The staff needs to be replaced with somebody who cares. She was there for one month for rehab."

"I was at Parklands from 12/18/2023 to 01/11/2024. I enjoyed my stay. Everyone was friendly; all the staff appeared to enjoy their jobs. The facility was very clean. The meals were good. You could eat in your room or dining room. If you chose the dining room for lunch you were treated to a delicious homemade soup. I particularly enjoyed the rehab department. The staff were knowledgeable and caring, The exercises were beneficial for strengthening your arms and legs. Music was provided every day after lunch. Numerous activities were available every day and the Parklands bus transported residents to shopping centers each month. I would recommend Parklands for short or long term residents."

"Understaffed Used to be good in 2017 but recently horrible. Management horrible never available. "

"My husband is in Williston Care Center for skilled nursing. I did not choose it, but I don't think there was any place else that the hospital could have put him in. But he is doing better now and he's not quite as agitated. Some of the staff members are good, while some are not caring and just stay on their telephones and don't tend to the patients as they should. In terms of food, my husband is on a puree diet. There's a room they call an art room, they have all kinds of puzzles, shows, and music. There's an outdoor place that they can stay in, and some of it is covered for when it rains. They take a group of about 15 people out there, give them snacks, and keep the music going for them outside. They also have bingo which my husband doesn't care about, but the other residents get excited about it and they have it several times a week. There's a preacher and he has lessons for them at least once a week, and occasionally they'd have entertainment come in once a month, like people that plays guitars and sing. In terms of the cost, it's $19,000 a month and I was going to have to take him out after the insurance was done taking care of it, but Medicaid supplement kicked in."

"I was a patient for only 2 short weeks, the care I was given was impeccable. The nurses, staff,food, most of all the rehab. staff, I had just had a knee replacement, they made sure I did all the exercises I was supposed to do. Because of that my surgeon was surprised at how great I was doing in one short month. It was the best thing I ever did. I highly recommend; Ayers Rehabilitation, Thank You! "

"My wife was there for 3 weeks after a hip replacement . The rehab team was very good with her and her cna and nurses , were always checking on her. Even the admission director there was so hopeful and made me very comfortable during this time . Thanks guys for everything "