Nursing Home Communities in Fairfax, VA

"I have very high regard for The Virginian. My wife stayed in their skilled nursing facility for about 50 days. The service was good and the meals were terrific. They fed my wife along with the other residents of the skilled nursing facility the same menu as the residents who were fed on independent living and assisted living areas of the facility. The staff was outstanding. They published a calendar of activities and brought them to my wife's attention, but there was no interest. The pricing seemed to be not that bad compared to other senior facilities. I would rank them very highly on the cost side. Given the pricing information on what it would cost, it seemed competitively pretty good. A woman by the name of Lorna, who manages one of the wings of the skilled nursing facility, went out of her way on the day of my wife's discharge from the hospital. This lady kept her office open till about 7:15 in the evening to ensure that my wife could be fully checked in. But that was just one of many, many five-star things that the skilled nursing facility did for my wife while she was there."

"The staff that I have interacted with are all extremely polite and caring and know how to handle the residents. The food is delicious as they were kind enough to feed us when we came to visit. I really like how the entryway is all painted to look like different outdoors spaces and one nook has the sounds of birds playing near a bench. The only negative thing that I can think of is that the air conditioning unit in my grand mother's room was not working when I last visited. I assume that it has since been resolved. "

"My brother is at Burke Health & Rehabilitation Center. The care seems good. They seemed to be attentive. The food is OK. The OT and PT are very good. They seem to be adequately staffed, which is something that's kind of unusual in the rehab facilities that we've been in in the past. I can generally find somebody and they come in pretty quickly. It seems to be older, but it's clean."

"I looked at 6 places, and Heatherwood just seems to fit my dad. The staff is fine. They are nice and good. The room is about average. It is more the atmosphere that sold the place to me. I like that it is warm. They offer activities like movies, games, poker, talks, church -- pretty much what the others are offering. "

"We moved my mother at Iliff Nursing Home and Rehab last November. She is in the nursing wing but she has been there for rehab before. It's very close to home. The staff is wonderful. I feel like I have good rapport with them. The rooms are double but some are quadruple occupancy too. There's a curtain in the rooms for privacy. Food is not great but there's plenty of it. You have the opportunity to select your menu with fairly extensive choices. They have programs but my mom doesn’t participate in them so I can't tell what they are. "

"My father was at leewood day care center about a year ago. He had gotten sick to where I felt he needed to be watch 24/7 and I was not longer able to stay home with him. To be honest I didn't feel right placing him into a home full time but I did need someone to watch him during the day. Leewood was close and to my job so it was easy to drop him off and pick him up day to day. He was able to interact with other people his age and from what I seen it they had some nice games for the older folks to play. He seemed to enjoy it, of course he'll rather I be with him but being that I had to work he understood. I would recommed leewood, the staff is friendly and communicated well if I had any question's or concerns. "

"Cameron is my name, I am a daughter, my mother was placed in emerald court after getting surgery at Inova Fairfax Hospital. The staff were excellent, my mother was in pain and they adjusted her meds so she felt more comfortable and more able to work hard in physical therapy. The staff were like family to us, anytime we needed sometime their reponse time was impeccable. I am a lawyer in DC and had placed my mother in another facility prior that was horrible due to poor care and unresponsiveness. "

"My friend is in Dulles Health & Rehab Center. The place is very, very clean. This is probably the cleanest one that I've been to. The people are very nice. It's very easy to get around the space. I've only been there once, but my first impression was it's very a nice place. The staff members are very attentive. My friend wanted to walk to his room, and one of the girls noticed that it was still a long walk, so she came with a wheelchair, which he appreciated. He arrived just after dinner, so they made sure they grabbed him dinner so he could have something to eat as well. They were just very attentive and right there, as soon as you walked in, you were greeted by a nice gentleman right up front. I saw a rehab room, it was very spacious, and it had a lot of rehab equipment in it. The building itself is very nice. They have wide open spaces which I find to be nice. It is in a nice setting. The back window opens right in the back, so you can see the trees and the little park area, so it's nice."

"Greenspring looked nice and they give help and advice for the residents moving in. They have a theater and they always give you really good food, but the apartment were small. They spend a lot of money on marketing. They're always mailing things to you about their events. They must have a hundred different clubs that people can belong to once they move in there. It seems like it would be a very stimulating and fun place to live. The people seemed happy and very friendly. It looked like a good place and it had normal height ceilings."

"Mom has been at Greenspring for rehab. It’s a very good community. What I like about this facility is that it is very clean with very supportive people. The nurses were good at what they do, and they were attentive as well. Their food is also good. In their cafeteria, you get to sit with whoever you want to sit rather than being assigned. Mom seemed to have a lot of enjoyment being there. "

"Arleigh Burke Pavilion was a very nice and very nicely run place. It was more focused on assisted living rather than the skilled nursing I was looking for. The grounds and location were very nice. The rooms were an average size. There was some musical activity going on while I was there. I think it's a great place to get into for assisted living and then later on for continuous care. "

"My mother is in Carlin Springs Health & Rehabilitation in Arlington. The nursing staff is very attentive, and they've been very proactive about communication. I have very high marks for the staff. It's an older facility, but they got a lot of stuff that they've done to make it capable of being a memory care facility. It's a single room, single bed, and it's a good size for one person. They have an activities director who's actively trying to get my mother engaged in things all the time. I know they've been trying to get her involved in music, in going to church, and in other interactions with other patients. They gave me a list of all the things they are trying to get her into."

"Goodwin House Bailey's Crossroad was very lovely. I was received by the staff extremely well. The gentleman who gave us the briefing and the tour was incredible. We saw people in the art studio working on art projects, we visited the gym and saw people working out, and we saw people dining. We got what we were looking for and had a very good sense of the facility. I was very impressed with the staff. They were very courteous and going about their jobs. The activities looked absolutely amazing. There were so many things to choose from and lots of people participating."

"My father has a stroke and was moved to this facility for further rehabilitation. The grounds are well kept. The facility is clean, bright, filled with art done by patients. We had an issue with his bed and room mate, but that was resolved quickly. It's an older rehab/nursing home, but the staff makes up for that. They are caring and knowledgable and he learned alot of pratical applications at this facility. They also involve the family in all the planning. I would recommend this facility to others based on the caring nature alone! "