Nursing Home Communities in Smithfield, VA

"Elite Eldercare has very nice,well-kept houses. Each person has their room that opens up to the little porch to the side. It is almost like a private home with several residents living there and a nurse’s assistant. Somebody is there with them at all times. The facility is very nice and very clean. They cook their own food there. Not everybody has a kitchen; there's just one main kitchen. Each one has their own room with TV. I thought it was very nice. They have 2 bathrooms on the bottom floor. I didn’t go upstairs, but they have rooms up there with bathrooms. "

"I love the services here. The staff is very friendly, particularly Shawn, Tamaro, Tanieka, Amber and others. However, I am concerned about the loosening of the Covid restrictions . I have a relative currently in James River and unfortunately I’m about 4 hours away. However, the staff makes me feel comfortable about the services that are being provided. I especially enjoy the Zoom conference calls and I’m very very happy that this is an option provided on the VAHS website. It would be nice if the rooms had phone service (available immediately), without having to work with Verizon to establish an account. My mom seems to be very happy and her therapy is progressing nicely. She does wish, however, there were more television stations to choose from. She has never complained about her meals. I would like to fill out another review at the end of her stay. At this time, she is currently residing there until healed."

"Very clean. Staff in Memory Care are fabulous. So kind and caring. My husband dosnt complain about the food. But he says it's not as good as mine! I wish they had more activites for the Memory care residents. The activites people go out of their way to come her my hubby to do some things. Room is lovely. Maintence staff is very helpful. "

"Can't say enough good things about the health care unit at the Chesapeake. My dad, who was a Chesapeake resident in both independent & assisted living, had to be admitted into the health care unit several times. Every nurse, administrator, assistant, housekeeper and every other health care unit staff member was professional, cheerful, and always at the ready to do all that was necessary. My dad died in that wing, but not after all that could be done for him had been done by that loving staff. They also did everything they could to keep me informed and comforted. What a great group!"

"You never want this day to come but when it does you want the best care . I chose Northern Cardinal for my mom because all the staff with admissions made us feel like we were family . I had no idea where to even start but I was treated with prompt care and compassion and I knew then this was where I wanted my mom to be . Thank you Northern Cardinal for being angels on earth !"

"My father, Mr. Fallen has been there 3 years now entering his 4th year and I am so well pleased on his care there! The administrator Michelle is super responsive everytime I reach out and she will address your concerns in a heartbeat! All the staff there is so loving and friendly and care about the residents. I cannot rave enough on how comforted I feel knowing my father is in a safe and loving environment!"

"Spent some time in rehab recently after having a leg amputated. Both the therapy and nursing sections treated me like and lord and catered to all my needs caringly, professionally and with great dignity. I am now home and getting along excellently due in large part to their help. "

"We chose Warwick Forest Retirement Community for my mother. We just liked that it was very organized. It was clean and smelled good. It had lots of different choices of things to do. It had a nice little fish tank and a nice little bird finch cage you can go look at. The rooms are pleasant. My mother's also in hospice, so they have hospice people that come in and out a lot. You have to have a lot of patience with her. The food is very good. They have art classes and reading book clubs. You can get in the little van and go places like the mall, the bank, and a lot of other places. They gave a book for the month, and all the different things you can do for the month. They have a birthday social. My mom's just not one to participate. We would get more out of it if she were a participant, but if you were to live there and be social and go out and eat and talk and do the activities, definitely you're getting what you're paying for. The care has been good. The room size is good. The layout is not real conducive, like the TV cable is on one side of the room. Then, where you put the bed for them to be able to access the emergency pull thing is on the opposite side of the room. The TV is pretty far away from the bed. Therefore, you have to turn the TV up loud, and then your neighbors can hear because it's against the wall. We rearranged it. We got a longer cable and moved the table closer to the bed."

"A participant’s family member who was enrolled in the Peninsula PACE program stated that Coliseum Park nurses and CNAs were wonderful, attentive and compassionate for their loved one’s end of life care."

"My friend is in Sentara Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. The staff seems great. The room is large enough for a wheelchair set in there and large enough to do a little exercise with her. It has a bathroom with shower in it. The food seems to be pretty good. My visit there is fine. The place is nice and clean. It is very nice. The waiting room up front is nice. You will not see any trash on the floor, and the floor is shiny. If I have to go, I will go there. "

"Riverside Rehabilitation Hospital was awesome. My wife was there for two weeks and it was a wonderful place. I liked how attentive they were to her needs and everything was geared around getting her out, up, and mobile. The food had great portions and great variety with fresh fruits. All staff from the four areas that we focused on were wonderful, that includes the physical therapists, the occupational therapists, the speech pathologist, and the nursing staff."

"We chose Autumn Care of Suffolk for my brother. I went there to check it out prior to his being transferred there. His name is Taye, and he's like the admission person. I called him. I told him what was going on with my brother. He's like, "I've got a bed available, I'll see what I can do as far as getting him over here. I need this kind of information so that I can work to make sure that we are skilled to take care of him." So right there it was impressive to me. They're just not going to take anybody. They want to make sure with his health condition that they have the correct medical staff on hand to tend to him. And then while I was there, he was giving me a tour. He showed me the bed that was available. I met the roommate. As we were going down the hallway, I met different staff members, he was introducing them to me. They were putting up Christmas trees. One of the ladies was talking about how she would sit down and help write letters and send Christmas cards to some of the residents. You could see where it had the dining area, where people would come in and eat meals. And then they had a set up where you could come in if you wanted to have a private birthday party or something like that. They had different areas to do different activities. There was an area for you to sit there for the visitors lounge and things like that. They showed us the menus, the food, and I talked to the financial woman, how she handled it. He gave me a thorough tour and made me feel really comfortable. He even showed me a huge rack that was in the middle floor of one of the hallways that the nurse's aide will get, all the sheets and the towels and all that. This was 4:00 in the afternoon. He said, "All this stuff, right here, even though it's not being used, we still take and strip this, and wash every bit of it and put it back. Because it is set there, it then becomes unsanitized." I was more than impressed with that. That's a little overkill. They're really adamant about being courteous to the other roommate, giving them respect. He knew every patient. If he walked into the rooms, he spoke to each one of those residents, he knew their names, he knew where their family was from, he knew how often they visit them. He knew everything about all of his residents, the resident family, and everything. That is a well run organization. He is on top of everything. Very impressive. It was clean, everybody was clean, everybody was happy. They tried to make their stay there just as at home as possible. And they even said that if my brother wanted to bring his TV he could, if he wanted to bring his own dresser or whatever, he could. It's in a good location. The staff was very friendly."

"The staff at Regency Health and Rehabilitation was friendly, and the rooms were nice. It's a beautiful community, and they're almost finished with their renovations. It's worth taking a look at. I would've picked them if it hadn't been for the distance from where I live, and because it was more expensive than others."

"After having shoulder surgery. I decided to go to Nansemond Pointe for PT & OT. Both PT & OT were excellent. They were all cheerful and compassionate. Anytime I rang for help, someone would always pop their head in to see what I needed and find the right person to help me. The food was very good and Dietary visited me to see if there was anything I needed or wanted to change on my diet. The nurses and nurse caregivers were pleasant and willing to help me whenever I needed help. I liked the fact that the doctors visited often. Housekeeping staff and Maintenance staff were excellent. Everyone that participated in my plan of care kept up with my progress in PT & OT, Team Work Makes All of the Difference~ Thank-you All. "