Southbrook Healthcare Center

It is a certified skilled nursing facility offering short-term rehabilitation and long-term care. Its pages list physical, occupational, and speech therapy, wound care with dedicated physicians, hospice and palliative care, respite stays, and medically complex and post-surgical care. Always confirm services, availability, and coverage directly with the facility before making a decision.

Yes — Alzheimer's and dementia care is listed for this building, and its page gives dementia care its own heading. The site does not say whether there is a secured unit, so ask admissions whether memory-care residents live in a dedicated area and how it is staffed.

Federal regulators give it 3 out of 5 stars overall. Quality measures are rated 5 stars for both short-stay and long-stay residents, and there are no fines or payment penalties on record. Health inspections are rated 2 stars, with 13 deficiencies at the latest standard survey, and staffing is rated 2 stars. Star ratings come from official government health inspections and reporting — they are a regulatory measure, not family reviews.

Staffing is the home's lowest rating, at 2 out of 5 stars. Records show about 3.2 hours of nursing time per resident per day, including about 30 minutes from registered nurses. On the steadier side, no administrators left in the past year and nursing turnover, about 35 percent, is not unusually high. Ask how nurses and aides cover nights and weekends.

It is a mid-sized home, certified for 98 beds, with about 83 residents on a typical day — roughly 84 percent full. Ask admissions what is open when you call.

Federal records list it with CommuniCare Health, a family-owned, for-profit group of about 121 facilities across six states, under the legal name Yellow Leasing Co, LLC. The operator also runs Allen View Healthcare Center in Springfield, plus Wood Glen Alzheimer's Community and Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Dayton.

The admissions page says the home admits 24/7, is a VA contracted center, participates in both major government health programs, has contracts with most managed-care and commercial insurers, and offers private-pay options. Veterans should ask about the VA contract. Bring copies of all insurance cards at admission, and always confirm coverage directly with the facility and your plan.