Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing
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Quality Concerns Identified
Medicare inspection and quality data reveal areas that families should carefully evaluate before choosing this facility.
- Abuse citation on record
- Low overall rating (1/5 stars)
- Above-median deficiencies (12 vs median 7)
- High staff turnover (70%)
- High RN turnover (73%)
Bottom 25% in UT · Meets national RN staffing standard · Very high staff turnover · Worst in CASCADES HEALTHCARE chain · $31,331 in fines · Abuse citation
What this means for your family
Meadow Brook offers a dedicated, compassionate staff and an excellent rehabilitation program, making it a strong contender for recovery needs. However, families should be aware of the high-density rooming (three residents per room) and are encouraged to visit during off-hours to observe staff responsiveness to call lights.
Google Reviews
Google Reviews
82 reviews on Google“Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing receives highly polarized feedback, with many reviewers praising the dedicated, compassionate staff and effective rehabilitation services. However, significant concerns persist regarding the facility's aging infrastructure, specifically the practice of housing three residents to a room with shared bathrooms, and reports of inconsistent responsiveness from staff during off-hours.”
Quality Themes
Tap a score for detailsStrengths
- Compassionate and attentive nursing staff
- Effective physical therapy and rehabilitation
- Small, home-like environment
- Engaging activities program
Concerns
- High-density rooming (3 residents per room with shared bathrooms) (mentioned by 4 reviewers)
- Slow response times to call lights and requests (mentioned by 3 reviewers)
- Difficulty reaching staff via phone (mentioned by 2 reviewers)
- Inconsistent quality of care when family is not present (mentioned by 2 reviewers)
Rating Trends
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Distribution · 114 analyzed
How They Respond to Reviews
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Questions for Your Tour
- 1Given the facility's smaller size of 41 residents, how do you ensure that each resident receives consistent, personalized attention throughout the day and night?
- 2I noticed that some rooms accommodate three residents; could you walk me through how you manage personal space and privacy in those shared living areas?
- 3What is your current protocol for responding to call lights, and how do you track response times to ensure residents are being assisted promptly?
- 4With the recent focus on improving communication, what is the best way for family members to reach staff or get updates on their loved one's progress?
- 5Could you share more about the rehabilitation and physical therapy programs, and how you integrate those sessions into the daily activity schedule?
- 6What specific steps are you taking to address the recent health inspection findings to ensure the highest standard of care for your residents?
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Key Review Excerpts
“The amount of compassion not only for my dad, but his family was beyond any of our expectations, and you impacted every one of us positively.”
“The physical therapist at Meadowbrook is fantastic. He took his time and explained what he needed from me. Was kind and very helpful.”
“The aids ignore the patients, call lights go unanswered for hours. One resident kept yelling for someone to help her. Food is delivered to them cold instead of warm or hot.”
Staffing
Staffing Hours
per resident/day · Medicare 2026Total nursing hours are below minimum, though RN coverage is adequate. This may mean fewer aides for daily tasks like bathing and mobility.
Quality Measures
Quality Measures
Resident outcomes compared with national, state, and local averages · 17 measures
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Residents on anti-anxiety or sleep medication
Residents with depression symptoms
Highly dependent on how each facility screens and codes depressive symptoms, so it varies widely between facilities.
Residents vaccinated for pneumonia
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents vaccinated for the flu
Residents on antipsychotic medication
Short-stay residents vaccinated for pneumonia
Short-stay residents vaccinated for the flu
Short-stay residents newly given antipsychotics
US average from Medicare published data
Inspection History
Medicare Inspection History
3-year lookback · Medicare 2026
Meadow Brook has concerning patterns with 46 out of 65 deficiencies triggered by family and resident complaints, indicating serious quality issues that prompted people to file reports. The facility has repeatedly struggled with abuse prevention, medication management, and nursing staff adequacy across multiple surveys. While all violations show correction dates, the high volume of complaint-driven deficiencies suggests ongoing care problems that families should carefully consider.
Nov 20, 2025Routine12
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Emergency Preparedness Deficiencies
Conduct testing and exercise requirements.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Administration Deficiencies
Keep complete, dated laboratory records in the resident's record.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Administration Deficiencies
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Administration Deficiencies
Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Emergency Preparedness Deficiencies
Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).
Nov 20, 2025Complaint2
Infection Control Deficiencies
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Oct 24, 2024Complaint1
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Feb 22, 2024Complaint42
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Administration Deficiencies
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Environmental Deficiencies
Have enough outside ventilation via a window or mechanical ventilation, or both.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate foot care.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Administration Deficiencies
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Environmental Deficiencies
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Feb 22, 2024Routine2
Emergency Preparedness Deficiencies
Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).
Emergency Preparedness Deficiencies
Conduct testing and exercise requirements.
Oct 11, 2023Complaint1
Miscellaneous Deficiencies
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Federal Penalties
Fine
Feb 22, 2024
$31,331
Payment Denial
Feb 22, 2024
6-day denial
Ownership & Operations
Who Operates This Facility
Meadow Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing
government
Chain Affiliation
Cascades Healthcare
20 facilities nationwide
Chain avg rating: 1.9/5 · Rank 12 of 20 (Worst)
Ownership & Management
Owners
Mcspadden, Darin
Individual is an Owner, Partner or Trustee of Any Adp of the Snf
Key personnel
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