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Heron Pointe Health and Rehabilitation

2.9 (14 reviews)

Brooksville, FL

Skilled Nursing in Brooksville, with spaces to feel at home and support for your next chapter.

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Heron Pointe Health and Rehabilitation is in Brooksville, Florida. A profile under this name describes a 120-bed skilled nursing center. The official page for the Brooksville location uses the name Aviata at Brooksville, while third-party profiles identify the location as Heron Pointe; available sources do not explain the naming history. The care services below are those listed on the official Brooksville page, while room, activity, and facility details come from profiles using the Heron Pointe name. One Heron Pointe profile also gives 1980 as the year the center opened; the official page does not list an opening date.

The official page lists skilled nursing care available 24 hours a day and comprehensive post-acute care. It also names long-term care, Alzheimer’s and dementia care, and care for medically complex patients. Post-acute and long-term services appear as separate categories, alongside the listed memory-related and complex-care options. The page identifies these service types but does not describe individual care plans or eligibility.

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Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy are listed among the available services. A discharge planning program is also named, alongside the therapies and nursing services. The source identifies these offerings but does not give schedules, explain how therapy is organized, or describe what arrangements are made through discharge planning.

The Heron Pointe profile reports eight private rooms and 56 semi-private rooms, and says the center can accommodate couples who become residents. It gives these room counts within its description of a 120-bed center. The profile does not specify whether particular room types are available at a given time. These details are attributed to the Heron Pointe listing rather than treated as confirmed features of the location’s current official listing.

For daily routines and shared spaces, the Heron Pointe profile lists a garden and patio, a rehabilitation gym, and a beauty and barber shop. Transportation services are also included. A separate listing under the Heron Pointe name mentions an activity center and a library/computer lounge. These indoor spaces are named alongside the garden and patio, though the source gives no further details about their use. Together, the profiles identify outdoor areas, spaces for recreation or rehabilitation, personal-grooming facilities, and transportation, without detailing schedules or access arrangements.

The activities described in the Heron Pointe profile include planned excursions, arts and crafts, gardening, and discussion groups. It also names visiting performers and intergenerational programs, and notes that family members may sometimes join residents. These examples range from group conversations and creative projects to gardening, outings, and programs involving different generations. The profile does not provide a calendar or state how often activities occur, so the list indicates the kinds of programs described rather than a regular schedule.

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Key amenities

Dining

Meal preparation and service

Pool & outdoor spaces

Garden

Fitness & wellness

Fitness programs

Housekeeping

Housekeeping and linen services

Transportation

Community operated transportation

Social activities

Community-sponsored activities

Staff & support

12-16 hour nursing

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  • 12-16 hour nursing
  • 24-hour call system
  • 24-hour supervision
  • Activities of daily living assistance
  • Air-conditioning
  • Assistance with bathing
  • Assistance with dressing
  • Assistance with transfers
  • Beauty salon
  • Cable
  • Community operated transportation
  • Community-sponsored activities
  • Computer center
  • Concierge services
  • Diabetes diet
  • Dining room
  • Fitness programs
  • Fitness room
  • Fully furnished
  • Gaming room
  • Garden
  • Housekeeping and linen services
  • Kitchenettes
  • Meal preparation and service
  • Medication management
  • Mental wellness program
  • Move-in coordination
  • Outdoor space
  • Planned day trips
  • Private bathrooms
  • Resident-run activities
  • Restaurant-style dining
  • Scheduled daily activities
  • Small library
  • Special dietary restrictions
  • Telephone
  • Transportation arrangement
  • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)
  • Wellness center
  • Wifi

Care options available

Skilled Nursing

Nursing and rehabilitation services for people who need a higher level of care.

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“Opinion based on our experience during our days at the institution. Very profession, friendly, caring staff and administration. We were looking for and were concerned about CARE. During moms stay she was always found clean, attended and above all Care and Concern demonstrated. We had been to younger facilities and quite frankly…”
Community review · 2022

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2.9 · 14 reviews

They immediately put u in diapers 247.and get u diaper dependant. Very shameful

Opinion based on our experience during our days at the institution. Very profession, friendly, caring staff and administration. We were looking for and were concerned about CARE. During moms stay she was always found clean, attended and above all Care and Concern demonstrated. We had been to younger facilities and quite frankly they did not measure up. Modern is not necessarily better and this environment while an older facility was always clean. Other talked a good show but they delivered. As for food let's face it we eat what we like and institution food not always what we want or like.…

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Opinion based on our experience during our days at the institution. Very profession, friendly, caring staff and administration. We were looking for and were concerned about CARE. During moms stay she was always found clean, attended and above all Care and Concern demonstrated. We had been to younger facilities and quite frankly they did not measure up. Modern is not necessarily better and this environment while an older facility was always clean. Other talked a good show but they delivered. As for food let's face it we eat what we like and institution food not always what we want or like. Bottom.line prepared well was appropriate for moms condition. We felt comfortable with her welfare while there. I hope this helps with making your most difficult situation and decision.

Covid 19 is a horrible time to be in a nursing home as you cannot visit your loved ones and if they cannot communicate on the phone with you, You will not know much about whats happening to them. But what i do know is my loved one does not have her hearing aids put in her ears so she cannot hear. She is gotten up each day and sits in a wheelchair all day and stares at the walls. I will be moving her soon to another facility that i feel would be better for her.

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great staff and nurses i would recommend this facility very highly to any one

I question how much time some of the other friends and family spent in the facility that have given such poor ratings. I was there pretty much all day every day while my husband was getting wound care and therapy. I found the staff to be usually friendly and helpful. They called all of the inhabitants by name and knew one on one information that showed they seemed to care about the individual. Any problems we had when we first got here (we were new to rehab and didn't know what to expect) were addressed and/or explained. I had spent quite a bit of time in the hospital with him and I found the nursing care to be on par and the interactions to be more positive and of longer duration. If a facility was needed again I would have no problem suggesting Heron Pointe. No one ever wants to be away from home and the care is never as good as when Mom is the nurse, but the staff tries to make it comfortable and safe and the physical care was always on pointe.

I was in for rehab, the rooms were decent and the staff was courteous, we enjoyed some shows there. The personal training people were super, I enjoyed every minute of my personal training program. I was there twice a day and loved every minute of it. they helped me get back on my feet to where I could be released. I now go to the YMCA & ride a bike for 1/2 hour and do many of the exercises at home that they taught me. They were all super but I do miss my early cup of coffee with Tammy.

This place is UNREAL! Dirty, and smelly old building. Extremely small, dark, dingy rooms, without a chair for the patients visitors. Many times when I'd come in patients would be left in the hallways. I understand getting them out of bed, but to sit in the hall for 3 hours? I'm serious, I witnessed this myself! My problem was with the staff. The most unfriendly group of people I've ever met in any health facility! I always had to hunt his cna down. Not one single smile, or a hello. A lot of them need to rethink their profession, cause their not the kind of people that should be carrying for the elderly. It's a shame what these people get away with. They need to come in, & put a whole new staff in. My brother would sit in his dirty diaper, one time for over 2 hours. He would ask to use the bathroom & was told that he had a diaper on & to go ahead and soil in it. Often he would ask to sit in the tv/dining room, in a wheelchair, he was told no, more times than yes. He was there over 2 weeks before he was seen by a doctor! If he would ask for assistance, he often told me he had to wait, at times over an hour. This facility is definitely understaffed. If he complained, assistants would often take it out on him. By not responding to his needs, or giving him his medication later than usual. Please listen to these reviews. I didn't, and my brother was so miserable. I wouldn't even take my dog there, for those people to care for! On the 3rd day his watch went missing. Along with some reading material I brought him. Totally disgusted. I WOULD NOT recommend this place to ANYONE!!!

This is s smaller fscikty and a bit older one as well. But Herron Pointe is well maintained and kept clean. This facility is much better than the alternatives many of the patients face without Herron Pointe. The staff regularly check on the patients and the he food is good. Alternative menus are offered. One patient asked for a late night snack at 9:00 pm and the nurse went and got a sandwich for her. I thought this was a nice thing The rooms are small but clean

What families highlight

  • Compassionate, attentive nursing and caregiving staff
  • Personalized resident attention and staff familiarity with residents' names
  • Responsive administration and timely problem resolution
  • Effective rehabilitation and therapy services
  • Competent wound care management

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Location & neighborhood

1445 Howell Ave, Brooksville, FL 34601
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