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March 2024 by Phoebe Weiss
Awesome ?
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March 2024 by Kayla Sosnow
One month ago today my Mom entered Oak Hammock Rehabilitation Center from a hospital where she spent ten days in bed. She arrived in pain, in a hospital gown, barely able to move, with abjectly neglected feet and legs. It required two people and a Hoya lift to get Mom out of bed.Today, my Mom, who was told for five months that she'll need 24-hour round-the-clock care or to live in a skilled nursing facility, has been accepted into assisted living! She can move herself in a wheelchair and walk 20 - 35 ft with a rolling walker. She only needs assistance from one person to transfer to or from a wheelchair. This is amazing. She spent two months in another five-star rehab and never got this far!Everyday Oak Hammock staff got my Mom out of bed, dressed, in her wheelchair, to the dining room for three meals a day, to activities, and not undressed and back in bed until her preferred bedtime. She had physical and occupational therapy – each - five times per week. She was bathed regularly, and visited by CNAs, nurses, and even a psychologist to talk to once per week. No stone was left unturned ensuring she was on the right medications.I could go on and on about the amenities and facilities like the pools and restaurants in the building, but the change in Mom's condition from her brief stay is enough for me to give my highest recommendation. Thank you, Oak Hammock!
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January 2024 by George Thomas
Beautiful trails, visiting exhibits and facilities. Loved the bonsai event
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January 2024 by Barbara Alamazani
This is a wonderful place very clean and attentive to the residents. Very positive and upbeat atmosphere. I very much enjoyed my time at Oak Hammock. ☺️
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December 2023 by Theo Angert
My grandmother is a resident here and the people who work here are so rude and disrespectful. Extremely unprofessional and have terrible communication skills.
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June 2023 by Nicole Mason
It's a great place to work! I've been here for almost 8 yrs now, and really enjoy my job, and the people I get to work with!!
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April 2023 by Lisa Rund
Beautiful place. Some inside are friendly. Very expensive, and I found out that once the insurance money for my mothers care was capped, we had to scramble to find her another place to go. Mom had a nice room, but she had very few clothes changed, hair was usually a mess. Quite often her arms were bloody and we’d have to get someone to get her more bandages. She was alone a few times in a common room in front of a TV when we’d visit. The hardest part was her “huge bed sores” the next nursing home told me she had right after leaving Oak Hammock. Nobody told me about my mother’s sores. It’s very difficult to have a wonderful mother with Alzheimer’s disease… yet another for her to be left alone, quite medicated at times and with big painful sores. Extremely disappointing.
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April 2023 by Nancy Boyd
We have been living at Oak Hammock for almost 3 years. Moving here when we did was a wise choice. We hope to spend many more years living the life of luxury.
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September 2022 by Catherine Lee
My mother had to be place in rehab two separate times which both times she and us siblings chose Oaks Hammock. The staff and nurses are absolutely amazing. The care they provided for my mother was the BEST care she could have gotten. I have always said if and when the time comes I would want to be at this rehab facility. My mother is deceased now but at the time she didn’t even want to come home. I would recommend this rehab facility to anybody and everybody I know. They are the best All I can say is thank you all for your care and rehabilitation they gave my mother the two times she was there. She loved each and everyone of ya. Thank you for your care and dedication.
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June 2022 by Kaitlyn Kiel
I have worked at Oak Hammock for a little over a month now and I can truthfully say that this is a place I could see myself going in a many number of years. The staff work together very well to give the maximum level of care and working there truly is a pleasure.
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February 2022 by JaM F
This was our personal experience; it's taken me several years to get over the outrageous treatment my beloved mother received in their "skilled nursing" facility. With few exceptions of staff, my mother was neglected and ignored and if we hadn't taken her out after a few weeks, it is my opinion she would have died prematurely. They like to say they have a good nurse to patient ratio, but it's still not enough for people who need end of life care, which is what my Mom required, and what Oak Hammock advertises. She was classified ADL, needing assistance with daily living. She was unable to eat, toilet, etc., without help. But with few exceptions, this never happened. It was like terminal patients were second class citizens. WE ended up picking up the slack, helping her eat, etc. We did this out of love. But for $10,000+ per month, one would expect the staff to do their job. One assistant was so disrespectful & rude, refusing to help my Mother with something & starting an argument, that she was fired the next day.Press the help button & wait forever. Rude nurses (not all), rude supervisors, one in particular named Marie, who put up numerous roadblocks that negatively impacted my mother's health. She said she felt unqualified to work there when she was hired because she had so much less education than many of the residents. In my opinion, that may be the ONLY thing she was right about. For example, during a group consultation regarding my Mother's care, rather than focusing on health, she wanted to make sure we knew that anyone there as her advocate could not get food from the little food area for free. Really? Food police? Why would someone focus on that instead of patient care?My Mom had to be taken to the Shands ER during her brief stay at Oak Hammock. She was there for several days. While there, they noticed the beginning of a bedsore. Upon returning to Oak Hammock, she should have been constantly repositioned to help it heal. They ignored this and didn't reposition her, and it became a full-blown bedsore.All I could imagine with seeing how she was treated, was how would they have treated a stroke patient that was immobile? Would they refuse to help them eat if they were bedridden, like my Mom? Would they leave them in their filth? Would they say they would not even do simple things like help them brush their teeth?That's just the beginning. Medication errors, patient assessment errors (oh, she's just sleeping... No, she's UNCONSCIOUS!! ) They'd pop in for a few minutes, think she's asleep and leave. No monitoring of bowel movements (very important if someone's on narcotics, and part of why she had to go to the ER). Nurse note errors. Confusion over who her doctor was (a problem for patients on Hospice. There were two doctor's dealing with her at one point)I still have a note one of the (nice) nurses left one night explaining why she decided NOT to give my Mom her medication!! It was so bad we chose to remove her ASAP, and Marie had the audacity to say (without consulting the Doctor) that she wouldn't let my Mom leave peacefully... NO, she said she was declaring it "Against Medical Advice," and if we took her home, we would be investigated by social services, among other threats. It was like watching a scene of Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." She kept rolling out excuses as to why my Mom shouldn't leave. Until, thank the Good Lord Jesus, the doctor called Marie during this horrible meeting, and after hearing the situation, the DOCTOR, not Marie, said my Mom could go freely any time. When we had her packed & were leaving the grounds it felt like we were taking her out of prison.We had to pay a month in advance to get her in. After half a month of Hell, we were due a refund. Instead we got a bill for around $5,000! So even the accounting dept had it's issues. We took all this up the chain to the top executives. Result? Nothing. No apologies, nothing. But they did say Mar
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December 2021 by Franchesca Cobb
Don’t send your loved ones here ! It’s too expensive to not have the proper care you paid for ! None of the nurses care about your loved ones needs all they do is sit on the phone all day and watch movies for 12 hours ! Amanda and Brittany are rude and disrespectful and treat the residents like they don’t mean anything ! It’s really sad ! Especially Nurses on 3rd Shift those are the worse of them all they absolutely do nothing for you loved ones they complain to residents when the residents are in pain and in need of medication ! They refuse to help with a 2 person resident ! One night a lady was in need of using the bathroom immediately I asked the first person I seen a nurse Named “Anunciacion Tamayo” refused to help me and demanded me to go find another CNA ! It’s just so unprofessional there !
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September 2021 by Doris Greene
A friend spent two weeks in skilled nursing/rehabilitation after an accident. He raved about the great care he received and what a wonderful place Oak Hammock was. We investigated and decided to move into the community. That was 10 yers ago. One of the best decision we have ever made!
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August 2021 by Andrew Davey
I have been working at Oak Hammock for over 18 years. It truly is a wonderful place with a caring environment for both for our staff and residents. The partnership with UF has really created an intellectually active and socially stimulating environment. It has been a joy to see our community continue to change, evolve, and grow over the years. I look forward to see what the next stage of Oak Hammock's continuing mission will bring.
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August 2021 by Christina Fisher
I have been employed here at Oak Hammock almost 15 years now. I started as a part-time evening Receptionist and have worked my way up most recently to the Life Enrichment Manager for the Health Pavilion! I have had the opportunity to further my education while working here at Oak Hammock and receiving a scholarship here too. It has been so rewarding to grow with the company, to work with all my coworkers through the years and ultimately call this my home away from home. My Residents truly are family to me and it brings me so much joy to make them smile every day! Oak Hammock is not your typical retirement community or "nursing home" we really are so much more! This is a great place to work ... come be a part of our team and our family ❤
