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LuLu Bell

The staff seemed wonderful, and the food was ok. My mother in law stayed there a weeks after a fall. My father-in-law and I were disenchanted by the care tho.. no gait belts, she was there for a fall, and was unsteady getting up from the wheelchair. They sent her home, untrained, she's only been home less than one day, and she's already gone rogue, so to speak. Her husband was there almost daily and saw how unsteady she was. There was no positive reinforcement on correcting unsafe habits. They expected him to do it.. of course she's not going to listen to him. He's no qualified! They were going to charge him an extra day because it was not safe to bring her home(we live in the suburbs on a steep wooded hill). They suggested a chair bus with people.. we agreed, because she would have help by trained EMT's we were told. My father-in-law asked if they were all wheel drive.. our car won't make it and the truck was fishtailing -they said "sure". We paid 150.00 to a 3rd company Coastal, again we asked if it was AWD. Yup.. they put her in a wheelchair van, that couldn't get up the hill.. my father-in-law had to go down to the local church out their wheel chair in his truck, half opened because it was too big, fishtailing up the hill dangerously to the house, and it took my FIL and my hubby to push the wheel chair in the snow, and almost hurting her getting her up the stairs because she wasn't strong enough, they had to half pull(my hubby) and half push(FIL) just to get her up the last steps while she was crying "I can't do this" Then they had to bring the chair back to the van guy that was waiting safely in the church parking lot. My inlaws paid 150 for the uses of a wheelchair. What a sad excuse of a service!! All because they couldn't wait another week to make sure she was ACTUALLY ready. She's been coughing and complaining all night. She was DEFINITELY not ready to come home. I am glad others have had a positive experience, but this was DEFINITELY not ours! They may be ok as a nursing home maybe.. but not a rehab. And if they aren't using Gait belts as many rehabs and nursing homes do, that risk of hurting a patient by accident escalates.. read up on it!! I had to because my stint in rehab in Beverly, that's the FIRST thing they did was put me in a belt when I was up and around with my walker.

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Kathleen Rose

My dad is currently in the rehab section of Maristhill. The nurses, CNAs, therapist are all lovely. Food is ok and my family and I are bringing in potatoes and squash because what they are serving for dinner is not so good(I tried several times myself). He is currently recovering from pneumonia but he has macular degeneration; I asked if I could bring in his television which is twice the size of his current tv in the room. The current tv gets poor reception and remote is very hard to manage. I was just told it’s “policy” that he would not be able to have his own tv there because of the bandwidth? And size? I told the acting social worker tv is a pedestal would fit fine and he would not be so depressed if he could watch his own tv vs no tv. He’s 91 and asks for very little, the least this company could do is make an allowance for my family to replace current tv with one that works and would make the remaining time he has pleasurable.

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John Carvelli

My mother in law just recently spent several days at Marist Hill Rehab . They were working with her to get her stronger to face another round of chemo . The nurses and the Drs. as well as the PT dept. and the aides took wonderful care of her , being very attentive to her needs . Unfortunately during her stay she succumb to the nasty disease . On behalf of my family , I would like to thank the entire staff for taking such good care of her .

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Carlton S

My dad was in Maristhill for a few months after he had a severe stroke. The rehab staff was great and worked very diligently but unfortunately, dad's stroke was too severe for improvement. Hospice care began, which was also very excellent. Dad transitioned peacefully and he is in a better place now. I have the highest recommendation for Maristhill with absolutely no reservations at all.

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Elayna Nyland

My dad had to go to for rehab after a broken hip, and I found Maristhill strictly by chance, and we are so happy I did. During my dad’s stay, we met so many nice and caring people. From PT/OT and speech therapy, who were so patient and encouraging, to the nurses and CNA’s, who cared compassionately for my dad day/night. As an added benefit, he had a private room, as all do in short term rehab, that was clean and nice. A big thank you to all those we crossed paths with during his stay. I hope there is not a need for rehab again, but if there were, I would def go back to Maristhill.