Hearthstone Communities

    920 N Seminary Ave, Woodstock, IL, 60098
    3.3 · 24 reviews
    • Independent living
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    2.0

    Friendly staff dirty unsafe unreliable

    I appreciated that many staff were friendly and attentive, the residents were clean, and the place offers activities, outings and private rooms with bathrooms. However, staff often seemed overworked, communication was poor, and billing/refund problems (including delayed or unreturned deposits) were common. The building felt old, dark and dingy with a persistent urine smell and an institutional atmosphere that needs renovation. I also heard reports of falls, missing belongings and serious medical/medication concerns, so I'd be cautious and insist on clear answers before committing.

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Memory care community services

    • Mild cognitive impairment
    • Specialized memory care programming

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    3.29 · 24 reviews

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.1
    • Staff

      3.2
    • Meals

      3.7
    • Amenities

      2.8
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Friendly, attentive staff
    • Clean rooms and facility in many reports
    • Good meals/food quality reported by several reviewers
    • Private rooms with private baths available
    • Large windows/sunny rooms
    • Well-maintained dining area
    • Bus outings and transportation for outings
    • Active schedule in some reviews (lots of activities)
    • Church outings and community trips available
    • Library and internet access
    • Exercise equipment and roomy dining area
    • Home-like setup in some units (duplexes/apartments)
    • Reasonable price reported by some reviewers
    • Tour guides and admissions staff described as nice
    • Attentive nursing noted by some families

    Cons

    • Serious allegations of neglect, abuse, or medical malpractice
    • Medication administration errors reported
    • Instances of oxygen over-administration and seizures
    • Falls with delayed or no family notification
    • Staff ignoring complaints and family concerns
    • Poor or inconsistent overall care
    • Diapering or hygiene care described as lazy or inadequate
    • Unnecessary medical equipment/orders reported
    • Weight loss ignored by staff/management
    • Strong urine/pee odors and other persistent smells
    • Mold and dilapidated areas reported
    • Laundry not done and soiled linens/clothes piled
    • Small, cramped or outdated rooms
    • Outdated building needing renovations (1970s-era)
    • Cluttered/small nurses' station and soiled utility rooms
    • Limited or institutional atmosphere in parts of facility
    • Activities lacking variety or limited to healthier residents
    • Outings often limited to residents well enough to participate
    • Poor communication and unresponsive management
    • Billing errors, duplicate charges, and delayed or missing refunds
    • Belongings reported missing or disappeared
    • Allegations of questionable business practices and pricing policy
    • Staff overworked and doctors said to be too busy
    • Decline in quality reported over time
    • Parking problems and dark/dingy common areas

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the reviews is deeply mixed, with a clear split between families and residents who praise the facility’s staff, meals, and some clean, comfortable living spaces, and others who report severe problems including neglect, medical errors, and poor management. Positive comments focus on caring and attentive frontline staff, pleasant dining areas, private rooms (some with private baths and large sunny windows), and availability of outings, church trips, and activities. Several reviewers describe the facility as clean and well-maintained in certain areas, with helpful admissions staff and reasonable pricing in some cases. There are also multiple positive references to home-like apartment or duplex units and amenities such as exercise equipment, library and internet access.

    However, the negative reports are substantial and, in some cases, alarming. Multiple reviews allege serious clinical errors (improper medication administration, oxygen over-administration leading to seizure and ICU admission) and claim that complaints about declining weight and care needs were ignored. There are repeated accounts of poor hygiene management — persistent urine odors, soiled utility rooms, laundry left undone for weeks, and reports that residents were diapered out of convenience rather than need. Safety issues include repeated falls, sometimes without prompt family notification, and an overall sense from some reviewers that care standards have deteriorated over time.

    Facility condition and cleanliness are described inconsistently: several reviewers say rooms, carpeting, dining areas, and paint are clean and nicely kept, while others describe dilapidated, moldy, dark or dingy spaces that appear not to have been renovated since the 1970s. Small, cramped nursing stations and rooms that feel institutional or like 'punishments' are mentioned alongside reports of large bright rooms with sunny windows. Odors, clutter, and soiled areas are recurring negative themes in multiple accounts, suggesting uneven maintenance and housekeeping standards across the property or over time.

    Staff behavior and communication emerge as a major dividing line. Many reviews report friendly, attentive staff who provide good day-to-day care and assist residents with comfort and activities. Contrastingly, other reviews describe staff as overworked, unresponsive, or dismissive of family concerns, with management portrayed as particularly uncommunicative. Several families reported slow or non-existent responses to billing disputes, refund requests (including an explicit duplicate payment of $4,700), and missing deposits. There are also allegations of missing personal belongings and questionable business practices around deposits and refunds, with some reviewers indicating they considered or pursued legal action.

    Dining and activities receive mixed feedback. Numerous reviewers praise the food and social dining areas, and some note robust programming including outings, church trips, and lots of activities. Yet others find the food awful and the activity offerings limited in variety or restricted to residents who are healthy enough to participate, leaving many residents passively watching TV. Some communal spaces (TV room, dining room) are described as dull or institutional by dissenting reviewers.

    A recurring pattern is inconsistency: experiences range from “top service” and “would recommend” to calls for immediate shutdown and allegations of medical malpractice and abuse. Several reviewers explicitly state the quality has declined over time. Given the severity of some claims (medical errors, possible regulatory violations, and major communication and billing failures) juxtaposed with genuinely positive accounts, the picture is one of a facility with strengths in staff compassion and some clean, comfortable units, but with serious lapses in clinical oversight, housekeeping, maintenance, and management responsiveness in other areas. Prospective residents and families should investigate recent inspection reports, ask for specifics about nursing ratios and credentialing, review contracts and refund policies closely, tour multiple parts of the building (including laundry, utility, and less-publicized wings), and seek references from current families before making a decision.

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    About Hearthstone Communities

    Hearthstone Communities sits at 920 N Seminary Ave in Woodstock, Illinois, and you'll see folks coming and going Monday to Friday, usually between 8 in the morning and 5 in the afternoon, and inside, you'll find a faith-based, non-profit organization that runs several programs for both kids and older adults, all with a focus on respect for God, others, and the environment. The Hearthstone Early Learning Center, called ELC, gives care for little ones as young as 6 weeks and offers preschool and summer programs for children up to 12 years old, and kids spend their days learning and having fun in a structured, supportive space. For seniors, Hearthstone runs a Continuing Care Retirement Community, or CCRC, which means folks can move in for independent living-over at Hearthstone Village if they want their own duplex, or The Manor for assisted living-and be taken care of as needs change, with access to intermediate and skilled nursing, memory care at the Traditions memory care wing, rehabilitative care, and even hospice and respite when that's needed.

    Residents get help from trained, friendly staff, from registered and licensed practical nurses to therapists and social service folks, and services include incontinence care, diabetic care, dental and podiatry visits, meals served every day, housekeeping, laundry, and even emergency call systems when someone needs help fast. Alzheimer's disease and dementia care comes from a secured, structured program in a dedicated area, and there are activities every day-arts and crafts, movies, Bible study, exercise, social events, resident outings, on-site worship in the chapel, and space for personal visits in the family room. When residents are hungry, they head to restaurant-style dining rooms, and those who enjoy outdoor time walk around walking paths, sit by the courtyard pond, or relax on patios, and there are indoor common areas too, with TVs, a library, reflection rooms, and gathering spaces.

    Transportation services like a campus bus make it easier for folks to run errands or get to appointments, and those who like to look their best can stop by the hair salon or barbershop. Hearthstone has no verified outside accreditations but operates with a Medicare certification, provider number 277572, and doesn't provide telehealth. The place is designed for aging in place with familiar routines and support, plus spiritual care, regular meals, and continuity in social activities, and it all runs under one roof. Information gets shared online through their Facebook page, and all the programs aim to honor people's individual choices and help them stay as active and connected as possible.

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