Keith Breault
Oct 2025
Excellent across the board. The care teams are competent and friendly. The case managers are thorough and clear. It’s clean and cheerful, and the food is great.
Oak Lea
1475 Virginia Ave3.5(4 ratings)· Harrisonburg average: 4
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What Families Think
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Families describe Oak Lea as a skilled nursing and short-term rehab facility with a mix of praise and concern. Several reviewers note kind, competent staff and a clean environment, but others report short-staffing, slow physician response, and discharge-planning problems.
What reviewers praise
- Staff described as helpful and kind
- Care teams called competent and friendly
- Facility described as clean and cheerful
- Case managers described as thorough and clear
- Food praised by a reviewer
What reviewers flag
- One report of noticeable understaffing
- One report of slow physician response during a fever
- Multiple families reported issues with discharge planning by the same social worker
- One reviewer felt patient history wasn't fully reviewed by staff
AI-generated from reviews and community data.
Oak Lea is a senior living community in Harrisonburg, Virginia offering Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care. Amenities include Restaurant style Dining Room, Gathering / Activity Spaces and Social Activities. Families rate it 3.5 out of 5 across 4 reviews.
About Oak Lea
Oak Lea is a skilled nursing and long-term care community in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It provides 24-hour staffing with on-site nursing, medication management, and an emergency call system. Private rooms, a restaurant-style dining room, gathering spaces, housekeeping, wheelchair accessibility, and social activities are available.
Reviewers offered mixed accounts of clinical care and communication. One family reported excellent care during a father-in-law's rehabilitation stay, though concerns arose about the transition process and insurance coverage decisions. Another family expressed worry about delayed physician evaluation and symptom management for a husband admitted with pneumonia and COPD. Two other reviewers praised the staff as helpful and competent, with one noting that despite being short-staffed, caregivers remained kind, and another describing the care teams as friendly and thorough, the facility as clean and cheerful, and the food as good.
Types of Care at Oak Lea
Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care
Amenities
Room Amenities
- Emergency Call System
- Private Rooms
- Wheelchair Accessible
Meals & Dining
- Restaurant style Dining Room
Community Amenities
- 24-Hour Staff
- Gathering / Activity Spaces
- Housekeeping
- Medication Management
- On-Site Nurse (RN)
Activities
- Social Activities (Happy Hour, Wine Tasting, Dances, Karaoke)
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3.5overall · 4 ratings combined
3.5★ on Google (4)
Karen Stewart
Apr 2025
My husband came to oaklea from the hospital. He had pneumonia and copd. He started running a fever and coughing. We were worried he was getting pneumonia again. All they did was give him Tylenol and kept saying the dr would look at him when he comes in. He started running a fever Friday and finally we were told the the earliest the dr would be in was Monday. I really have my doubts that they even read his history because when they questions some things about him, I had to exain to them exactly what he went thru the 2 weeks he was in the hospital
MsVulcanears93
Jan 2023
My grandma is currently here to get well enough to go home from the hospital. I visited her a week ago and also today and she's feeling much better. The staff have always been very helpful and kind even as short staffed as they are.
Trisha
Jan 2018
I am only rating oak lea low not because of our experience with my father-in-law but because of the social worker. My father-in-law was in rehab he had been diagnosed with dementia and his stay there was excellent. They took excellent care of him while he was there, my complaint is he stayed for a total of 21 days and they said they could not progress any further with him so Medicare was going to not pay any longer. The social worker Monica did not offer any solutions for us other than sending him home with a baby monitor of all things, when a family is in need of solutions I thought that was the job of a social worker was to figure out other facilities that he might be able to go to, we had to figure out on our own that Harrisonburg rehab could take him in and further his rehab not sure why oak lea could not do the same, while we waited for Medicaid to get approved. Come to find out my aunt had the same issue with the same lady about my grandma, when my grandma was in Oak lea for Rehab. They were going to send her home without a PT and an OT and a home nurse, my aunt threatened her and said if she does not get this stuff and if my grandma falls when she gets home we will sue oak lea for not doing their job. It's sad that this person is employed at such a good facility and taking people's lives at risk and not doing their job.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of care does Oak Lea offer?
Oak Lea offers Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.
Where is Oak Lea located?
Oak Lea is located at 1475 Virginia Ave in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
What do families say about Oak Lea?
Families describe Oak Lea as a skilled nursing and short-term rehab facility with a mix of praise and concern. Several reviewers note kind, competent staff and a clean environment, but others report short-staffing, slow physician response, and discharge-planning problems.
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