Dennett Rehab Center sits on Mary Drive in Oakland, Maryland, and has served the local community for more than 46 years, so people around here know it's part of the area's tradition of care and support, and you won't find a lot of fancy extras but you will find skilled nursing and rehab services that run all day and night, every day of the week. This is a privately owned skilled nursing facility with 99 certified beds, and usually about 74 residents living here each day, and they do have local caregivers who know the area and want to help neighbors hold on to as much independence as possible. The place covers a wide range, so you'll see folks here for stroke or cardiac rehab, or after orthopedic surgeries, and others needing pulmonary care, memory care, cancer recovery, or even respite and hospice help, and if you need long-term care, they do that, too. There's a 24/7 skilled nursing care team, with services that include physical, occupational, and speech therapy, not to mention on-site dental, vision, podiatry, and hearing visits, and a staff trained to develop personalized rehab and therapy plans, calling on an interdisciplinary team for each patient. Dennett offers cozy shared spaces, housekeeping, pet visits, free Wi-Fi, cable TV, room service, and lots of activities, community events, and holiday get-togethers, so there's usually something for residents to do together, although amenities aren't the flashiest.
The staff gives 3.21 nurse hours per resident daily, which is lower than Maryland's average of 3.9 hours, so things might be a bit busier than some other places, and recent inspections noted a total of 63 deficiencies including three related to infection control and three connected to abuse prevention, though there was no actual harm, just the risk for more. Dennett has had issues keeping up with proper infection prevention programs in the past and was also cited for not doing enough to prevent abuse, neglect, or exploitation, but these were rated as "potential for more than minimal harm." The ownership is profit-based, with a few direct and indirect owners, and there's not much public information on who actually runs or manages daily operations. The facility continues to offer a full set of rehab and nursing services, aiming to help residents reach their highest level of function, comfort, and dignity, doing so as affordably as possible, with a focus on keeping things local and rooted in the Oakland, Maryland, community.
