Vibra Hospital

My uncle has been to Vibra twice in the past several months. He had a stroke. The experience has been horrible. Within the past two weeks he has been moved four different rooms and floors. I visit almost everyday and stay over 2 hours. I never saw them turn him, nor change him. He is also suffering from a ulcer on his lower back, that I believe has been caused by Vibra not moving him at all. My uncle is coherent and able to make his own decisions on his health. Hannah the case manager will not acknowledge his health power of attorney request. I would not recommend this place. My uncle did get MRSA and it’s from Vibra too! One star for the one nurse and cna that helped me bath him, change him and turn him. Also they gave all his belongings to a pt in another bed that was discharged, items still not recovered.

My father was checked in two weeks ago and we have had nothing but problems. Broken beds, days before he gets a bath, call buttons that go unanswered so he is sitting in his own feces. This is just plain old neglect. Time to get others involved that will start holding them accountable. The only reason I gave two stars is because there are a couple people that actually care for the patient. Unfortunately it is the exception rather than the rule.

My father has been at Vibra for 2 weeks currently. We have found it to be a very good solution for him after his hip surgery. He receives MUCH better care here than at a nursing home and is able to receive dialysis on site as well as the required physical therapy. The nurses are responsive and communicative (which has always been a never ending frustration at other short term hospitals).

Update: be prepared to be there all the time… continue to find poop on my mom’s fingers and under the nails… they shaved her chin and now has more hairs growing too… now she talks and the one star is legitimately only for the few nurses kk, Ryan, and Chas like Javier and kemi plus the therapy people are great without them my mom would have caked on creams and old feces on her bottom… wounds are so much worse than when she arrived and has more now! They don’t answer a call light so you have to go get someone to help. Drs rotate out so you get 7 different answers. One night my moms heart rate went up to 170bpm in afib and it was over 3 hours before they notified a Dr to start her on meds and they didn’t call me… I got a feeling and came back to find her with her heart rate out of control and head in the side of the bed rail. Other reviewer was correct when they say they bang heads in the rails when they turn or clean them. Ended up with mrsa transmitted from the patient in the next bed apparently according to one of the nurses who looked up the other patients chart to see if it was the same strain and it was! Website boasts about all the treatment they offer for wound care and stroke but I haven’t seen anyone who is versed in stroke care. You can complain to the director but the response will be to have an outside Dr sign off on having her moved somewhere else. If she had an outside Dr she wouldn’t have ended up like this. Didn’t change the catheter and got a uti. Make sure your on top of all procedures and appointment because they’ve tried to take my mom several times to appointments via ambulance when it wasn’t her appointment.
Some nurses are great but the majority just don’t care being by the nurses station I hear it all… they cancel peoples shifts instead of keeping an extra person on to do things like answer a call light and half of them won’t help clean a patient even if your willing to help you have to wait for the cna who btw has 10 – 15 patients to get your family member cleaned up… stupid if 4 nurses are at the nurses station gabbing about life why not help?!
Also at night they turn the lights on in the room for everything so don’t be surprised if your family member sleeps all day because 1. It’s always loud even at night bc of the workers mouths and 2. They turn a light on to do any little thing and don’t turn it back off again (personally I think night nurses should be able to work with minimal light and disruption to the patient)
They’ll give you a tour of the icu bc it’s nice but the regular rooms are old and the tv’s don’t work

I gave it three stars bc of those few CNAs and Nurses that were kind and respectful towards my family member. However, most of the CNAs seemed like this was their first job and really did not take the time to «properly» assist my aunt. One even walked out on her while she was on the bed pan and never came back! Had to ask a million times for help, and nothing. Pressed call button, they would come in and then would say ‘ll be back. Banged my family member’s head on bed rails numerous times. Never bothered to apologize or even acknwoledge it. Most were rude and came when they pleased. Like I get ur busy, but coming 40minutes later is just rediculous!
Case manager, a female, worst person ever! Sent my family member to a different facility. Almost felt like she did it on purpoe. Long story. So please be careful when u are given options and they like choosing for you. U have every right to choose!

Unfortunately had to bring dad back again, with infection requiring IV antibiotics. To update my last review: the staff and care on the 4^th floor are great. The staff and care on the 3^rd floor are crap by comparison. Almost every time I come to see dad, his call button and the suction tube he needs are hanging on the floor or wall, instead of across his lap where he can ACTUALLY REACH THEM. Every time, I have to ask the nurse on duty — can you please be aware of this? Incompetent CNAs must kill dozens of patients a year, or prolong their sickness. The TVs are also crap. In 2014, is TV such cutting edge technology that patients have to tolerate 20 channels of snow? Ridiculous. This is also the place where last year (on the 3^rd floor) dad’s nephrostomy tube was **pulled out.** When I asked nurse wtf happened? Her reply «umm…it came out earlier. He seems ok though.» WHAT the F?! All I can say is– if you’re forced to have a family member here — BE VIGILANT. Visit the patient often and make sure the staff is aware of all issues. Be polite but let them know what your family member needs. At least the staff so far on this visit has been responsive to requests.

I came for a sleep study. It was pretty easy to navigate. Every employee was friendly and helpful, even the security guards and parking attendants. I dislike hospitals. But this one was okay.

My husband has needed to stay at Vibra Acute Care Hospital two times in the last year of 2013 and 2014. Charles has been recuperating from stomach cancer surgery, Pneumonia, severe lung damage, heart failure and Arithymia, renal failure and other debilitating problems. Needless to say he has been just terribly ill.
Our two occasions of staying at Vibra Hospital were both wonderful. The staff couldn’t be friendlier, more competent, more caring nor more professional. This hospital gave us top quality care. Dr. fox was Charles’ Doctor and Dr. Bernstein saw him on weekends and when Dr. Fox took a vacation. Both Doctors were wonderful. At one point Dr. Bernstein discovered that Charles needed to go next door to Scripps Mercy Hospital to have his Gall Bladder removed. Dr Bernstein came over to check of him three times while he was there. That is the kind of doctors they are.
The staff was so friendly and helpful. Jerry, who helps admit patients, couldn’t be more helpful or knowledgeable. He had been a nurse for years and really knows the ropes to help you understand your Medicare and insurance. One of the helping nurses, Irma, put my iPad away in a drawer once when I left it in my husbands room. She was concerned that it could be stolen. Roger, the Physical Therapist could not have been more helpful or uplifting while working with Charles.
The hospital was clean and calm and well run. The food was delicious believe it or not. I have never had better food at a hospital. Far and away better than the patient food at Scripps Mercy.
All and all I found Vibra to rate as a 5 Star hospital.

Too many problems here. I felt like I was checking up on them to see if everything was done that should have been done. One day they forgot to serve my Mom breakfast. They thought that the speech therapist was going to bring it up so he could watch her swallow. It was his day off! The final straw was when they put her cell phone in a glass of water. It’s dead. I checked her out, against doctors orders, and now she is at a much better facility. Her attitude has improved immensely. Horrible place. And she did contract CDIF here also.

Vibra is not a hospital Hospitals have ER’s. vibra does not. A pt had a stroke in vibra and had to be taken to mercy (across the street). Because vibra is not a
has no ER /​ED dept pt had stroke symptoms for 2 days before nursing staff noticed Because vibra is not a hospital. It is more or less a acute Skilled nursing facility. This place sucks. If you want MRSA /​cdif /​MDRO. Go here !!!