Genesis Hospice Care (Morrison House)

    713 Forest Ave, Zanesville, OH 43701

    Compassionate professional attentive clean supportive

    I'm deeply grateful for the compassionate, professional, and attentive team-always available to our family and comforting during end-of-life care. The facility was clean, quiet, and supportive, their newsletters kept us informed, and overall I'm very pleased with the care, with only minor room for improvement.

    Loved one of client
    May 2026

    Services

    • Home Health Care

    Reviews

    4.27·(11)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Caregivers

      4.5
    • Communication

      1.0
    • Reliability

      1.0
    • Scheduling

    • Value

    Pros

    • Compassionate caregivers
    • Supportive end-of-life care
    • Attentive family communication and presence
    • Professional and kind staff
    • Clean, quiet facility environment
    • Regular family updates and newsletters
    • Respectful, reassuring bedside manner

    Cons

    • Unresponsive office communication
    • Delays in care coordination and follow-up
    • Inconsistent scheduling and shift reliability
    • Medication-management oversight concerns
    • Reluctance to escalate or resolve family complaints
    • Workplace culture and accountability weaknesses

    Summary of reviews

    The available reviews present a mixed but coherent picture of Genesis Hospice Care (Morrison House). On the caregiving side, families consistently described individual caregivers as compassionate, kind, and professional. Multiple comments emphasize attentive bedside manner, supportive presence during end-of-life situations, and regular family-focused outreach such as newsletters and updates. The physical environment is also noted positively, with remarks about a calm, clean, and quiet facility that some families found comforting.

    At the organizational level, reviewers raised repeated concerns about office communication and responsiveness. Reported issues include delayed replies to family inquiries, slow coordination of changes, and difficulty getting timely follow-up from administrative staff. Those communication gaps appear to have downstream effects on scheduling and reliability: several comments imply inconsistent shift coverage or delays in assigning or adjusting caregiver visits, which can be disruptive during periods of high need.

    A notable clinical concern that emerges in a few summaries is medication-management oversight, particularly around end-of-life symptom control and changes to medication plans. Families described unease with how medication decisions were communicated or authorized. Related to this, some reviewers perceived a reluctance from staff or management to acknowledge or escalate family concerns, suggesting limited complaint-resolution pathways and a culture that can be defensive rather than corrective.

    Taken together, the pattern suggests an agency with strong individual caregivers and a family-centered bedside approach, but with organizational weaknesses in office responsiveness, scheduling reliability, and oversight/accountability. For prospective clients and families, the likely trade-off is between high-quality interpersonal care from on-the-ground staff and the need to proactively manage communication and escalation with the administrative team. Asking specific questions about point-of-contact procedures, escalation policies for clinical concerns, and typical shift-coverage practices during the intake process may help families align expectations and mitigate the operational issues noted by others.

    Location

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    Genesis Hospice Care (Morrison House) is located at 713 Forest Ave, Zanesville, OH 43701.

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