Rock Creek Care Center

    260 Racetrack St, Auburn, CA 95603
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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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

    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

    Reviews

    4.36·(99)

    Overall rating

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

      4.4
    • Staff

      4.6
    • Meals

      3.5
    • Amenities

      4.8
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Kind, respectful, and attentive staff
    • Skilled nursing and specialized wound-care support
    • Physical and occupational therapy focused on recovery and returning home
    • Positive rehabilitation outcomes and discharge preparation
    • Clean and comfortable environment
    • Courtyard, resident activities, and animal-assisted engagement
    • Flexible dining options, snacks, and support for family-prepared meals
    • Helpful family communication and care coordination
    • Dignified hospice and end-of-life support
    • Assistance navigating follow-up services and community resources

    Cons

    • Inconsistent clinical monitoring, medication follow-through, and escalation
    • Inconsistent personal-care and wound-care follow-through
    • Limited resident phone access and uneven family communication
    • Uneven meal quality and dietary alignment
    • Aging facility finishes and room comfort concerns

    Summary of reviews

    Feedback about Rock Creek Care Center is predominantly positive, particularly from residents and families describing short-term rehabilitation, post-surgical recovery, wound treatment, and hospice care. Many describe kind, patient, and attentive staff, with nurses, CNAs, and therapy teams helping residents regain strength and prepare to return home. Families also value staff training, individualized assistance, and support with follow-up services. Several accounts describe comfortable, respectful end-of-life care.

    Care quality is not experienced consistently, however. A small set of strongly critical accounts raises concerns about clinical monitoring, timely response, medication follow-through, and personal or wound care. These concerns contrast with numerous positive accounts of diligent nursing, therapy, and wound-care services. Prospective residents and families may wish to ask about staffing and response procedures, how care concerns are escalated, and how personal-care and wound-care needs are tracked.

    Dining feedback is mixed. Some residents and families praise the meals, balanced offerings, alternative entrees, snacks, and flexibility to store and reheat individually portioned food from home. Others describe poor meal quality or concerns about whether meals align with dietary needs. Activities are a strength in several accounts: reviewers mention group and individual programming, animal-assisted activities, and efforts to keep residents mentally and physically engaged.

    The building is often described as clean and comfortable, and reviewers appreciate the courtyard and its visitor-friendly outdoor seating. One family found the finishes dated and the room environment uncomfortable. Management and office staff are praised for answering questions, explaining care, and coordinating transitions, while other accounts cite communication difficulties, including challenges reaching residents by phone and limited guidance during an insurance or discharge process. Overall, the reviews portray a facility with notable strengths in staff warmth and rehabilitation, alongside meaningful variation in care execution, communication, dining, and physical comfort.

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    Medicare Ratings

    5·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Rock Creek Care Center is located at 260 Racetrack St, Auburn, CA, 95603.

    About Rock Creek Care Center

    Rock Creek Care Center sits as a retirement community that welcomes people ages 55 and older and offers nursing home services, assisted living, independent living, and memory care for those who need it, and you'll find that they also provide both long-term and short-term skilled nursing and rehabilitation for folks after surgery, illness, or injury, with care guided by a physician's plan and attention from a team of Registered Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, Restorative Nurse Assistants, and a Medical Director, plus a nurse practitioner or physician assistant on hand each day to answer questions and look after medical needs, which helps families feel that their loved ones are being listened to and watched over. The center stands out with its 59 private rooms, all with private bathrooms and showers, lots of spacious common areas, an inviting outside courtyard, and spaces for activities including an art room with colored pencils and regular blackjack games on Saturdays, with plenty of activities and social services available for folks with dementia too.

    Rock Creek Care Center specializes in wound care and holds a 4-Star Rating from Medicare (CMS), which gives some peace of mind about their standards, and they're also Medicare-certified, making them a clear option for folks needing those benefits. Meals come planned and watched over by Registered Dietitians who aim to make food healthy and suited to each person's needs. Their Environmental Services team keeps up with cleaning, laundry, and safety to make sure everything's comfortable and taken care of. Social Workers and a Social Services Director work with residents to coordinate care and help people stay as independent as possible, and when rehab comes into play, licensed Physical Therapists, Speech Therapists, and Occupational Therapists develop custom plans for healing and getting stronger, using their large, modern rehab gym to help residents build back what they need day by day.

    The leadership at Rock Creek Care Center includes a Director of Nursing, Rehabilitation Director, Social Services Director, Environmental Services, and a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator who handles the big picture, while doctors-such as a psychiatrist, physiatrist, and urologist-support both the care team and residents. The facility stays focused on residents' comfort and safety, offering amenities and activities to make everyone feel at home, and the staff tries to create a warm and nurturing place with both private and shared spaces where residents and families can visit, relax, and talk. Rock Creek also belongs to a network of nearby senior communities, so people have options if they need a different setting, and they support people with disabilities or diseases with help from senior care advocates.

    People considering Rock Creek Care Center can set up a tour, look around, and meet the staff and residents, and there's a virtual photo tour as well for folks who want to look ahead of time. The center offers respite care for short-term stays, specialized memory care, and individualized programs for every resident. You'll find the care team works around the clock, day and night, tailoring healthcare and everyday living support so residents get what works for them and they remain as comfortable and independent as possible.

    People often ask...

    Rock Creek Care Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 260 Racetrack St, Auburn, CA 95603.

    No, Rock Creek Care Center does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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