Country Hills Post Acute

    1580 Broadway, El Cajon, CA 92021
    • 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

    4.01·(143)

    Overall rating

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

      3.6
    • Staff

      3.9
    • Meals

      2.9
    • Amenities

      2.8
    • Value

      2.5

    Pros

    • Attentive and compassionate nursing staff
    • Strong physical and occupational therapy and rehabilitation
    • Effective short-term rehab with measurable ADL gains
    • Clean, recently renovated interior and attractive common areas
    • Windowed rooms and pleasant facility aesthetics
    • Supportive and helpful admissions team
    • Proactive case management and discharge planning (when implemented)
    • Engaging activities program and frequent resident events
    • Family-inclusive atmosphere and staff outreach
    • Responsive kitchen manager and moments of high-quality meals
    • Therapy services covered by insurance
    • Restraint-free dementia-care approach
    • Welcoming reception and landscaped courtyards
    • Professional, diverse, and dedicated therapy and nursing teams
    • One-on-one explanations during admissions and discharges

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and shift-to-shift variability
    • Intermittent sanitation and pest-control concerns in some units
    • Gaps in clinical responsiveness and timely assistance
    • Variability in medication-management practices and documentation
    • Fragmented communication and poor departmental coordination
    • Inconsistent dining quality and allergy-accommodation practices
    • Crowded shared-room configurations and limited private rooms
    • Inadequate infection-control ventilation and cohorting in some areas
    • Front-desk and customer-service responsiveness issues
    • Parking-policy enforcement and visitor parking tensions
    • Privacy and HIPAA compliance lapses
    • Inconsistent leadership, oversight, and follow-through

    Summary of reviews

    Country Hills Post Acute elicits highly polarized feedback. A substantial number of accounts describe strong clinical rehabilitation, compassionate bedside nursing, and an attractive, recently renovated environment that families find pleasant and hotel-like. Therapy services are frequently praised for enabling rapid gains in activities of daily living, and several families highlighted effective admissions staff and proactive case management when present. The activity program and family-inclusive events are consistently identified as strengths that contribute to a homelike atmosphere for long- and short-stay residents.

    At the same time, there is a recurrent pattern of operational variability. Multiple accounts point to inconsistent staffing levels, delayed responses to call lights or requests for assistance, and uneven medication-administration practices. These clinical-responsiveness concerns coexist with reports of fragmented communication across departments — for example, difficulties reaching social services, unclear discharge instructions, and variable follow-through from front-desk personnel. Such coordination gaps appear to amplify family anxiety during transitions and when timely information is needed.

    Dining and nutrition draw mixed evaluations: some reviewers describe nourishing, well-prepared meals and a responsive kitchen manager, while others report frequent inconsistencies, occasional poor meal quality, and limited accommodation of allergies. The activities program and therapy department are more consistently positive, with many accounts of engaging programming and therapists who individualize rehabilitation plans.

    Facility issues are similarly mixed. The campus and many units are described as clean, bright, and thoughtfully designed, with windowed rooms and accessible courtyards. Conversely, a subset of reviews raise sanitation and pest-control concerns, crowded multi-bed rooms, and infection-control or ventilation shortcomings in specific units. Accessibility barriers and parking-policy friction (including enforcement and visitor parking tensions) were also mentioned as logistical drawbacks.

    Management and culture appear uneven. Several families praise individual leaders and front-line staff for professionalism and empathy, yet others describe instances of unhelpful customer service, language-communication problems, privacy/ HIPAA lapses, and perceptions of low staff morale. These contrasts suggest variability across shifts, units, and management tenure rather than a uniform organizational profile.

    For prospective residents and families: Country Hills offers demonstrable strengths in rehab, therapy, activities, and several compassionate care teams, but operational inconsistencies merit targeted questions during a tour. Recommended inquiries include current staffing ratios (day and night), infection-control and pest-control protocols, availability of private rooms, dining/ allergy-accommodation processes, communication pathways for case management and social services, and how privacy or complaint issues are handled and escalated. An in-person visit at varied times of day and direct conversations with nursing leadership and therapy staff will help assess whether the facility’s strengths align with an individual’s care needs.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

    Country Hills Post Acute is located at 1580 Broadway, El Cajon, CA, 92021.

    About Country Hills Post Acute

    Country Hills Post Acute sits under the PACS Group, Inc., which owns several care centers in the San Diego area and helps local teams focus on taking care of residents. The building looks nice and feels clean, with a large gym full of good music and fresh smells. On-site staff and licensed nurses stay available day and night, always ready to help. The place keeps to post-acute and skilled nursing care and has a strong focus on patient well-being and a quality life, and if you need to see a doctor, you can set up a free consultation with one of their general physicians, like Dr. Sanjay Rajpara, Dr. Elaine Gertser, or Dr. Bernard Michlin, and you'll also see visits from specialists in internal medicine, some with over 40 years of experience. There's a full list of services for many medical needs-like abdominal pain, kidney infections, DVT, bronchitis, upper and lower respiratory issues, urinary incontinence, sciatica, and even help after hip replacements or surgeries, and if you need to check in for administrative physicals, you can do that too.

    Counseling sits offered here, run by psychiatrists and psychoanalysts, and if you need memory care, Alpine View Lodge is a part of their service network, handling special needs in that area. You'll see licensed therapists in the gym helping people with rehab, therapy, and IV therapy management, and the gym itself stands out since it's big, state-of-the-art, and always seems to have something going on, from group classes to exercises led by experts. The facility opens every day from 9 in the morning to 9 at night, which makes visits easier for families, and it's got common areas and spacious courtyards so everyone can relax or spend time together. You can check out the facility in advance with virtual photo tours and videos online.

    They host organized and sometimes creative volunteer programs, and you'll see them set up different classes, activities, and events to keep people involved and active, which seems to help give everyone a sense of purpose and a well-rounded day. The whole approach focuses on working together with families, staff, doctors, and volunteers to give each resident a chance to heal and feel strong as possible, and you'll notice there's a steady partnership with both the health care team and the community. Safety and comfort stay high on their list, and though the place stays busy, you can tell that care for each patient comes first. The nice lobby and outside spaces give people a place to rest or get some air, and the counselors and medical team stick around to make sure every person gets what they need, whether it's help with medical issues, regular physicals, or a bit of extra support after a tough surgery.

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