Leisure Glen Care Center

    330 Mission Rd, Glendale, CA, 91205
    4.5 · 53 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    3.0

    Clean caring staff professionalism concerns

    I found the facility exceptionally clean, bright, well-organized and in a safe area - many nurses, PTs and aides were caring, knowledgeable, and gave us real peace of mind. However, I observed unprofessional behavior from some staff (yelling, rudeness) and ran into frustrating administration/visiting-hour issues; I also heard worrying reports of incentives that could undermine integrity. Overall I appreciated the compassionate, hardworking team and would cautiously recommend the facility while urging management to address professionalism and transparency.

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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

    4.49 · 53 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      4.1
    • Staff

      4.3
    • Meals

      4.5
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      4.5

    Pros

    • Extremely clean facility
    • No urine smell
    • Spacious two-bed rooms larger than other facilities
    • Organized, well-maintained building and bright atmosphere
    • Caring, compassionate nurses, CNAs, and therapy staff
    • Active rehabilitation program with daily encouragement
    • Attentive staff who communicate with families
    • Supportive administration reported by several reviewers
    • Safe, pleasant exterior/location
    • Many strong personal recommendations from families
    • Clean bedding and overall welcoming vibe
    • Specific staff praised by name (e.g., Violta, Morgan, Mary, Carolle, Valentina)

    Cons

    • Reports of unprofessional staff behavior (yelling, childish conduct)
    • Allegations of unqualified staff and inadequate geriatric care
    • Claims of minimal/bare-minimum care and hospice-like impression
    • Failure to provide assistance to fall-risk residents
    • Administration issues, including restrictive visiting hours
    • Allegations that ownership incentivizes staff to manipulate reviews
    • Inconsistent experiences across reviewers (polarized opinions)
    • Occasional rude management or supervisory personnel
    • Specific reports of unprofessional LVN and negative staff interactions
    • Concerns about the facility's integrity and transparency

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment: Reviews for Leisure Glen Care Center are strongly mixed, with a substantial number of very positive accounts balanced by several serious negative allegations. The dominant positive themes are cleanliness, a bright and well-maintained physical environment, spacious rooms (often described as larger than at other facilities), and multiple reports of caring, communicative staff and effective therapy/rehabilitation. However, a smaller but significant subset of reviews raises concerns about professionalism, staffing qualifications, and potentially troubling management practices. These negative reports are detailed and specific enough that prospective families should follow up when considering the facility.

    Facilities and environment: Many reviewers emphasize that the building is extremely clean, organized, and bright, with no urine odor—a frequently cited praise. Rooms are described as spacious two-bed rooms, with bedding and room maintenance repeatedly called out as very good. The exterior and location are noted as safe and pleasant. These consistent positives suggest the facility places high priority on housekeeping, maintenance, and physical appearance, and that guests often experience a welcoming atmosphere during visits.

    Care quality and therapy: Several reviews highlight strong clinical and rehabilitative care. Nurses, CNAs, and therapy staff receive repeated praise for being compassionate, professional, and attentive. Specific staff members (for example, a charge nurse named Violta, therapist Morgan, and others like Mary, Carolle, and Valentina) are called out for exceptional service, and families report clear communication about patient progress. Rehabilitation is described as encouraged daily and the facility is portrayed as vibrant and full of life in multiple accounts. For many families these factors provided peace of mind and were the basis for high recommendations.

    Staffing, professionalism, and negative reports: In contrast to the positive accounts, several reviewers report disturbing lapses in professionalism and care. Complaints include staff yelling at residents, 'childish' employee behavior, and a specific unprofessional LVN cited by reviewers. More serious allegations claim some staff are unqualified for geriatric care, that care is sometimes reduced to the bare minimum (with one reviewer describing a 'hospice-like' impression), and that fall-risk residents were not adequately assisted. These reports describe neglectful outcomes rather than mere dissatisfaction, and they introduce substantial concern about consistency of care and staff training.

    Management, policies, and integrity concerns: Reviews also contain management-related criticisms. A few reviewers note restrictive or problematic visiting-hour policies and administrative issues. More alarmingly, multiple summaries allege that ownership has offered perks to staff (free food, time off) intended to incentivize positive reviews or otherwise influence staff behavior—raising questions about review integrity and organizational transparency. The presence of both strongly positive and strongly negative firsthand accounts creates a pattern of inconsistent experiences that points to variability in staff behavior and possibly uneven enforcement of standards.

    Patterns and recommendations for prospective families: The most frequent and consistent strengths are cleanliness, pleasant facilities, and pockets of genuinely compassionate, communicative staff and effective therapy. The most serious and recurring concerns are inconsistent staff professionalism, potential gaps in geriatric/fall-risk care, and allegations about review manipulation and administrative shortfalls. Because of this polarity, prospective residents and families should: tour the facility multiple times (day and evening), meet key clinical staff (ask about RN coverage and LVN/CNA qualifications), ask for current staff-to-resident ratios and turnover data, inquire about fall-prevention protocols and examples of how care plans are followed for high-risk residents, request references from current families, and review recent state inspection and complaint records. Also ask directly about visiting policies and how the facility handles family complaints and staff misconduct.

    Bottom line: Leisure Glen Care Center appears to deliver excellent environmental standards and very strong compassionate care in many documented cases, particularly around housekeeping and rehabilitative services. At the same time, a noteworthy minority of reviewers report incidents of unprofessional behavior, inadequate care for high-risk residents, and troubling management practices. These conflicting reports make it essential for families to perform thorough, targeted due diligence (including direct conversations about staffing, training, oversight, and incident/complaint resolution) before making a placement decision.

    Location

    Map showing location of Leisure Glen Care Center

    About Leisure Glen Care Center

    Leisure Glen Post Acute Care Center sits at 330 Mission Road in Glendale, California, and it's a place where seniors find care that matches their different needs, whether someone needs short-term rehab after a hospital stay or round-the-clock nursing care if they're very frail and need a lot of help, so people go there for assisted living, independent living, nursing home placement, and senior health programs, and they do provide insurance programs to help manage health costs, but they aren't a continuing care retirement community and they're not inside a hospital. The building is managed by Mary Arutyunyan, Abraham Bak, Menachem Gastwirth, and Garo Karakashian, and it's owned and run as a for-profit limited liability company connected to Abraham Bak and Menachem Gastwirth. The facility is clean and bright when you walk in, and staff care for about 79 people at a time, though they have up to 108 certified beds, with some records listing a total of 125, so they're equipped for different situations, and the place runs as a post-acute care center, which means people go there to heal after being in the hospital, before heading back home if they can, or to stay longer if they need more help.

    The center offers a range of services with a team of credentialed professionals, including certified nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses, and registered nurses, who together log about 3.94 nurse staffing hours per resident each day, and you get 2.5 CNA hours, 0.84 LPN hours, and 0.62 RN hours per resident, and they're proud that 100% of long-stay and nearly all short-stay residents get their pneumococcal and influenza vaccines. There's a strong focus on rehabilitation, compassion, and helping each person heal at their own pace, and the staff work together from different therapy backgrounds to make sure everyone is looked after, though they do have a nurse turnover rate of 36.8%, meaning new faces rotate through the care team pretty often. The building is fully sprinklered for safety, has amenities and programs aimed at seniors, and welcomes both resident and family councils so families can have a say and stay connected.

    Leisure Glen has to follow regular inspections and, like many facilities, has received reports listing deficiencies, some related to nurse aide training, food sourcing, and infection control, with the most recent standard inspection dated June 13, 2024, showing 11 deficiencies, including one infection-related issue, and in total, inspection reports have identified 58 deficiencies and five of those were tied to infections, yet the home isn't marked as a special focus facility, which means it hasn't been singled out for repeated serious problems. People there can use Medicare and Medicaid, and there are meal and health programs, support for those needing help with daily tasks, and a family-friendly and welcoming atmosphere. It's a place where seniors and their families can schedule tours, and they try to foster a sense of community and belonging, making care as personal as possible, though like any care center, it's always smart for families to review recent inspection data and ongoing staffing updates when thinking about a loved one's care.

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