Sharon Care Center

    8167 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Compassionate, coordinated care and progress

    I was impressed by the consistently friendly, caring staff and hands-on leadership-administrators and the Director of Nursing went above and beyond. My family saw phenomenal physical therapy progress and seamless care coordination from knowledgeable nurses, doctors and compassionate CNAs. The facility felt clean and welcoming, like family, and I'm very grateful for the attentive, proactive care.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.09·(54)

    Overall rating

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

      2.4
    • Staff

      2.8
    • Meals

      1.4
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate nursing assistants (CNAs)
    • Knowledgeable nursing and rehabilitation therapists
    • Effective physical and occupational therapy outcomes
    • Attentive care coordination and discharge planning
    • Supportive front-desk and reception staff
    • Engaged and proactive administrators in some cases
    • Clean, respectful environment reported by some families
    • Meaningful activity programming and communication

    Cons

    • Chronic understaffing and thin nurse-to-resident ratios
    • Inconsistent medication-safety processes and delays
    • Limited physician availability and clinical oversight
    • Inconsistent personal care scheduling and bathing frequency
    • Unreliable meal quality and limited dietary accommodation
    • Sanitation and room-maintenance issues in parts of the facility
    • Poor responsiveness to call buttons and phone communication gaps
    • Crowded room assignments and inadequate roommate matching
    • Noise and nighttime disturbance affecting sleep
    • Weak belongings-inventory controls and alleged theft incidents
    • Billing and administrative errors with slow resolution
    • Inconsistent management responsiveness and staff turnover

    Summary of reviews

    Reviewer experiences are highly mixed, producing a polarized view of care at this facility. Positive accounts emphasize attentive, compassionate frontline caregivers — especially CNAs — and clinical therapists who supported measurable rehabilitation progress. Several families described effective care coordination, proactive discharge planning, and receptive front-desk and administrative staff who followed up on questions. When those elements are present, reviewers describe clean, respectful units, good communication about therapy goals, and timely transitions to higher-acuity care when needed.

    Contrasting reports identify recurring operational weaknesses that appear to drive many negative experiences. Chronic understaffing and thin nurse-to-resident ratios were a common theme; reviewers linked staffing shortages to delayed or missed medication administration, infrequent showers and personal care, unanswered call buttons and phones, and reduced nighttime supervision. Multiple reviews indicated gaps in medication handling and documentation, including delays, omissions, and instances where medication-control practices seemed inadequate. These clinical-safety concerns were often paired with limited on-site physician availability and uneven supervisory oversight, increasing family concern about care reliability for medically complex residents.

    Dining and personal-care patterns were inconsistent across accounts. Several families described meals as unappetizing and poorly matched to dietary needs, while others found the food acceptable. Personal hygiene and bathing schedules were frequently cited as irregular, and some reviewers reported sanitation and room-maintenance problems in portions of the facility. Physical space constraints — including shared rooms with multiple residents and uneven climate control — contributed to discomfort for some residents and presented challenges for roommate compatibility and privacy. Noise and nighttime disturbances were also noted as contributors to sleep disruption.

    Management and administrative practices yielded mixed impressions. Some reviewers praised an engaged director and staff who went above and beyond, while others detailed problems with billing, slow reimbursements, missing belongings, and unresponsive leadership. There are isolated but serious claims — including alleged theft and pressured or poorly explained discharge processes — that, if accurate, warrant direct inquiry and may require review by oversight authorities. Communication inconsistencies and staff conduct concerns, including tone and language barriers, further amplified family dissatisfaction in several cases.

    Notable patterns: positive experiences cluster around units or shifts with stable, visible leadership and consistent therapy staff, while negative experiences often correlate with periods of staffing shortages or administrative turnover. Medication-safety processes, staffing levels (especially at night), room assignment practices, and billing/accounting controls are recurring operational areas of concern.

    For prospective residents and families: ask specifically about current staffing ratios by shift, on-call physician coverage, medication-administration protocols, procedures for roommate assignments and room transfers, sanitation and maintenance routines, menu accommodations for special diets, and the facility’s process for handling lost belongings and billing disputes. When possible, observe mealtime, a therapy session, and a typical evening shift to assess responsiveness and noise levels. If serious claims such as missing medications or alleged theft are a concern, request documentation of internal investigations and any regulatory inspection history.

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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

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    Sharon Care Center is located at 8167 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA, 90048.

    About Sharon Care Center

    Sharon Care Center sits in Centralia near Portland and has spent over sixty years helping people from the Los Angeles area, and you'll find this skilled nursing facility open all day and night with teams of licensed nurses and therapists always on duty to handle both simple and complex medical needs. The center has 86 certified beds and allows folks to pick private or shared rooms, even studios, all set up with telephones, so people can call loved ones, and there's a big community lounge, an arts room for hobbies, an on-site barber and salon, and an open courtyard and garden with walking paths for folks who like fresh air or want to spend time outside. Folks eat together in communal dining rooms where the staff prepares meals that can fit special diets or restrictions, and there are programs for nutritional guidance and hydration, oral supplements, and help with feeding if needed. Sharon Care Center offers transportation and parking for both residents and guests and makes sure people can get to their medical appointments, while inside the center, there are daily housekeeping and laundry services, movie nights, volunteer programs, outings, and religious services to help folks stay connected.

    The team gives help with daily activities like bathing, dressing, and transfers, and there's always supervision and a 24-hour call system, so people can feel safe. Sharon Care Center has an emergency alert system for quick responses, and they accept Medicare, Medicaid, and MediCal insurance. Medical services in the center are broad, including dental and podiatric care, pain management, skilled wound care, electrical stimulation, diabetic care and education, speech and language therapies, occupational therapy, physical therapy, bowel and bladder health programs, restorative nursing, medication management, hospice care, memory care, and individualized care plans that fit each person's needs, including those who need long-term care. There's off-site dialysis coordination, psychologist and audiology services for mental health and hearing, and a skilled nursing and rehab team that offers IV therapy, catheter care, and colostomy care. The center has built partnerships with credible organizations to keep care up to standards, and an on-site medical director and nursing director make sure there's always strong medical oversight. The place does have a 5-star Medicare quality rating, which means the care measures rate high, and everything-from nutritious meals and comfy semi-private rooms to enrichment and therapy programs-suits the needs of people who want safety, support, and a community you can settle into.

    People often ask...

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

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    The full address for this community is 8167 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

    No, Sharon 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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