Western Slope Health Center

    3280 Washington St, Placerville, CA 95667
    • 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

    4.06·(83)

    Overall rating

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

      4.0
    • Staff

      4.3
    • Meals

      2.7
    • Amenities

      2.9
    • Value

      5.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and accessible nursing staff
    • Strong physical and occupational therapy programs
    • Engaging activities and event programming
    • Personalized care plans and social-services support
    • Family-like, welcoming atmosphere
    • Responsive administration and admissions process
    • Therapeutic meal accommodations (pureed and special diets)
    • Clean, well-maintained common areas and rooms
    • Hospice and end-of-life support services
    • Rehab-focused discharge planning and mobility gains

    Cons

    • Inconsistent frontline responsiveness to call lights and requests
    • Variable personal-care and bathing processes
    • Inconsistent meal temperature, presentation, and quality
    • Gaps in medication administration and documentation
    • Communication breakdowns with families and external providers
    • Staffing variability across shifts, weekends, and holidays
    • Safety-system and equipment maintenance lapses (call buzzers, beds, walkers)
    • Sanitation and odor concerns in some rooms or areas
    • Allegations of privacy breaches and mishandled personal belongings
    • Management oversight inconsistencies and cliquish staff culture
    • Infrastructure maintenance needs (plumbing, remodeling)

    Summary of reviews

    The review set presents a mixed but patterned picture: many families and residents praise the clinical therapy teams, nursing staff, activities program, and a generally warm, family-like culture, while a substantial minority describe operational and safety concerns that merit careful inquiry before placement.

    Clinical and rehabilitative care is frequently cited as a strength. Physical and occupational therapy programs receive consistent praise for effective mobility work and helping residents return home after surgery or injury. Nurses and physicians are often described as skilled and compassionate; social-services staff and the admissions process are also noted as helpful. At the same time, reviewers describe variability in frontline caregiving — particularly among aides and CNAs — with specific concerns about delayed responses to call lights, inconsistent personal-care routines, and occasional medication-administration or documentation problems. There are also accounts of delayed clinical escalation after acute changes, which link to the broader pattern of inconsistent responsiveness.

    Staffing and management themes recur across reviews. Positive comments emphasize a welcoming environment, compassionate employees, and engaged leadership; specific individuals and teams are frequently commended. Counterbalancing those accounts are recurring operational weaknesses: inconsistent staffing across shifts and weekends, apparent cliquish dynamics among some staff, communication lapses with families and outside physicians, and uneven oversight. A small number of serious claims — including privacy-related incidents and mishandled personal belongings — are present in the record; these are characterized here as allegations that suggest the need for careful follow-up with facility leadership and review of policies.

    Dining and environmental conditions are similarly mixed. Several reviewers praise therapeutic meal accommodations and nutritious menu choices, and others describe clean, well-kept common spaces. Conversely, there are repeated comments about meal temperature, presentation (packaging), and occasional quality issues. Sanitation and odor concerns, inconsistent room cleaning, and infrastructure items (plumbing, need for remodeling) were also raised. Noise issues — notably an overly loud or continuous alarm system — were reported to disrupt sleep and recovery in some cases.

    Activities and family engagement are clear strengths: a vibrant activities calendar, special events, and staff who facilitate outings and social opportunities are frequently highlighted. Hospice and end-of-life support are also described as compassionate and professional in several accounts.

    Taken together, the pattern suggests a facility with solid clinical and therapy capabilities and many caring staff members, but with notable variability in how consistently operational policies are carried out at the bedside. Prospective residents and families should tour the unit, observe meal service and activity programming, and ask focused questions about call-response times, medication-administration safeguards, weekend staffing coverage, handling of personal belongings, and recent regulatory or audit activity. Following up with the administrator about specific corrective actions for sanitation, equipment maintenance, and communication protocols will help clarify whether the facility’s strengths are matched by consistent operational reliability.

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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

    Western Slope Health Center is located at 3280 Washington St, Placerville, CA, 95667.

    About Western Slope Health Center

    Western Slope Health Center is a long-term care center for older adults that offers skilled nursing, rehabilitation programs, and palliative care. The staff includes people like Jordan Cantiberos, Devin Hampton, Kim Shampo, and Ashley Zimmer, who help direct care across several departments. The facility provides physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and it has a large rehab gym with licensed experts to guide therapies that focus on strength and endurance. Nurses are on duty 24 hours a day to help with medical needs, including postoperative care, wound care, tracheotomy care, pain management, and respite care. The center also pays attention to memory care with environments that support people living with dementia or Alzheimer's. Residents get nutritious meals made with quality ingredients, and there are options for kosher and vegetarian diets. Rooms come with amenities like wheelchair accessible showers, and staff handle laundry, dietary needs, medications, incontinence, housekeeping, and even help with discharge planning and transportation. There are spacious courtyards and common areas where residents and families can relax and visit. The community provides medical equipment, cable, telephone, and newspapers for residents' comfort. Families often mention the center's kindness and caring approach in testimonials, saying staff are loving and compassionate. There's a virtual photo tour available so people can see the facility, and the leadership team is committed to maintaining a safe and healing environment, paying attention to the health and well-being of everyone living there.

    People often ask...

    Western Slope Health Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 3280 Washington St, Placerville, CA 95667.

    No, Western Slope Health 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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