Boulder Creek Post Acute

    12696 Monte Vista Rd, Poway, CA 92064
    • 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

    3.56·(81)

    Overall rating

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

      3.5
    • Staff

      3.6
    • Meals

      1.8
    • Amenities

      2.6
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate, attentive nursing and CNA care
    • Individualized physical and occupational therapy with reported functional gains
    • Engaging activities, social programming, and religious services
    • Welcoming staff and supportive resident relationships
    • Responsive case management and family involvement in care planning
    • Clean common areas and an appealing courtyard
    • Access to wound care and other ancillary services
    • Comfort-focused support for residents receiving end-of-life care
    • Reported management improvements and stronger oversight

    Cons

    • Inconsistent nursing responsiveness and call-light turnaround
    • Uneven clinical assessment, escalation, and follow-through
    • Inconsistent medication administration and family notification
    • Unreliable family phone access and care coordination
    • Variable rehabilitation delivery and transfer-safety practices
    • Staffing coverage gaps and turnover
    • Inconsistent staff professionalism and communication tone
    • Variable meal quality, temperature, and portion size
    • Outdated rooms, furnishings, and building maintenance
    • Cleanliness and reported pest-control concerns
    • Gaps in resident belongings tracking and security
    • Delays in providing appropriate beds and mobility equipment

    Summary of reviews

    Experiences at Boulder Creek Post Acute vary considerably. Many residents and families describe kind, attentive staff, a welcoming atmosphere, and good support with rehabilitation and long-term care. Positive accounts include individualized physical and occupational therapy, improved mobility and independence, attentive wound care, and staff who involve families in care planning. Other accounts describe inconsistent care, delayed responses, and difficulty obtaining clear information, so prospective residents and families may want to ask how care concerns are escalated and how updates are communicated.

    Staff members in nursing, social services, rehabilitation, and activities receive strong praise in a number of accounts. Families particularly value staff who are responsive, explain care, and maintain regular contact. However, other reviews describe staffing shortages, turnover, limited phone access, unreturned messages, and uneven professionalism. Reports also vary regarding clinical follow-through: some describe careful monitoring and prompt attention, while others raise concerns about recognizing changes in health, medication administration, and communication with families about treatment. These contrasting accounts suggest that consistency may differ by staff member, shift, and period of care.

    Dining feedback is mixed. Some residents find the food acceptable and appreciate help with dietary choices, while others describe meals as unappealing, cold, or limited in portion size. Activities are a recurring strength, with reports of frequent programming, group events, outdoor time, and supportive activity staff. The courtyard is often appreciated as a pleasant place to spend time.

    The building is described by some as clean and well maintained, while others report dated furnishings, worn rooms, maintenance needs, and cleanliness concerns. There are also concerns about tracking residents’ personal belongings and, in one account, pest control. Reports of delayed access to suitable beds or equipment point to a need for reliable follow-through on individualized safety and comfort needs.

    Some accounts describe improvements under newer management and praise leaders for being responsive; others report ongoing difficulty reaching managers or coordinating care. The overall pattern is mixed rather than uniformly positive or negative: Boulder Creek appears capable of providing supportive rehabilitation and long-term care, but reviewers’ experiences indicate variability in responsiveness, communication, clinical follow-through, dining, and facility upkeep. Families considering the facility may wish to discuss staffing coverage, escalation procedures, medication communication, rehabilitation goals, meal options, and how belongings and equipment requests are managed.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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    Location

    Boulder Creek Post Acute is located at 12696 Monte Vista Rd, Poway, CA, 92064.

    About Boulder Creek Post Acute

    Boulder Creek Post Acute is a 149-bed skilled nursing facility in San Diego, CA, that helps people who need short-term rehabilitation or long-term care, and while there's not much public information available about the place itself, the staff focuses on supporting people after surgery, illness, or injury, using physical, occupational, and speech therapy as part of what they do every day. The therapy team is known in the area for their work, and they help people recover from strokes, improve strength and movement, manage pain, and work on balance and walking after things like fractures or physical impairments, always aiming for each person's best possible independence, so that daily life gets a little easier, even when things feel tough. Boulder Creek Post Acute offers specialized post-acute care using advanced medical technology and equipment, and the staff-including CNAs, social workers, and nurses-have extra training to care for complex conditions. The environment has spacious living areas, landscaped outdoor spaces, a first-floor courtyard, and a home-like setting, which helps people feel welcome. Residents can use restaurant-style dining and take part in recreational activities, with extra options for support in mental health, medication management, wound care, and restorative care, all of which can help people enjoy their days. The facility runs between 10AM and 8PM, with ways to reach out and contact loved ones if needed, and there are helpful links for Medicare and veteran health resources, but overall Boulder Creek Post Acute stands out for its daily effort to support people's quality of life as they recover or adjust to new needs, and the staff does their best to create a sense of comfort along the way.

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    Boulder Creek Post Acute offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 12696 Monte Vista Rd, Poway, CA 92064.

    No, Boulder Creek Post Acute 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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