Plum Tree Care Center

    2580 Samaritan Dr, San Jose, CA 95124
    • 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

    4.42·(124)

    Overall rating

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

      4.2
    • Staff

      4.4
    • Meals

      3.8
    • Amenities

      4.2
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate, courteous, and welcoming staff
    • Effective physical and occupational therapy
    • Clean, orderly, and well-maintained surroundings
    • Engaging activities, social events, and seated exercise
    • Courtyards, patio, and comfortable common areas
    • Helpful visitor check-in and security procedures
    • Accommodating front-desk and social-services support
    • Meal choices, snacks, and refreshments
    • Positive family communication and follow-up
    • Continuity of care for residents with longer stays

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and workload coverage
    • Delays responding to call lights and care requests
    • Unreliable family communication and access to clinical leadership
    • Inconsistent medication management and clinical monitoring
    • Gaps in personal-care routines, bathing, and room sanitation
    • Inconsistent assessment, care planning, and discharge coordination
    • Variable meal quality, temperature, and texture
    • Concerns about staff training and management oversight
    • Limited storage and opportunities to personalize shared rooms

    Summary of reviews

    Experiences at Plum Tree Care Center vary considerably. Many residents and families describe attentive, compassionate staff and positive rehabilitation outcomes, including improved mobility after surgery or hospitalization. Other accounts raise substantial concerns about staffing capacity, delayed assistance, and inconsistent care. Taken together, the reviews suggest that the quality of residents’ experiences may depend on the specific care team, shift, and individual needs.

    Staff are frequently praised for being friendly, patient, and helpful to both residents and families. Positive accounts describe coordinated nursing and therapy teams, attentive support, and staff who keep families informed. However, other families and a resident describe difficulty reaching staff or management, delayed responses to requests, and concerns about training and oversight. Communication and access to decision-makers appear to be less consistent than the positive accounts would suggest.

    Rehabilitation is a notable strength in many accounts, with reviewers describing effective physical and occupational therapy and meaningful progress after injuries or surgery. At the same time, some accounts raise concerns about timely assessments, clinical monitoring, medication handling, and care planning. Personal care, bathing schedules, and routine room sanitation are also areas where experiences appear uneven. Families considering the facility may wish to ask how staffing, call-light response, medication processes, and ongoing care reviews are monitored.

    Dining feedback is mixed. Some residents enjoy the meals, appreciate alternate options, and value snacks and refreshments; others describe meals as unappealing or inconsistent in temperature, texture, and suitability for residents’ needs. Activities are a clear positive in several accounts, including music, dancing, bingo, games, social gatherings, and seated exercise. The courtyard, patio, and shared living and dining areas are also frequently appreciated.

    Visitors commonly describe the facility as clean, orderly, and welcoming, and several value its monitored entry and streamlined check-in process. Some reviewers, however, identify concerns about room cleaning, bathroom upkeep, and limited storage or personalization in shared rooms. Management and administrative experiences are similarly mixed: some families report helpful explanations and follow-up, while others describe difficulty obtaining updates, assessments, or discharge-related support. Overall, Plum Tree receives strong praise for its staff, activities, rehabilitation, and environment, alongside recurring concerns about consistency in staffing, responsiveness, communication, and daily care routines.

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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

    Plum Tree Care Center is located at 2580 Samaritan Dr, San Jose, CA, 95124.

    About Plum Tree Care Center

    Plum Tree Care Center offers several types of care including assisted living, independent living, memory care, skilled nursing, and even home care, in case someone needs short-term or long-term support, and you can find private or semi-private rooms if you want a bit of space for yourself or need to share with someone else. Residents get 24-hour nursing with plenty of therapy treatments like physical, occupational, and speech therapy-these therapies are available every day of the week, which really helps anyone recovering from illness, surgery, or injury, whether it's about regaining strength or working through arthritis, fractures, or wounds. The care team arranges medical support from hospitals when needed, works closely with diagnostic labs for on-site tests, and offers skilled treatments like pain management, chemo or infusion therapy, and even specialty wound care for those complicated patches of healing. The registered dietitian helps you choose meals that meet your health needs or fit special cultural diets, while the chef and meal planners make sure everything's nutritious so you get your vitamins and minerals. The dining room serves meals and the patios, courtyards, and even a fountain give everyone a place to enjoy some outdoor time, and visitors can stop by when it's convenient for families, so there's no rigid schedule on guests. The center allows pets, which brightens things up for animal lovers, and the programs focus on getting people moving, thinking, and socializing together or privately in rooms. Memory care programs help with Alzheimer's or dementia, using secure areas to prevent wandering and ease confusion, and there are different behavioral and mental health support services and community-based programs. The advisors and nursing staff guide everyone through personalized recovery plans and help with bathing, dressing, or medicine for those who need extra help, and you'll also find counseling, discharge planning, and restorative nursing to build independence. There's a therapy room, a beauty and barber area, and various activities all week long, plus extra services like intravenous therapy and 24/7 respiratory therapy in case breathing problems come up. The community has won awards for being friendly and keeping people active, and the staff is known for being helpful and kind. You can look at photos, read reviews online, and even set up a tour to see what daily life is like at Plum Tree Care Center, and there's a senior living advisor service, too, plus information on Medicaid-specific services, costs, and detailed brochures for those who want to learn more.

    People often ask...

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