South Pasadena Care Center

    904 Mission St, South Pasadena, CA 91030
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Caring attentive staff quality care

    I placed my mom here and overall I'm very pleased - the staff are caring, attentive, and professional, the facility is clean, and activities and meals are good. Nursing, rehab and hospice care were handled competently; the administrator and liaison were accommodating, and I would recommend this community.

    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
    • 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

    3.50·(20)

    Overall rating

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

      3.5
    • Staff

      3.2
    • Meals

      3.0
    • Amenities

      2.0
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Clean, well-maintained environment
    • Compassionate and attentive nursing staff
    • Responsive charge nurses and professional clinical oversight
    • Supportive social-services liaison
    • Accommodating administrative leadership
    • Effective short-term rehabilitation and nursing care
    • Trusted hospice collaboration
    • Engaging activities and social programming
    • Generally palatable food quality
    • Positive family recommendations for many residents

    Cons

    • Call-button response delays
    • Medication supply and medication-management gaps
    • Weak personal-property and medical-records security controls
    • Inconsistent family communication and inadequate follow-up processes
    • Privacy and confidentiality protocol lapses with alleged unauthorized access
    • Inconsistent staff professionalism and potential cultural-insensitivity concerns
    • Limited in-room amenities and connectivity
    • Shared-room noise and privacy challenges
    • Small portion sizes and inconsistent meal quantities
    • Sparse amenities and limited long-term comfort focus

    Summary of reviews

    Across the reviews, the facility presents a mixed but consistent set of operational characteristics. Strengths cited include a generally clean, well-maintained physical environment and clinical teams that many families describe as compassionate and attentive. Charge nurses and clinical staff are frequently singled out as responsive and professional, and the facility appears to provide solid short-term rehabilitation and nursing services. Social services and the liaison role are noted as supportive, and some families express trust in the facility’s hospice collaboration. Several reviewers gave overall positive recommendations based on these care-oriented interactions.

    At the same time, multiple operational weaknesses recur. Families describe delayed responses to call buttons and concerns about medication availability and management; together these indicate gaps in day-to-day responsiveness and pharmaceutical supply/administration processes. There are also consistent complaints about personal-property control and record-keeping, including lost items and missing documentation, which point to deficiencies in security and information-management practices. Communication and follow-up with families are uneven; some reviewers describe accommodating administrators and good follow-through, while others experienced poor communication and unresolved issues.

    Facility amenities and room arrangements are another area of contrast. The building and common areas are described as clean but plain, with limited in-room amenities (no room phones, suboptimal TV reception) and multi-bed rooms that can create noise and privacy challenges. Dining is generally described as palatable, but portion sizes and meal-quantity consistency are concerns that require families to request additional food. Activity programming and social services receive positive remarks, suggesting meaningful opportunities for engagement, particularly for short stays.

    A small subset of reviews raises more serious concerns about staff conduct and privacy. These include allegations concerning coercive practices related to powers of attorney and unauthorized access to resident information; such claims warrant independent inquiry. Other reviewers described instances of unprofessional or discourteous staff behavior and perceived cultural-insensitivity by management. Taken together, these items suggest variability in staff training, supervision, and grievance-resolution processes.

    In summary, the facility appears well-suited for families seeking competent short-term rehabilitation and caring nursing interactions within a clean, straightforward setting. Prospective residents and families should prioritize on-site evaluation of responsiveness (ask about call response times), medication management and supply protocols, property and records security practices, visitor-access and privacy arrangements in shared rooms, and the facility’s process for addressing grievances and safeguarding consent/POA procedures. Asking specific, documented follow-up questions during a tour may help clarify whether the facility’s strengths align with an individual resident’s long-term needs.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 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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    South Pasadena Care Center is located at 904 Mission St, South Pasadena, CA, 91030.

    About South Pasadena Care Center

    South Pasadena Care Center is a large, for-profit skilled nursing facility with 156 beds, serving both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care needs. The center participates in Medicare and Medicaid programs, providing essential medical and non-medical assistance for individuals who require daily support. With a nurse staffing level averaging three hours and fifty-six minutes per resident per day, the center is able to address both medical requirements, like administering medication, and personal needs, such as help with dressing, eating, and mobility. An emphasis is placed on consistent staffing levels between weekdays and weekends, supporting continuity of care.

    The facility’s quality of care is reflected in its average ratings for both short-term rehabilitation and long-term services. South Pasadena Care Center strives to help residents recovering from events such as strokes, heart attacks, infections, or accidental injuries, with over half of its short-term residents returning home after their rehabilitation stay. The rate of emergency room visits and serious infections among short-term patients is closely monitored, ensuring appropriate responses and care. For long-term residents, the center helps to maintain independence in activities like moving, eating, and personal care, with over eighty-five percent of individuals retaining these abilities during their stay.

    Infection control protocols are a central component of the center’s care environment, and all residents receive annual influenza vaccinations to protect against common health risks. The facility has implemented systems to guarantee prompt response to residents’ calls for assistance, including working call systems in every bathroom and bathing area. Additionally, South Pasadena Care Center maintains pest control programs and high standards of food service, procuring food from reputable sources and preparing it to meet professional guidelines.

    To foster a comfortable and homelike setting, the care center places value on offering a safe, clean, and easy-to-use environment for residents, staff, and visitors. Residents’ rights, autonomy, and preferences are accommodated, including the freedom to make choices about daily routines and care planning, as well as options to request, refuse, or discontinue treatments. Confidentiality and privacy for residents’ personal and medical records are upheld, further supporting the dignity and well-being of individuals under the center’s care.

    South Pasadena Care Center’s approach integrates both medical professionalism and supportive daily living, creating an environment where residents’ health outcomes and personal independence are pursued in tandem. The commitment to upholding care standards and responding flexibly to residents’ evolving needs underscores the facility’s role in the South Pasadena community as a reliable provider of skilled nursing and rehabilitation services.

    People often ask...

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

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    The full address for this community is 904 Mission St, South Pasadena, CA 91030.

    No, South Pasadena 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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