Monument Health Taylorsville

    6246 S Redwood Rd, Salt Lake City, UT, 84123
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    3.0

    Attractive facility, serious care issues

    I had mixed experiences. The building is attractive and generally spotless, and the rehab/therapy team and several nurses/CNAs were outstanding and went above and beyond. But I also saw serious issues: understaffing, slow or missed meds, poor personal hygiene and dirty bathrooms at times, inconsistent/cold or scant food, missing items/theft, and alarming communication and safety lapses (including memory-care access). New management seems to be improving things, but I'd caution families to stay involved and verify care.

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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)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    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

    3.63 · 179 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      3.1
    • Staff

      3.5
    • Meals

      2.4
    • Amenities

      3.1
    • Value

      1.2

    Pros

    • Compassionate standout nurses and CNAs
    • Excellent physical and occupational therapy / rehab
    • Knowledgeable and effective therapists
    • Strong wound care in some cases
    • Friendly, helpful front-desk and office staff (in many reports)
    • Engaging activities and recreation programs
    • Prompt, attentive care reported by some families
    • Management that addressed concerns in certain cases
    • Accommodating move-in and admissions process (some reports)
    • State-of-the-art therapy equipment mentioned
    • Staff who go above and beyond for patients
    • Clean, attractive, recently updated facility (reported by many)
    • Positive short-term rehab outcomes after surgery or illness
    • Good communication from some nurses and therapy staff
    • Flexible dining accommodations occasionally available
    • Peaceful, welcoming environment according to some reviewers
    • Successful transitions home and recovery stories
    • Improved performance under new management in some facilities
    • Specific praised staff members and managers who advocate
    • Family-friendly visitation and support at times

    Cons

    • Long call-button response times and ignored calls
    • Understaffing and insufficient nursing/CNA coverage
    • Neglect and prolonged delays for toileting and care
    • Poor hygiene and strong urine/feces odors reported
    • Medication delays and administration errors
    • Failure to monitor or escalate serious conditions (sepsis, pneumonia)
    • Missed or cold meals and overall poor food quality
    • Diabetic-unfriendly, carb-heavy meal options
    • Theft and missing personal belongings (clothes, hearing aids, jewelry)
    • Rude, unprofessional, or abusive staff behavior
    • Inconsistent care quality between shifts and staff
    • Improper wound care (wet/soiled/ cold bandages) and bed sores
    • Unsafe patient handling, unattended patients in hallways
    • Bed safety hazards and improper linen handling
    • Poor communication with families and chart-reading failures
    • Billing and insurance problems (out-of-network labs, collections)
    • Locked memory-care doors or denied visitation concerns
    • Missed transportation pickups and appointment support failures
    • Privacy violations and disrespect toward residents
    • Cold, dark rooms and uncomfortable physical environments
    • Cigarette smoke odor and poor odor control in some facilities
    • Outsourced dining blamed for inconsistent meal quality
    • Failure to provide oxygen or monitor vital needs as needed
    • Disregard for discharge orders or improper discharge handling
    • Lack of staff identification and underqualified personnel claims
    • Management unresponsive or slow to resolve issues in some cases
    • Patients left unattended or abandoned for long periods
    • Wide variability across units/facilities leading to unpredictable care
    • Reports of severe outcomes including hospitalization and death

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment: Reviews are highly polarized and reveal two strongly contrasting experiences. A substantial number of reviewers praise the facility for excellent short-term rehab, outstanding therapists, compassionate nurses and CNAs, clean and attractive spaces, and a caring management team in certain locations or under new leadership. Conversely, many reviews describe serious lapses in basic nursing care, hygiene, food service, medication administration, and emergency escalation, sometimes with severe negative outcomes (weight loss, infection, hospitalization, and even death). The volume and severity of negative complaints indicate systemic issues in staffing consistency, communication, and oversight in many reported instances, while positive reports emphasize that excellent care is possible and occurs frequently for some patients.

    Care quality and safety: The most critical theme among negative reviews is neglect and delayed basic care — repeated accounts of long call-button waits, patients left in urine or without toileting assistance for extended periods, missed showers, delayed pain medication, and unattended catheter or wound needs. Several reviewers reported medication errors, missed or delayed medication doses, failure to monitor or escalate warning signs (notably potential sepsis and oxygen needs), and improper wound care that left bandages wet or cold. These incidents were sometimes followed by hospitalization, diagnoses of pneumonia or sepsis, and in some tragic cases, death. At the same time, many families described clinicians (particularly therapists and specific nurses/CNAs) who provided high-quality, attentive, even life-saving care. This contrast suggests significant variability in clinical competency and supervision across shifts, units, and perhaps different facility locations.

    Staffing, training, and behavior: Staffing shortages and underqualified or undertrained personnel are recurring concerns. Reviews frequently cite one nurse covering many patients (especially in memory-care units), CNAs or aides re-assigned and then left in place despite family objections, and frontline staff who either lack basic training (e.g., not reading charts, not following discharge orders) or exhibit unprofessional behavior (rudeness, mocking, blaming families, and in some reports, theft). Conversely, numerous reviews single out individual staff members and leadership (DONs, nurses, therapists) for exceptional compassion, responsiveness, and advocacy. Management responsiveness is similarly mixed: some reviewers report prompt managerial follow-through and positive changes under new management, while others report unresponsive administration and unresolved long-standing issues.

    Facilities, cleanliness, and safety: Reports on physical conditions are mixed. Many reviewers describe a clean, recently updated facility with attractive common areas, while others report unacceptable hygiene — soiled bedding, urine/feces odors in halls, reused or unsanitary supplies, smoking smells, and filthy rooms or bathrooms. Safety concerns include bed hazards, improper linen handling, unattended patients in hallways, and patients left long periods without observation. Memory care and locked doors were also flagged as problematic when families were denied visitation. These conflicting accounts indicate environmental performance varies substantially by unit, shift, or management era.

    Dining and nutrition: Food quality is another polarizing area. A considerable number of reviews complain the food is bland, cold, small-portion, or nutritionally inappropriate — especially for diabetic residents (carb-heavy meals, lack of diabetic-friendly options), missed meals, and promised snacks not delivered. Some reviewers linked weight loss and poor nutrition to these dining failures. Conversely, other reviews praise improved kitchens under new chefs, accommodating dining services, and good food experiences. This again points to inconsistency, possible outsourcing effects, and variability over time.

    Therapy, activities, and rehabilitation outcomes: One of the strongest consistent positives is rehabilitation and therapy. Many reviewers report state-of-the-art physical and occupational therapy, outstanding therapists who drive recovery, and effective therapy programs that resulted in successful returns home. Activities and engagement programs are frequently praised for improving mood and providing stimulation. For families seeking short-term post-acute rehab, these consistently favorable reports are an important counterpoint to the negative accounts of basic nursing care.

    Communication, administration, and billing: Communication failures are widespread in negative reviews: poor charting, failure to notify families about declines, inconsistent handoffs, unresponsive front desks, and difficulty reaching management. Specific administrative problems include billing disputes (out-of-network lab charges, collections), inaccurate or delayed paperwork for appointments or transfers, and confusion about visitation policies. Several reviewers felt the facility prioritized billing/administrative concerns over patient care.

    Notable adverse events and patterns: Multiple reports describe severe adverse events (untreated sepsis, pneumonia, significant weight loss, bed sores, unattended urinary catheters) and procedural lapses (failure to escalate, missed pickups after appointments, patients left alone in hallways). There are also persistent reports of missing personal items and alleged theft. Some reviewers explicitly called for regulatory action or closure, reflecting the intensity of their negative experiences.

    Net assessment and patterns: The reviews present a clear pattern of wide variability: some patients and families experienced excellent, compassionate, and clinically effective care — particularly in therapy, wound care, and with certain staff and management teams — while others experienced neglect, safety lapses, poor hygiene, medication and nutrition failures, and inadequate communication. Positive experiences often mention specific staff and recent management improvements, suggesting leadership and personnel changes can markedly affect quality. Negative experiences often cluster around understaffing, inconsistent procedures across shifts, and breakdowns in basic nursing care and oversight.

    Implications for families and next steps: Based on the reviews, anyone considering this facility should recognize the polarized experiences and perform careful, ongoing due diligence: ask about current staffing ratios, turnover, infection-control procedures, response times for call systems, wound-care protocols, therapy credentials, and recent management changes. During a stay, maintain close communication with named staff, observe mealtimes and hygiene, confirm medication administration and plan for escalation procedures, and keep an inventory of personal items. Where possible, consider placing short-term rehab patients (where therapy strengths are repeatedly praised) while exercising increased caution for long-term placements unless families can verify consistent, reliable improvements in nursing care and oversight.

    Overall, the aggregate reviews show both exemplary pockets of high-quality care and alarming reports of neglect and unsafe conditions. The facility's performance appears highly dependent on unit, shift, individual staff members, and managerial oversight. Families should weigh the strong rehab/therapy reputation against recurring, serious concerns about basic nursing care, cleanliness, nutrition, and safety when making placement decisions.

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    About Monument Health Taylorsville

    Avalon West Health & Rehabilitation is a nursing home located in Salt Lake City, Utah, offering a range of services for residents in need of skilled nursing care, assisted living, and memory care for those with Alzheimer's or dementia. The facility provides a variety of therapy services, including occupational, physical, and speech therapy, to help residents maintain or improve their quality of life. With 120 certified beds, Avalon West Health & Rehabilitation also offers an independent living option for those who are able to live more independently.

    The cost of care at Avalon West Health & Rehabilitation varies, with prices starting at $1,795 and going up to $6,360. The average cost in the community is $4,078, slightly higher than the average cost of nursing homes in the area. The facility is certified for both Medicare and Medicaid, providing financial assistance for those who qualify. Nurses at Avalon West Health & Rehabilitation spend an average of 3.0 hours daily with each resident, with licensed nurses providing 1.2 hours of care and non-licensed nurse aides providing 1.8 hours of care.

    Residents at Avalon West Health & Rehabilitation can participate in a variety of activities, such as musical performances and social outings, to help them stay engaged and active. The facility is located near several hospitals, providing easy access to medical care when needed. The overall rating of Avalon West Health & Rehabilitation is 2.0, with a quality rating of 5.0 and a staff rating of 1.0. With multiple locations in the Salt Lake City area, Avalon West Health & Rehabilitation offers personalized care and support for older adults in a comfortable and welcoming environment.

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