Pine View Care Center

    400 County Rd R, Black River Falls, WI 54615
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Compassionate staff made my stay

    I'm very pleased with the compassionate, caring staff - they made my stay feel like home and bent over backwards to meet my needs. They were strong advocates, with wonderful occupational and physical therapists and excellent county nursing-home staff providing attentive care. I would gladly recommend this facility.

    Current/former 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

    2.18·(17)

    Overall rating

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

      1.8
    • Staff

      2.5
    • Meals

      2.2
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      3.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate nursing and caregiving staff
    • Supportive occupational therapy services
    • Effective physical therapy services
    • Staff who advocate for resident needs
    • Attentive, individualized care experiences
    • Home-like atmosphere for some residents

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staff responsiveness and visibility
    • Staffing shortages and high absenteeism
    • Gaps in family–clinical communication and medical updates
    • Limited in-person physician access and reliance on telemedicine
    • Weak emergency-response and incident-reporting processes
    • Aging infrastructure and environmental reliability issues
    • Limited visitation and transparency policies
    • Perceived high cost relative to value
    • Activities program with limited clinical integration
    • Allegations of discriminatory staff conduct with insufficient administrative response
    • Billing and insurance-payment processing problems

    Summary of reviews

    Care quality at the facility appears mixed. Several accounts praise individual caregivers and rehabilitation staff — notably occupational and physical therapists — for providing attentive, supportive, and advocacy-oriented care. These positive accounts describe staff who go beyond routine tasks to meet resident needs and support functional improvement. At the same time, other accounts highlight inconsistencies in clinical monitoring and timeliness of medical updates; those concerns point to variability in day-to-day care processes rather than uniform performance across the facility.

    Staff performance is similarly variable. Many reviewers emphasize compassionate, kind, and committed caregivers who contribute to a home-like environment for some residents. Conversely, systemic workforce issues are evident: low pay, frequent staff absences, and a perceived shortage of CNAs and nurses contribute to delayed assistance and reduced staff visibility on units. These workforce constraints are linked to longer response times and noticeable gaps in routine assistance.

    Family–facility communication and clinical escalation pathways are areas of concern. Reviewers describe delayed notifications about medical changes and limited in-person physician availability, with clinicians sometimes accessible only via video. These patterns suggest the need for clearer communication protocols and more consistent in-person provider access. Emergency response and incident documentation practices were also questioned, indicating opportunities to strengthen incident-reporting and transfer/transport procedures.

    Activities and daily life have mixed feedback. Some families felt activities staff were not sufficiently familiar with residents’ clinical needs or the care context, which can limit program suitability for residents with higher needs. Dining feedback is not prominent in available accounts and therefore appears to be neither a major strength nor a frequently cited problem in these summaries.

    Facility and operational issues include aging infrastructure and intermittent environmental reliability (air-conditioning outages and power interruptions), along with administrative challenges such as insurance and billing complications. Visitation and transparency policies implemented during infection-control periods were experienced as restrictive by some families, and at least one serious allegation of discriminatory conduct by a staff member was noted alongside concerns about the administrative response; this indicates a need for clear policies and consistent follow-through on complaints.

    In sum, the facility demonstrates clear strengths in individual caregiving and rehabilitative therapy, and some families endorse it strongly. However, recurring operational weaknesses — particularly around staffing stability, communication, emergency-response practices, infrastructure reliability, and complaint resolution — create inconsistent experiences. Prospective residents and families should seek specific information about staffing levels, communication protocols, incident reporting, provider access (in-person vs telemedicine), current facility repairs or upgrades, and administrative complaint-handling before making placement decisions.

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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

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    Pine View Care Center is located at 400 County Rd R, Black River Falls, WI, 54615.

    About Pine View Care Center

    Pine View Care Center sits on the west side of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, and has 95 certified beds licensed by the State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, and while people living here can receive both short and long-term skilled nursing care, some folks choose the 28-bed Memory Care Unit if they've got Alzheimer's or dementia, or the 36-unit Pine View Terrace, which offers assisted living in apartments for people who need a lighter touch with support in their daily routines. The place is run under the ownership of Christina Jayne Penn Management Trust with Christina Penn as the indirect owner, and Real Property Health Facilities Corp, Albert Haworth, and Dawn Marsh providing managerial control at different times over the years. Pine View Care Center has seen infection-related deficiencies and a total of 23 inspection deficiencies listed, so infection control and responding to inspections remain areas for attention, and nurse turnover is at 27.3%, which can impact familiarity with residents, but nurse staffing averages about 3.42 hours for each resident every day. The care center offers skilled nursing services, rehabilitation therapy like physical, occupational, speech, and respiratory therapies, and restorative nursing, alongside pharmacy services that help with medication management and proper use. Meals meet state nutritional standards for safe storage, preparation, and serving, and the staff protect resident rights, including the right to refuse treatment or take part in research. Folks at Pine View can join the Music & Memory Program, which uses music as a tool for comfort and memory, and the center says it's committed to a supportive environment that helps people work toward their highest level of independence by mixing in touches of home, both through their health care approach and through visits from volunteers, family, and friends. Even though some inspection concerns exist, Pine View Care Center focuses on being a place where people can get skilled care or assisted living while holding onto as much independence and family feeling as possible. More information about the services and what the center offers can be found online at their website.

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    Pine View Care Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 400 County Rd R, Black River Falls, WI 54615.

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