Shell Lake Health Care Center

    802 East Cty Highway B, Shell Lake, WI, 54871
    2.3 · 3 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing

    Pricing

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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

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    2.33 · 3 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      1.0
    • Staff

      1.0
    • Meals

      2.3
    • Amenities

      2.3
    • Value

      2.3

    Pros

    • Staff and/or administration expressed good intentions
    • Some services or aspects remain satisfactory ('still good')
    • Facility previously had higher quality before the Terrace View buyout

    Cons

    • Unresponsive administration
    • Unresolved complaints and lack of follow-up
    • General dissatisfaction from reviewers
    • Understaffing
    • Neglect of residents' needs
    • Not recommended by reviewers
    • Perceived decline in quality after buyout from Terrace View

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the provided reviews is predominantly negative, with recurring concerns about management responsiveness and the quality of resident care. The strongest and most consistent theme is frustration with administration: reviewers report an unresponsive administration that fails to address complaints, provides no follow-up, and leaves issues unresolved. This contributes directly to overall dissatisfaction and multiple reviewers explicitly state they would not recommend the facility.

    Care quality and staffing emerge as closely linked problem areas. Reviewers specifically call out understaffing and neglect of residents' needs. These comments indicate that day-to-day care — assistance, supervision, or attention to residents — is perceived as insufficient. While the phrase "good intentions" appears, it is presented as insufficient to overcome real operational shortcomings; reviewers appear to believe staff or leadership mean well but are unable or unwilling to take the concrete actions needed to ensure consistent, attentive care.

    Management and organizational change are notable factors in the reviews. There is a clear pattern implying the facility's condition has worsened after a buyout by Terrace View: reviewers say the center was "better before buyout from Terrace View." This suggests a change in leadership, policies, staffing levels, or resource allocation that reviewers associate with a decline in quality. Complaints about unresponsiveness and lack of follow-through compound this perception of decline and erode trust in management.

    Facilities, dining, and activities are not detailed in the summaries provided. The only facility-related signal is an historical comparison — that things were better prior to the buyout — which implies at least some reduction in overall standards or operations, but reviewers did not provide specifics about physical plant, meals, or programming. Because those areas are not explicitly mentioned, there is insufficient information to make definitive statements about the state of dining services, activities, or the physical condition of the building beyond the general sense of decline.

    In summary, the reviews portray a facility with some residual positives (staff who appear to have good intentions and elements of service that are "still good"), but these are overshadowed by systemic problems: administrative unresponsiveness, unresolved complaints, understaffing, and neglect of resident needs. A prominent concern is the perceived deterioration following the Terrace View buyout, which reviewers link to the current negative experiences. Prospective residents and family members should weigh these management and staffing concerns heavily and seek up-to-date, direct information from the facility (including staffing ratios, complaint resolution processes, and recent quality reports) before making placement decisions.

    Location

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    About Shell Lake Health Care Center

    Shell Lake Health Care Center, found in Shell Lake, Wisconsin, is a for-profit long-term nursing facility with room for 50 residents but usually cares for around 41 people each day, and the licensed number for beds is also 50, which makes it feel like a smaller place where people can get to know each other after a while, if that's something folks are looking for, and the facility operates as a skilled nursing provider offering help like rehabilitation services, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, medication management, and personal care, and there's also help with food from a dietary manager and activities set up by an activities director to help with staying engaged. The facility takes Medicaid, Medi-Cal, and Medicare, which can help with costs for those needing financial help. Management has changed a bit over time, but Jennie Klassa has held managerial control since September 2021 and business matters are split evenly between Jonathon Hansen and Julie Spore, with each having half of the ownership, and in addition to these folks, staff like Carrie Arrigo, Louise Quinn, Mary Zehm, Courtney Holub, and Shawn Barrett look after residents, with specific roles like business office manager, dietary manager, activities director, social worker, administrator, and director of nurses. The place has a focus on person-centered care with a mission for compassion, dignity, and respect, and folks working there aim to keep everyone safe by following CDC and CMS visitor guidelines, especially for COVID-19. There's a courtyard and outdoor space that folks mention, and it's open to visitors with tours available for those wanting to see it before deciding. However, inspection reports have noted issues in the past, and there are records of violations, including problems with infection control, safe respiratory care, and making sure there are solid policies to stop abuse or neglect or theft, and those issues have been marked as infection-related deficiencies in official inspection documents, so anyone thinking about living there or moving a loved one in should take those records into account. The place says it values being responsible with funds and is always working to improve care, trying to keep residents and staff satisfied, and wants everyone to feel like their needs are understood.

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