Murrieta Health And Rehabilitation Center

    24100 Monroe Avenue, Murrieta, CA, 92562
    3.3 · 13 reviews
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    2.0

    Excellent therapists unsafe and inconsistent

    I had a mixed experience. The therapists were excellent - PT/OT helped me regain walking and quality of life, the rooms were clean and the dining room inviting, and many staff (Leia included) were cheerful and caring. But care was inconsistent: inexperienced or negligent aides, long call-button delays, missed bathing/dressing, falls and even bedsores were reported - serious safety concerns. Good rehab and activities, but staffing/management problems make the place unreliable; I would be cautious.

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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

    3.31 · 13 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      3.3
    • Staff

      3.4
    • Meals

      3.1
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      3.3

    Pros

    • Friendly, caring and cheerful staff
    • Clean and sanitary facility and rooms
    • Helpful individual caregivers (positive mentions including 'Leia')
    • Strong, recovery-focused physical and occupational therapy
    • Successful therapy outcomes and restored mobility/quality of life
    • Inviting, professional-looking building and dining room
    • On-site activities (bingo, cards, arts & crafts, music)
    • Tasty and plentiful food reported by some residents
    • Spacious rooms
    • Good service and attentive staff reported by multiple reviewers
    • Quick call-button responses reported by some families
    • High demand/long wait list (indicator of popularity)

    Cons

    • Inconsistent care quality across shifts/units
    • Serious neglect allegations (bedsores, stage 4 pressure ulcers)
    • Falls and reports of lack of supervision/fall risk
    • Unprofessional or inexperienced nursing/caregivers
    • Unresponsive call button reported by some (long delays)
    • Inadequate assistance with basic ADLs (bathing, dressing, toileting)
    • Reports of poor or terrible food by some reviewers
    • Supplies and care items left unattended in resident rooms
    • Disrespectful or patronizing treatment of residents
    • Reports of death and hospice placement associated with facility care
    • Management/ownership concerns and perceived decline in condition
    • Mixed or insufficient engagement in activities for some residents

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment from these reviews is highly mixed, ranging from strong praise for staff, therapy, cleanliness and facility amenities to serious, repeated allegations of neglect, safety breakdowns, and unprofessional nursing care. Many reviewers described positive experiences centered on attentive and caring staff members, high-quality rehabilitative therapies (PT/OT), clean and attractive rooms, and an inviting dining area. Multiple accounts credit the therapy team with successful recovery outcomes—restoring walking ability and quality of life—which suggests the facility can deliver effective short-term rehabilitation care. Several reviewers also praised specific caregivers by name, reported quick call-button responses, plentiful/tasty meals, and appreciated the variety of activities such as bingo, arts and crafts, cards, and music. The facility’s appearance, perceived professionalism, and long wait list were noted as indicators of demand and initial confidence by some families.

    However, the positive reports sit alongside serious, recurring negative themes that raise significant safety and quality concerns. Multiple reviewers allege neglect that includes development of pressure ulcers (including a reported stage 4 bedsore), inconsistent or absent assistance with activities of daily living (no bathing for several days, having to dress/undress without help), unresponsive call systems (reports of hour-long waits), and incidents of falls linked to insufficient supervision. Several reviews describe unprofessional behavior by nursing staff and caregivers (inexperience, negligent care, talking to residents in a patronizing manner), supplies left in resident rooms, and in the worst cases, reports tied to death or end-of-life hospice placements. There are also mentions that the facility’s condition has at times declined from previously good standards, suggesting potential variability over time or between units.

    A clear pattern in these summaries is inconsistency: the same facility is credited with both excellent, recovery-focused therapy and caring staff, and with severe lapses in basic nursing care and resident safety. This suggests outcomes may depend heavily on shift, unit, staff members on duty, or recent changes in management/ownership or staffing levels. Dining and activities also produce mixed feedback—some residents found meals tasty and plentiful and activities engaging, while others described meals as terrible and residents as not involved in activities, indicating uneven delivery of services. The presence of long wait lists and positive descriptions alongside the serious negative incidents suggests the facility may perform well for many, but that there are important, potentially severe failure points affecting a subset of residents.

    For prospective residents and families, these reviews indicate it is important to investigate specific operational details before admission. Recommended actions include touring the facility multiple times (including evenings/weekends), asking about staffing ratios and turnover, inquiring specifically about wound care protocols and recent occurrences of pressure ulcers, reviewing state inspection and complaint history, asking for call-button response time metrics, and meeting therapy and nursing leaders to understand care plans. Speak with current residents and families about consistency of supervision and how ADLs and bathing are scheduled. If possible, obtain references from recent rehab patients who completed therapy successfully as well as longer-term residents to gauge variance in experience. The mixed but sometimes severe nature of the complaints (pressure ulcers, falls, alleged neglect) warrants careful due diligence: while many reviewers reported genuinely positive care and outcomes, the reported safety-related incidents are significant and should be probed thoroughly before making a placement decision.

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    About Murrieta Health And Rehabilitation Center

    Murrieta Health And Rehabilitation Center is a skilled nursing facility with 145 licensed beds and usually cares for around 133 residents each day, and while it provides 4.19 nurse hours per resident daily, its nurse turnover rate is 50.9%, so you might see some new staff coming and going, and it's been part of Cambridge Healthcare Services. Since opening in 1999, this place has offered 24-hour skilled care for people who need help after hospital stays or with ongoing medical needs, and you'll find dedicated care units and therapy areas for those who need post-acute rehabilitation, orthopedic care, or other specialized services that might come up when someone's health changes. The nursing team works on making individualized care plans that include physical, speech, and occupational therapy to help folks with walking, balance, strengthening their bodies, and also with speech or swallowing issues, always with the goal of helping everyone be as independent as possible, and you'll see equipment like assistive devices and safety features to help people move around and feel secure.

    The center has faced some challenges, as inspection reports list 79 total deficiencies over time, including 12 on a December 2024 inspection-3 of them related to infection control-with a total of 10 infection-related deficiencies and a recent complaint from March 2025 resulting in 1 deficiency, and staff were cited for a resident rights issue about meeting residents' needs and preferences (F0558) and for pharmacy service problems (F0761) regarding how drugs are stored and labeled. Comfort is also part of the plan here, with amenities meant for recovery and daily life, and if someone wants to look up information or manage visits, there's an online system for residents and families to track favorites, messages, emergency info, care coordination cards, and more.

    Community resources play a role at Murrieta Health And Rehabilitation Center-people have access to help with things like opioid resources, suicide prevention, disaster mental health, elder abuse support, and fall prevention; plus helpful tools like a symptom checker and behavioral health recovery learning centers are available. The health library has easy-to-read information about medications, medical tests, procedures, and many health topics, and extra help comes through services related to hospital ratings, nursing homes, and searching for practitioners, so people staying here are part of a broader network of care that reaches out to seniors and people with disabilities, with emergency services on-site if something comes up suddenly.

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