Windsor El Camino Care Center
Windsor El Camino Care Center – Medicare Certified Since 1967
Windsor El Camino Care Center is a Medicare and Medicaid certified skilled nursing facility located in Carmichael, California. This facility has been serving the community for 59 years. A Medicare-certified skilled nursing facility provides 24-hour nursing care, rehabilitation services, and assistance with activities of daily living for patients who need skilled nursing or rehabilitation services on a daily basis.
This facility has 178 certified beds with a current occupancy rate of 91% (averaging 162 residents per day), which is high. Skilled nursing facilities provide 24-hour nursing care for patients who need rehabilitation services after a hospital stay or ongoing care for chronic conditions. Services include skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and assistance with daily activities.
Staffing Levels: Based on CMS payroll data, this facility provides approximately 3.75 hours of total nursing care per resident per day (2.39 hours from CNAs, 0.85 hours from LPNs, 0.51 hours from RNs). Physical therapy staffing is 0.05 hours per resident per day.
Medicare Quality Ratings: According to CMS, Windsor El Camino Care Center has an overall quality rating of 2 out of 5 stars, which is below average compared to other nursing homes nationwide. Individual category ratings are: health inspection: 2 stars, staffing: 3 stars, quality measures: 3 stars.
Medicare Coverage: Medicare covers skilled nursing facility care for up to 100 days following a qualifying hospital stay of at least 3 days. Days 1-20 are fully covered by Medicare, days 21-100 require a daily coinsurance payment. Many residents also use Medicaid, private insurance, or pay privately for long-term stays.
Questions to Ask: When visiting a nursing home, ask about: staff-to-resident ratios and RN coverage around the clock, how they handle medical emergencies, activities and therapy programs, how they communicate with families, their approach to falls prevention, and policies for managing resident complaints.
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How Windsor El Camino Care Center compares to 57 facilities in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
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Medicare Star Ratings
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Data as of December 2025
Star Ratings History
Quarterly performance from 2013-2026
How Does This Facility Compare?
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Staffing Hours per Resident Day
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Staff Turnover Rate
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Agency/Contract Staff Usage
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Agency Staff Trends
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Direct Care Staffing
Average minutes of direct nursing care per resident per day
Data as of December 2025
Staffing Trends
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Occupancy Rate History
Average daily residents as a percentage of certified beds
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Staff Turnover History
Annual percentage of nursing staff who left the facility
Data as of December 2025
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Average Daily Rate
Average daily charge for care at this facility
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Data Source: Financial data from CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Cost Reports. Data typically lags 1-2 years. This information is for educational purposes only and should not be the sole basis for financial or care decisions. CareListings does not guarantee accuracy.
Financial Health
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Data from fiscal year 2023 (most recent available - cost report data lags ~2 years)
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Payer Mix: Shows revenue sources. Higher Medicare % typically means more post-acute/rehab care; higher Medicaid % indicates more long-term care residents.
Nonprofit/Government: May operate with lower margins while still providing quality care due to community mission.
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Who Stays Here
Breakdown of residents by payment type
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Average Length of Stay
How long residents typically stay at this facility
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Services
Comprehensive skilled nursing services, rehabilitation programs, and medical care in CARMICHAEL
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If only there was a negative star rating was an option…. Absolutely Disgraceful – Unsafe, Filthy, and Dangerously Neglectful If you're thinking about placing yourself or a loved one at Windsor of El Camino, do not do it. My experience there was not just substandard—it was a health and safety nightmare that left me worse off than when I arrived. Let’s start with the condition of the facility: filthy is an understatement. The floors were so warped and bubbled that I could barely move down the hallway safely—and I was using a walker that they didn’t even provide until day six of my stay. To make matters worse, the walker they finally gave me was literally held together with zip ties. That’s the level of care and attention to safety you can expect here. Out of a 10-day stay, I only received four sessions of physical therapy, each about 30 minutes long. That’s less than two total hours of rehab—completely unacceptable and far below what was promised or expected. The neglect from the staff was the most serious issue. One night, I was forced to sleep with no dressing over my stitches, even after making it clear I needed wound care. The overnight staff coldly told me it “wasn’t their job” to change it. That level of indifference led directly to an infection that required a return trip to the hospital. Throughout my stay, I constantly heard other patients crying out for help—sometimes for hours—with no response from staff. It was heartbreaking and unacceptable. The staff were either lazy, apathetic, or flat-out unqualified to be working in any kind of skilled nursing environment. Windsor of El Camino failed on every level: cleanliness, basic care, medical safety, and human decency. This is not a place for healing—it’s a facility where neglect is routine and your well-being is an afterthought. I would never send anyone here. Not a friend. Not a stranger. Certainly not a loved one. If you care about someone’s health and dignity, stay as far away from this facility as possible.
Asked for tylenol,4 times. Finally got it after I asked a nurse. Food terrible, you can ask questions, usually nobody knows anything. Social services is nice and a few employees.Just avoid the place,too many things too list.
I arrived at this facility to heal after an automobile accident. When I got there I realized there was no air conditioning it was broken and the TVs had been turned off several weeks before I got there. I asked to take a shower. The wound specialist had to make sure that my ankle was healed enough. She took the dressing off of my ankle and there was black on my ankle. I asked her what was the black stuff on my ankle! she reassured me that it was just bruising. Are the blood from my bruises settling in the bottom of my body. I did not believe her and as a wound specialist I cannot believe that she did not know what dead skin look like. I felt very suspicious about that and I called 911 and they took me back to the hospital and no my foot was dying the skin was dying on my foot. I have total reconstructive surgery on my foot and ended up in the hospital for two more weeks and another nursing home for over a month. Other than the wound specialist the staffing there is very nice they work under horrible conditions. I wouldn't put my worst enemy in that place. If I had listened to that nurse and waited I would have died of gaingreen for sure.
I am deeply disappointed and distressed by the care my father has received at this facility. My dad is paralyzed on one side of his body due to a stroke, and the nursing home's negligence has caused him significant harm. First, they placed him in a wheelchair that doesn't recline, which is essential for his condition. One day, he was left unattended and fell out of the chair, hitting his head. No one helped him back into the chair for a long period of time. This is unacceptable, as he requires constant assistance and monitoring. On top of this, his basic needs aren't being met. When he needs a change, the staff takes an unreasonable amount of time to respond. In fact, his roommate tried to document the staff abusing my father, after which they moved the roommate out, further alarming us about the environment. The most concerning issue came when my dad was admitted to the hospital. The urologist discovered that his Foley catheter had not been changed for four months, despite the protocol requiring it to be changed every 30 days. The urologist knew this because he was the last one to change it when my dad was in the hospital previously. This is a serious violation of his care needs. To make matters worse, it took three months for my dad to get a doctor's appointment, and the nursing home failed to send him despite KiKi claiming to have arranged transportation. The appointment was rescheduled for three months later, only for the nursing home to cancel it without informing us. If I hadn't followed up, I would have shown up to the appointment with no one to bring my dad. My father has also lost 40 pounds in 90 days. The staff claims the scale doesn't work and that his wheelchair weighs 30 pounds, but this doesn’t explain such extreme weight loss. Additionally, it seems they are not charting or documenting his care properly, which raises serious concerns about the overall quality of care. Finally, my dad has developed MRSA, which has spread to his blood and bone and he has kidney failure and sepsis. However, the nursing home never informed us about the MRSA infection, and I believe they were aware of it. This level of neglect and lack of communication is unacceptable. The hospital says my dad has 0 percent chance of recovering unless he amputates his limbs, so his options are amputation or hospice. The staff at this facility is negligent at best, and it is clear that the well-being of their patients is not their priority. I would strongly advise against placing a loved one here.
Windsor El Camino Health Care Center is an excellent rehab and long-term care facility. In the seven plus months mom has been here she has improved and recovered from aspiration pneumonia. The staff here are wonderful, friendly, and professional. The overall care provided has been excellent. Highly recommend this facility for the quality of care they give.
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