Sharon's Care Home in Redding, CA

Pros

• The doctors from Cedars supervised the stay and worked in concert with the Sharon Care Center staff, ensuring seamless transfer of care.
• The nurses and doctors were knowledgeable and had great bedside manners.
• The staff at Sharon Care Center treated residents with care and respect.
• The team met residents' needs with kindness and generosity.
• The cleaning crew was attentive and friendly, often greeting residents with smiles.
• CNAs went to great lengths to make patients feel comfortable and respected.
• Management was attentive and frequently visited residents to discuss care.
• Sandra the CNA went out of her way to make residents feel cared for and encouraged them when they were struggling.
• Jymmie goes above and beyond, researches questions, and provides timely answers.

Cons

• The facility is severely understaffed, with too few nurses to supervise patients.
• The staff are disinterested, disrespectful, and uncaring toward residents.
• Medications are not delivered in a timely manner and are often incomplete or missing.
• The food is abysmal and frequently inedible.
• Belongings frequently go missing or are stolen, with little accountability.
• Phone lines are routinely down and call buttons go unanswered.
• Nighttime care is neglected; residents are ignored and left in pain or distress.
• Discharge is mishandled; patients are kept longer than medically appropriate or misled about leaving.
• There is a lack of medical oversight; doctors are rarely on site and the quality of care is inconsistent.
• Many reviewers say the facility should be shut down due to neglect and unsafe conditions.

Review

Sharon Care Home in Redding is best suited for families that can commit to active advocacy and value hands-on caregiving from staff when medical oversight is reliably coordinated with outside providers. The facility can deliver meaningful, person-centered care when frontline workers are engaged: CNAs who encourage residents, nurses who respond with attentiveness, and administrators who check in personally about a resident’s progress. The strongest cases arise where a hospital partner or hospital system maintains a bridge to the on-site team, ensuring medical decisions stay aligned with the resident’s needs. In those scenarios, residents have reported respect, adequate attention to daily needs, and a sense that care teams are trying to do right by them.

Those who should consider alternatives are families seeking a consistently high level of medical oversight, predictable medication management, or a facility with rock-solid staffing and day-to-day operations. Several reviews highlight chronic understaffing, frequent turnover at the administrative level, gaps in medication delivery, and limited doctor availability on site. When these issues surface, families may experience delayed medications, missed treatments, scarce communication, and a perception that organizational chaos overrides compassionate moments. For long-term care where ongoing medical coordination and uninterrupted access to physicians are non-negotiable, other options are likely to feel more secure.

The pros in this community, especially when a resident benefits from attentive CNAs and engaged leadership, can offset some weaknesses. Notable staff members described as genuinely caring, along with administrators who visit rooms to discuss care plans, create a foundation for a positive daily experience. In instances where outside physicians or hospital partners are involved, seamless transfer of medical information and collaborative planning can produce durable improvements in comfort and recovery. Even when the overall environment shows strain, well-led care teams can deliver good meals, respectful bedside manner, and timely assistance that makes a real difference for residents who respond to personal warmth and dependable routines.

Yet the main cons are persistent and systemic enough to temper the overall impression. Reports of one-on-one staffing shortages, infrequent or inconsistent medication delivery, and limited doctor presence raise serious safety and reliability concerns. Administrative turnover and broken lines of communication frequently leave families frustrated, with missed phone calls, lost items, and disputes over reimbursements or discharge paperwork. Nighttime care, in some accounts, appears uneven, and there are repeated warnings about under-resourced environments where basic comforts, clean gowns, regular room cleanings, and timely showers, are not consistently met. The combination of understaffing, weak oversight, and documented patient experiences of neglect or disorganization cannot be dismissed.

For families evaluating options, a practical approach is essential. Schedule multi-times-of-day visits to observe shifts and talk directly with front-line staff, administrators, and if possible, the on-site nurse manager. Request a clear outline of staffing ratios by shift, a detailed medication management protocol, and access to the resident’s current physician or hospital liaison. Inquire about the rehab program’s structure, discharge planning, and progress tracking, ensuring there is a defined path back home or to the next level of care. Review access to housekeeping, meal quality, and personal item handling, and insist on a transparent process for reporting and resolving concerns. Finally, verify that there is a reliable escalation path to higher-level management and to the resident’s medical confidants.

In the final assessment, Sharon Care Home offers a genuine, person-centered care option for families able to actively supervise and coordinate care, particularly when external medical partners are involved. However, the fabric of reliability is uneven, with countable accounts of neglect, medication mismanagement, and administrative instability that introduce real risk. For those whose tolerance for variability is low, or whose loved one requires unwavering daily medical oversight, alternatives should be explored. For families prepared to insist on strong accountability, frequent check-ins, and a structured care plan with clear lines of responsibility, Sharon Care Home can still be a viable choice, provided expectations are set, and oversight is continuous.

Restaurants

• Little Caesars Pizza (1.3 miles)
• McDonald's (1.4 miles)
• El Zarape Mexican Food (1.6 miles)
• Dill's Deli (1.7 miles)
• Janya Thai Cuisine (1.8 miles)
• Chu's Too (2.4 miles)
• Wienerschnitzel (2.4 miles)

Pharmacies

• Walgreens (1.7 miles)
• Owens Healthcare (2.4 miles)
• Walgreens (2.5 miles)
• Rite Aid (2.5 miles)
• Lims Family Pharmacy (2.8 miles)
• CVS Pharmacy (3.4 miles)

Cafes

• Starbucks (1.7 miles)
• Dutch Bros Coffee (1.9 miles)
• Dutch Bros Coffee (2.4 miles)
• Theory Collaborative (2.5 miles)
• From The Hearth Cafe (2.8 miles)
• Evergreen - Coffee Shop + Boutique Hotel (3 miles)
• Starbucks (3.4 miles)

Parks

• Caldwell Park (1.9 miles)

Hospitals

• Day Dreams (2.3 miles)
• Restpadd Psychiatric Health Facility (2.5 miles)
• Z MD Sleep Center (2.6 miles)
• Patients Hospital (2.6 miles)
• Golden Living Center (3 miles)
• William F Nicol DDS (3.4 miles)
• Mercy Foundation North (3.4 miles)

Places of Worship

• Bethel Church (2.4 miles)
• Little Country Church (3 miles)
• Risen King Community Church (3.1 miles)

Physicians

• Northern Heart & Vascular Institute (2.4 miles)
• North Valley Orthopedics (2.4 miles)
• Shasta Orthopaedics - Schillen J David MD (2.4 miles)
• Jack David Schillen (2.5 miles)
• William W. Evans, DMD, MD (2.5 miles)
• Daniel B Lenink MD Ocuofacial Plastic Surgery (2.5 miles)
• Innovative Sleep Centers (2.5 miles)

Transportation

• Amtrak Station (2.7 miles)

Theaters

• Cinemark Redding 14 and XD (3.6 miles)