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Eskaton Village Care Center

3939 Walnut Avenue, Carmichael, CA 95608 · 35 beds · Non profit - Corporation

Nothing in the records stands out as a warning sign. The detail below is still worth reading before you decide.

Everything here comes from Medicare's own inspection and payroll records. We don't rank facilities or take payment from them.

Medicare overall rating
★★★★
Above average · 4 of 5
All nursing staff, hours / resident
RNs, LPNs and aides · state average 4.31
Weekend RN coverage
not reported
Staff turnover
state average 37%
No citations involving resident harm
Findings over the past three years were all at levels where inspectors recorded no actual harm.

These are drawn straight from Medicare's records. We report what the record says — we don't rate facilities or judge the care given in them.

Who's actually on the floor

Staffing is the thing most closely tied to day-to-day quality of care, and it's the number families most often never see. This is registered nurses only — a smaller figure than the all-staff total above, because it counts the most highly qualified staff on their own — per resident, per day, comparing an average weekday against an average weekend.

Weekdays
Weekends
CA average
0.62 hrs

Registered nurses only — hours per resident per day. Longer is better.

Weekend staffing is not reported here.

Staff turnover: not reported

High turnover matters because continuity does — a nurse who knows your mother notices when something is different about her. Someone on their second shift doesn't have that baseline.

What inspectors found

State inspectors visit at least once a year and after complaints. Over the last three years this facility received 41 citations. Raw counts mislead, though — a paperwork slip and a resident being harmed both count as one. Here they are by how serious inspectors judged them.

SeverityCitations
Potential for harm
No one harmed yet, but conditions could allow it
41
No harm
Rule and paperwork findings
0

6 of these came from someone filing a complaint rather than a routine visit — worth weighing differently, because it means a person picked up the phone. All findings are recorded as corrected.

Disclosed affiliations

Medicare requires every facility to disclose the people and companies connected to it. Most names below are not owners — they are officers, directors, managers, trustees, and what Medicare calls “additional disclosable parties.” The role beside each name is the one Medicare recorded. This is worth reading because operators tend to run their facilities alike: where the same group stands behind a dozen homes, the record across all twelve tells you more than any single inspection does.

NameRole recorded by MedicareSince
Eskaton Properties Incorporated
100% ownership interest
Direct owner (5% or more), Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 04/19/1993
Baik, Ginna Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2024
Beloud, Sean Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 05/20/2024
Dela Cruz, Melody Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 08/27/2024
Garberson, Thomas Corporate officer, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 10/01/2023
Heffernan, Nancy Governing body, Corporate director 08/15/2021
Hewitt, Maureen Governing body, Corporate director 08/15/2021
Javaheri, Ashkan Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 05/01/2024
Jenkins, Mark Corporate officer, Operational or managerial control, Owner, partner or trustee of an additional disclosable party, Additional disclosable party 02/22/2019
Lindeman, David Governing body, Corporate director 05/15/2019
Munoz, Mary Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2025
Peifer, Sheri Governing body, Corporate director, Corporate officer, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 06/01/2019
Rose, Jordan Governing body, Corporate director 05/15/2020
Sheldon, Mariann Governing body, Corporate director 05/15/2021
Unnava, Hanumantha Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2024
Yotopoulos, Amy Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2017
Hansen Hunter LLC Additional disclosable party 06/25/2021
Moss Adams LLP Additional disclosable party 01/01/2011

Of the 18 parties disclosed here, 1 holds an ownership interest; the rest are recorded in a management, officer, financial, or other disclosable capacity. A percentage is shown only where Medicare published one — for most disclosed parties it publishes none.

Other options nearby

Most families are choosing between whatever is close enough to visit often — and visiting often is itself one of the better protections a resident has. These are the closest 8 facilities.

FacilityMilesRating Nurse hrsWeekend
Whitney Oaks Care Center
Carmichael
0.5 3 0.38 −14%
American River Center
Carmichael
0.5 4 0.76 −16%
Mission Carmichael Healthcare Center
Carmichael
0.6 2 0.59 −22%
College Oak Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Sacramento
0.9 3 0.79 −28%
Sacramento Post-Acute
Sacramento
1.9 4 0.33 +33%
Mountain Manor Senior Residence
Carmichael
2.0 1
River Pointe Post-Acute
Carmichael
2.1 1
River City Post Acute
Carmichael
2.1 1 0.44 −24%

Weekend column shows the change in registered-nurse coverage at weekends compared with weekdays.

Worth asking on a visit

Records only tell you so much. These are the questions this facility's particular numbers suggest you ask — go on a weekend if you possibly can.

  1. Who will actually be caring for my relative at 3am on a Saturday — an agency nurse or someone on staff?

Where these numbers come from

All figures are published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Different measures cover different periods — some are considerably older than others, so each is dated separately below rather than under one "last updated" stamp.

Staffing hours
Jan–Mar 2026
Staff turnover
calendar year 2025
Inspections & citations
Jul 2023 – Jun 2026
Fines & penalties
last 3 years
Ownership
as reported to Medicare
Star rating & file release
CMS file dated 1 July 2026

We report what the records say and don't draw conclusions about care quality. If you believe something on this page is wrong — email a correction. It reaches a person, not a form. We check every report, fix what is wrong, and say so on the page; see how we handle corrections. If you work at this facility and our figures disagree with your own records, we want to hear that too.