Wesley Homes Des Moines Health Center

826 South 218th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198 · 148 beds · Non profit - Church related

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

★★★★★

Much above average · 5 of 5

All nursing staff, hours / resident

3.87

RNs, LPNs and aides · state average 4.23

Weekend RN coverage

−13%

vs weekdays

Staff turnover

31%

state average 45%

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

0.79 hrs

Weekends

0.69 hrs

WA average

0.91 hrs

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

Slightly less nurse coverage at weekends — about 13% lower.

Staff turnover: 31%

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 52 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.

Severity	Citations
Potential for harm No one harmed yet, but conditions could allow it	52
No harm Rule and paperwork findings	0

2 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.

Name	Role recorded by Medicare	Since
Candalla, Alex	Managing employee	08/17/2015
Wesley Homes Des Moines LLC	Operational or managerial control	08/13/2007
Anderson, Kevin	Corporate director	09/13/2007
Deckman, Ross	Corporate director	01/01/2018
Flagel, Jerry	Corporate director	01/01/2019
Garrett, Brian	Corporate director	11/01/2014
Harmon, Joe	Corporate director	01/01/2017
Magnuson, Dennis	Corporate director	11/01/2014
Mcgilliard, John	Corporate director	05/05/2000
Michaelis, Lynn	Corporate director	07/01/2019
Nelson-Peterson, Dana	Corporate director	01/01/2019
Rogel, Edward	Corporate director	11/01/2014
Rottle, Jean	Corporate director	11/01/2014
Searing, Tim	Corporate director	01/01/2017
Storms, Steven	Corporate director	11/01/2014
Windsor, Monte	Corporate director	01/01/2019

Of the 16 parties disclosed here, 0 hold 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.

Facility	Miles	Rating	Nurse hrs	Weekend
Puget Sound Transitional Care Des Moines	1.0	1	0.68	−25%
Judson Park Health Center Des Moines	1.2	5	1.01	−24%
Valley View Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Renton	5.6	3	0.96	−15%
Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center Kent	5.6	3	0.76	−31%
Life Care Center of Federal Way Federal Way	5.6	2	0.69	−34%
Avamere Rehabilitation of Burien Burien	5.6	2	0.75	+2%
Cedar River Healthcare Center Renton	6.2	3	1.06	−42%
Hallmark Manor Federal Way	6.6	2	0.73	−13%

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.

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

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