Nursing home
Sharon Care Center
1509 Harrison Avenue, Centralia, WA 98531 · Map
For profit - Partnership · Part of Regency Pacific Management (27 facilities) · 42 certified beds
Sharon Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Centralia, Washington. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 5.55 hours per resident per day, above the Washington average of 4.39. Its most recent inspection on Sep 12, 2025 cited 10 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Sharon Care Center compares
This facility vs. the Washington and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Washington avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 5.55 | 4.39 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.29 | 0.88 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.31 | 2.69 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 36.5% | 46.7% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 10.0 | 17.1 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the December 1, 2025 inspection was corrected by December 2, 2025
What inspectors found at Sharon Care Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Sep 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Sep 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Sep 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 13, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 13, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 1509 Harrison Avenue
Centralia, WA 98531 - CMS certification #
- 505429
- Ownership
- For profit - Partnership
- Certified beds
- 42
- Avg residents/day
- 33.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1992-01-01
- Chain
- Regency Pacific Management (27 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Regency Pacific Management
Regency Pacific Management operates 27 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Regency Pacific Management facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Sharon Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2018, 9 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Mar 20, 2006.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Aug 11, 2020: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Feb 18, 2022. 4 violations cited (3 serious, 1 other). Penalties: $6,300 proposed, $3,150 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Wa317960524 - Sharon Care Center INC.
Details
- Serious: Cited rule 296-842-12005(1). Penalty $2,100 proposed, $1,050 now. To be fixed by Feb 13, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 296-842-15005(1)(A). Penalty $2,100 proposed, $1,050 now. To be fixed by Feb 13, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 296-842-16005(4)(A). Penalty $2,100 proposed, $1,050 now. To be fixed by Feb 13, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 296-842-14005. Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 13, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Sep 5, 2018: referral inspection, partial (health). Case closed Mar 15, 2019. 5 violations cited (3 serious, 2 other). Penalties: $7,200 proposed, $7,200 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Wa317950897 - Sharon Care Center INC.
Details
- Serious: Cited rule 296-62-50015(1). Penalty $1,800 proposed, $1,800 now. To be fixed by Mar 13, 2019.
- Serious: Cited rule 296-62-50050(1). Penalty $3,600 proposed, $3,600 now. To be fixed by Mar 13, 2019.
- Serious: Cited rule 296-823-13005. Penalty $1,800 proposed, $1,800 now. To be fixed by Sep 5, 2018.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 296-823-11010(7). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 13, 2019.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 296-823-12015(1). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 13, 2019.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Providence Centralia Hospital, Centralia. 1.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Three Rivers Care, Centralia. 1.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Assured Home Health And Hospice, Centralia. 1.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 98531 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Cooks Hill Dialysis, Centralia, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmc Chehalis, Chehalis, 8.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 4 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 98531.
Assured Home Health, Hospice & Home Care, office in Centralia, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Puget Sound Hospice, office in Tumwater, 17.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Providence At Home With Compassus, Puget Sound South, office in Lacey, 22.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Of Washington, Olympia. 23.3 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- FEMA has a flood map for this community (effective June 1, 1982), but it is not in FEMA's digital flood map data, so the zone at this address could not be read. FEMA's Map Service Center has the map. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding very high, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake very high. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sharon Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Sharon Care Center an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Sharon Care Center staffed?
Sharon Care Center reports 5.55 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Washington average of 4.39.
Has Sharon Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 10 deficiencies.
How many beds does Sharon Care Center have?
Sharon Care Center is certified for 42 beds.