All 4 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Auburn,
side by side on the things that separate them: how many nursing hours each resident gets, how much of the
staff leaves each year, and what inspectors found on their last visit.
North Auburn Care runs 4.06 nurse hours per resident day, about 5% above the national average, and weekend staffing drops roughly 15% below its own weekday level. Turnover sits at 32.9%, well under the national 45.8%. Those numbers look decent on paper, which makes the inspection record the real story here: 103 deficiencies, including five at the harm or jeopardy level and two tied to abuse, with a single $12,035 fine and a 1-out-of-5 inspection rating. The most recent survey was April 2025. This is a for-profit limited liability company with 125 beds, and the gap between its staffing and its inspection history is what a family should weigh most.
Lea Hill runs a lean 36-bed building, and the staffing numbers are the strongest part of the story: 4.85 nurse hours per resident day, roughly a quarter more than the national average. That cushion matters most on weekends, which run about 14 percent below the home's own weekday level, still better than most places, but the dip is real. The rest is mixed. Forty-eight point nine percent annual turnover sits slightly above the national rate, and 39 deficiencies on record include one at the harm level and three tied to abuse, which is a lot for a building this size. Inspections were recent, in September 2025.
Canterbury House runs a 100-bed for-profit operation in Auburn, and its staffing picture is genuinely solid: 3.85 nurse hours per resident day, right at the national average, with weekend coverage dipping only about 8% below weekdays. Turnover sits at 35.8%, well under the 45.8% national figure, which matters for continuity of care.
The trouble is the inspection record. Fifty-seven deficiencies, two serious enough to risk harm, three tied to abuse, and a $68,159 fine. A 2-out-of-5 inspection rating against a 4-out-of-5 staffing rating tells you the people are there but the systems around them keep failing. The most recent inspection was January 2026, so that record is current, not old news.
Auburn Post Acute is a 96-bed for-profit home in King County, and the number that should stop you is 131 deficiencies on its current record, 11 of them at the level where a resident was actually harmed, 10 tied to abuse. That record, plus $380,862 in fines across six penalties, is why CMS has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program, the agency's watchlist for the homes with the worst inspection histories. Nurse staffing of 3.66 hours per resident day sits just under the national average, and weekends run about 13% thinner than weekdays, so coverage gets lightest when families tend to visit. Staff turnover is roughly average, nothing here suggests the direct-care aides are the problem. The last inspection was January 31, 2025.