Fountain View Subacute and Nursing Center

Fountain View Subacute and Nursing Center is located in Los Angeles, California, which appears to have a variety of nursing homes. Featuring an overall grade of D, this is a relatively poor facility. Unfortunately, this grade isn't too far off the city grade for Los Angeles, which is a C. Nevertheless, you still ought to be able to find a better option The only positive thing we can say about this facility is that it did not receive any F's in in any of the major categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.

While we didn't give this nursing home a good overall score, we actually gave it a relatively strong grade in the area of inspections, where it earned a B+. Inspection scores are based on several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these reports. Most importantly, you should avoid facilities with severe deficiencies linked to risks to resident well being. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

This nursing home also received a positive short-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded it a B in this category, which happens to be one of our more favorable scores. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be more critical for residents needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed most nursing homes in this area with 53.7 percent of its residents returning home. This is a better rate than most facilities.

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is not a bad score. Our nursing score weighs many subcategories, but the main consideration is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. According to its CMS data, this facility provided an average of 4.6 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which was above the national average. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as minimizing major falls. This place performed admirably in this metric. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Some falls can be prevented if a nursing home provides enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

The final category we scored was long-term care, which was this facility's weakest area. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this area. For patients seeking a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility provided the vaccine to 98.97959 percent of its residents, which is a very respectable statistic. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.