04/19/2013 An Family Member of Current/Past Resident Writes: My father has been in this facility for 3 days and we are currently working toward having him transferred to some other facility. My dad just had neck surgery and is temporarily paralyzed. He requires intensive physical and occupational therapy to regain the use of his arms and legs and we were assured that he would receive this at this facility. We have yet to see any evidence of any type of action plan or health goal for my father from this facility. Indeed, this facility appears to be somewhat uncoordinated in their care plan and most of the nursing staff seem to be unaware of my father's condition or what his physicians have ordered for his recovery. I find that my family need to keep reminding the staff of my father's condition. A few times, the staff tried to remove the critically supportive neck brace from my father's neck. We finally had to post a sign to keep this from happening but I honestly don't think the staff bothers to read it. But all this is only when we are actually able to see staff. Most of the time that we use the call button, nobody arrives until family members walk to the lobby to physically summon staff to the room. This appears standard throughout this facility. My father has acquired 2 bed sores now in just 3 days as they keep him laying there for hours without changing his position. While my father was but on a bed pan at the hospital, this facility puts immobile patients in diapers instead. The smell is horrific at times not to mention the degradation my formerly independent father must now feel. Upon our arrival, my father's roommate kept requesting the nurse "change him" which only occurred after about 40 minutes of the requests.
The patient rooms are dark, dingy and crowded with 2 or 3 patients. There is no place for visitors to sit and no seats provided. We asked for a chair and got a folding card-table chair. There are holes and markings all over the walls of the patient rooms and I found an ant walking on my father's bedding while he slept (I am sure there will be more). The Jack-and-Jill bathroom assigned to my father had uncleaned feces all over the toilet seat. Like most of their equipment, the patient beds are old and many don't function properly. My father's TV has yet to work despite having told the staff several times about the problem and so my father is forced to lay and stare at the ceiling for hours on end. Despite the monthly $$$$ cost for this third-rate facility, we were told we could bring in our own radio if we liked. I could go on and on about the horrors of this place in just the 3 days we've dealt with it but really, the whole place reminds me of a badly rated motel and my father is now on suicide watch. That should say more than enough.

11/21/2012 An OurParents User Writes: Fountain View Subacute and Nursing Center is an average sized, for profit, nursing home with 99 beds based in Los Angeles, CA. At last check, the facility had 92 residents indicating that it is 93% occupied which is about average within the state of California. The provider accepts both medicare and medicaid programs, and provides resident counseling services.
This nursing home is not located in a hospital or a continuing care retirement community (CCRC). As of November 2012, the medicare rating for Fountain View Subacute And Nursing Center, was 3 stars, which is a better rating than 56% of nursing homes in California. Important to note that this facility has recently detriorated and has gone from 4 stars to 3 stars.
We have compared the detailed Medicare data for Fountain View Subacute And Nursing Center with other senior care providers in California. When compare to the state averages for staffing, the number of registered nurse (RN) hours per resident per day is about average; Certified nursing assistant (CNA) hours per resident per day is about average; The number of licensed practical (LPN) or vocational nurse hours per resident per day is about average. The most recent health inspection was on 03/19/2012.
To view the full report for this facility, and to understand more about its Medicare rating, go to here