Mountain View Care Center

    1313 W Magee Rd, Tucson, AZ 85704
    • Assisted Living
    • Skilled Nursing

    Compassionate staff helped regain mobility

    I had a very positive experience - the staff were consistently caring, compassionate and professional (special thanks to Tamara and Connie). Nursing and therapy helped my loved one regain mobility, the facility felt clean and welcoming, and the community atmosphere made us feel at home; I would recommend it for skilled rehab and supportive care.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.66·(199)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.4
    • Staff

      3.7
    • Meals

      2.3
    • Amenities

      3.4
    • Value

      1.2

    Pros

    • Skilled physical and occupational therapy team
    • Compassionate and attentive nursing and CNA staff
    • Supportive social services and business-office personnel
    • Clean, welcoming foyer and well-maintained public spaces
    • Demonstrated infection-control practices
    • Positive rehabilitation outcomes and discharge-to-home success
    • Visible staff who provide personalized updates
    • Range of activities and therapy-based engagement
    • Housekeeping and laundry services that receive praise
    • Accessible campus location and comfortable common areas
    • Staff continuity and familial culture noted by families
    • Responsive wound care and clinical interventions in some cases

    Cons

    • Chronic understaffing and high staff workload
    • Delays in call-light response and timely personal care
    • Inconsistent clinical oversight and medication management
    • Inadequate nutrition planning and inconsistent meal quality
    • Variable cleanliness and maintenance across wings/rooms
    • Limited after-hours administrative support and family communication
    • Inconsistent discharge and transportation coordination
    • Gaps in case-management communication with power-of-attorney/families
    • Staff professionalism and conduct
    • Activity program limitations for bedbound or higher-dependency residents

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews describe a facility with clearly defined strengths in rehabilitation and many direct-care interactions, combined with recurring operational weaknesses. Mountain View is repeatedly credited for an effective therapy department (physical and occupational therapy) that achieves measurable functional gains and successful discharges home. Numerous families praise individual nursing and CNA staff for compassion, hands-on caregiving, and one-to-one attention; social services and business-office teams also receive positive mention for helpfulness, scheduling, and communication in favorable cases. The building’s exterior, foyer, and some common areas are frequently described as clean and welcoming, and infection-control practices and certain clinical interventions (wound care, timely antibiotic administration in some reports) are noted as competent.

    At the same time, there is a persistent theme of operational strain. Many reviews identify chronic understaffing and high workload as a primary driver of problems: delayed responses to call lights, inconsistent bathing and toileting schedules, and slower-than-expected assistance with mobility or repositioning. These staffing constraints appear to feed into inconsistent clinical oversight and medication-management gaps, with several families citing delays in adjustments to treatment, concerns about monitoring (including oxygen and IV therapy), and difficulty obtaining timely physician/NP follow-up. A number of reviews describe serious single‑case concerns that escalated to regulatory or protective‑services involvement; these are distinct from the facility-level patterns but underscore the importance of robust clinical governance.

    Dining and nutrition present mixed results. Some families report good meals and accommodating alternatives, while others describe high‑sodium menus, lack of fresh produce, and inconsistent meal quality or portioning. This variability suggests weaknesses in menu planning and dietitian coordination relative to residents’ specific electrolyte and chronic‑disease needs. Activities and programming are praised when therapy-focused and social, but reviewers also note limited recreational engagement for residents with high-dependency or bedbound status.

    Facility condition and maintenance are similarly mixed: a welcoming entry and some recently refreshed areas contrast with reports of dated wings, worn hallways, and room-level maintenance needs. Management and leadership receive both positive and critical assessments. Several families acknowledge improvements under newer administration and highlight visible, responsive managers who resolved issues; others describe limited after‑hours administrative support, uneven case-management communication, and inconsistent discharge/transportation coordination. Business-office staff and certain named employees are frequently singled out as strengths even in otherwise critical reviews.

    Overall, Mountain View appears to provide strong therapy-led rehabilitation and benefits from committed front-line caregivers and administrative staff in many instances. However, systemic issues—chiefly staffing levels, variable clinical oversight, inconsistent nutrition and housekeeping standards, and lapses in communication—recur across reviews and should be addressed to ensure consistent, facility-wide quality and resident safety. Prospective residents and families should weigh the facility’s rehabilitation strengths and individual staff positives against these operational patterns, ask about current staffing ratios, clinical governance, dietitian involvement, after-hours coverage, and recent quality-improvement actions when touring or evaluating placement.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Mountain View Care Center is located at 1313 W Magee Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85704.

    About Mountain View Care Center

    Mountain View Care Center sits in Tucson, AZ, offering skilled nursing services with 120 certified beds and usually about 101 residents a day. A full-time in-house therapy team works on personalized therapy plans, focusing on helping residents regain strength and mobility, covering both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care needs, and using state-of-the-art and hands-on therapeutic methods. Staff members work alongside patients and families to make each day as safe and comfortable as possible, and the dedicated team aims to provide a high level of care and support, though nurse turnover is a bit above the state average and nurse hours per resident per day come in below what's typical for Arizona. Residents can join a full calendar of social and recreational activities, take part in engaging classes, and head out for excursions using the facility's transportation services, with dining areas and both interior and exterior spaces shown in pictures. The center includes services for independent living, memory care, and is licensed as a continuing care retirement community, though it doesn't have beds specific to assisted living. The facility is managed by Maria Montion since 2015 and owned by Bandera Healthcare LLC, with a connection to The Ensign Group. There have been some reported issues, including a complaint in January 2024 and 43 total deficiencies found over past inspections, most without actual harm but with potential for more than minimal problems, including some related to abuse prevention and infection control. Staff members try to keep the environment therapeutic and lively, but inspection records suggest there's still work to do on both safety and staffing.

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