Marina Garden Nursing Center

    3201 Fernside Blvd, Alameda, CA, 94501
    5.0 · 6 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    5.0

    Compassionate professional care and support

    I chose Marina Gardens for knee-replacement rehab and my loved one's final weeks, and I'm so glad I did. The admissions team, CNAs, RNs, therapists (PT and speech), kitchen and activities staff were professional, well-trained, compassionate and attentive; the facility was spotless and the meals were nutritious and delicious. They honored our wishes, provided individualized, family-like care, and I'm deeply grateful - I highly recommend Marina Gardens.

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

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

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    5.00 · 6 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      5.0
    • Staff

      5.0
    • Meals

      4.7
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      5.0

    Pros

    • Well-trained, professional staff
    • Caring and responsive caregivers
    • Compassionate end-of-life care
    • Individualized, personalized care
    • Family-like atmosphere
    • Skilled therapists (physical and speech therapy)
    • Effective knee replacement rehabilitation
    • Clean facility
    • Nutritious and delicious food
    • Dedicated activities staff and programming
    • Attentive admissions team
    • Competent nursing staff (CNAs and RNs)
    • Coordinated interdisciplinary care
    • Honoring residents' wishes
    • Consistent gratitude and high recommendations from families

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment: The review summaries for Marina Garden Nursing Center are uniformly positive. Reviewers consistently emphasize high-quality, compassionate care and express gratitude for the services received. There are repeated recommendations and statements of satisfaction, with multiple reviewers explicitly saying they are glad they chose Marina Gardens for rehabilitation and end-of-life care.

    Care quality and clinical services: Clinical care emerges as a central strength. Reviewers highlight well-trained and professional staff who deliver individualized care and full attention to residents. Therapy services (specifically physical therapy and speech pathology) are called out as kind, factual, and effective—one reviewer specifically noted knee replacement rehabilitation as successful. The reviews also reference attentive nursing care provided by CNAs and RNs and portray an interdisciplinary approach (admissions, nurses, therapists, kitchen staff) that works together to meet patients' needs.

    Staff, compassion, and responsiveness: The staff are described repeatedly as caring, compassionate, and responsive. Multiple roles are praised by name — admissions staff, CNAs, RNs, therapists, and kitchen personnel — and reviewers describe a family-like atmosphere and dedicated caregivers. Several comments single out compassionate care during a resident’s final weeks of life and emphasize that the facility honored the resident’s wishes, indicating sensitivity to both clinical and emotional needs.

    Facilities and environment: Cleanliness is a consistent and prominent theme. Reviewers describe the facility as very clean, well maintained, and professional. This recurring comment indicates that infection control, housekeeping, and overall facility upkeep are perceived as strong points.

    Dining and activities: Food quality is another repeatedly mentioned positive: reviewers use terms like nutritious and delicious. The kitchen team is explicitly acknowledged, suggesting consistent meal satisfaction. Activities staff are described as dedicated, and reviewers appreciate the programming and engagement provided, which supports residents’ social and emotional well-being in addition to their clinical care.

    Management and coordination: While no direct managerial critiques are offered, reviewers’ references to responsible, professional, and attentive staff across departments imply effective management and operational coordination. The presence of coordinated care (admissions through therapy and nursing) suggests that processes for intake, rehabilitation, and ongoing care function well.

    Patterns, strengths, and limitations of the data: The dominant patterns are consistent praise for staff quality, cleanliness, strong rehabilitation and therapy services, good dining, and compassionate end-of-life care. Reviewers frequently use words such as outstanding, attentive, and thankful, and several explicitly recommend the facility. The supplied summaries do not contain negative comments or specific concerns — there are no recurrent complaints about wait times, staffing shortages, communication issues, safety, or cost in this dataset. That absence should be noted as a limitation: the set of summaries provided appears uniformly positive and may not reflect the full range of experiences. Nevertheless, based on the supplied reviews, Marina Garden Nursing Center demonstrates notable strengths in clinical rehabilitation, compassionate person-centered care, facility cleanliness, meal quality, and activity offerings.

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    About Marina Garden Nursing Center

    Marina Garden Nursing Center began offering care in 2004 and continues to give seniors skilled nursing and support in a private, for-profit setting with certified beds, and as of June 2025, there are two beds available if anyone's looking. The rooms come furnished, have telephones for each resident's use, and there's an emergency alert system plus a 24-hour call button for anything urgent, which helps keep people safe day or night, and folks who need help with bathing, dressing, or moving around the place will find staff ready, including nurses, therapists, and other helpers, many of whom speak different languages. Residents get meals made for them right there in a dining room that serves all day in a restaurant-style way, and if someone has food allergies or diabetes or other dietary needs, the kitchen team prepares the right food for them and takes care of these special diets. Housekeeping, laundry, and dry cleaning services are included, making daily routines easier, and there's a salon for grooming and hair care needs.

    Everyone living here can join in community-sponsored activities and some residents even organize their own events, with an arts room, outdoor walking paths, and garden spaces that give people a chance to spend time outside and socialize. There are amenities for comfort and engagement, and the center provides continuous health care for both long-term residents and those who come in for short-term rehabilitation or respite after a hospital stay, surgery, or illness, including patients with complex needs like bedsore infections. The facility accepts both Medicaid and Medicare, which is important for many families planning finances.

    There's assistance with daily living activities, medication delivery, pharmacy services, and therapy. Residents who need memory care also have access to special services, and support is always available from a compassionate and skilled staff who do their best to treat everyone with kindness and who work to answer questions clearly and directly. The environment feels comfortable and supportive, and the staff treat people in a way that makes the place feel like family, which is something visitors often notice when they tour the building. Marina Garden Nursing Center welcomes new residents, arrangements for tours are simple, and staff can show you around and give detailed explanations about any care options, including skilled nursing, assisted living, inpatient rehabilitation, social and dietary services, and the different amenities residents use every day.

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