Fireside Health Care Center

    947 3rd St, Santa Monica, CA 90403
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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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

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

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • 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 (non-medical)

    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

    3.93·(99)

    Overall rating

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

      3.8
    • Staff

      4.0
    • Meals

      2.2
    • Amenities

      2.8
    • Value

      1.5

    Pros

    • Strong, effective physical, occupational, and speech therapy programs
    • Compassionate and attentive nursing assistants and caregivers
    • Skilled and supportive rehabilitation therapists
    • Well-maintained common areas and courtyard
    • Engaging activities program (crafts, music, movies, games)
    • Supportive admissions and social-work assistance
    • Responsive accommodation of room changes and placement needs
    • Patient-centered rehabilitation outcomes and mobility gains
    • Respectful, empathetic bedside manner from many staff
    • Dietary accommodations and responsiveness to special diets
    • Medicare-covered rehabilitation options
    • Welcoming front-desk and visitor experience

    Cons

    • Inconsistent nursing responsiveness and delayed call-bell response
    • Incontinence-care delays and inconsistent personal-hygiene assistance
    • Variability in clinical oversight during nights and weekends
    • Inconsistent medication-administration practices and documentation
    • Variable staff professionalism and conduct
    • Noise and behavioral-management challenges in dementia care areas
    • Inconsistent cleanliness and facility maintenance across units
    • Crowded rooming and limited private-room availability
    • Variable food quality and meal-service consistency
    • Gaps in social-service coordination and transition planning
    • Poor communication and transparency from administration
    • Insufficient staffing levels at times affecting care delivery
    • Security and patient-leave monitoring weaknesses
    • Unclear billing and insurance communication

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews describe a facility with a pronounced rehabilitation strength and many individual staff members who provide compassionate, patient-focused care. The therapy programs (physical, occupational, and speech) are repeatedly cited as effective, with measurable functional gains noted for some residents. Admissions staff, select social workers, and front‑desk personnel are often described as welcoming and helpful, and the facility’s common areas and outdoor courtyard are consistently mentioned as positive elements of the environment.

    Care quality and clinical operations: Clinical care is uneven across shifts and units. When therapists and direct-care staff are engaged, families describe attentive assistance, good pain management during therapy, and supportive hands-on care. However, recurring operational issues include slow or inconsistent responses to call buttons, delays in personal-hygiene and incontinence care, and variable medication administration/documentation practices. Several reviews mention limited clinical oversight during nights and weekends and instances where communication about clinical status or transfers was inadequate. There are isolated but serious allegations related to medication administration and end-of-life events; prospective families should discuss medication protocols and incident reporting during their evaluation.

    Staff, management, and communication: Staff quality appears mixed: many frontline caregivers and therapists receive high praise for professionalism and compassion, while other comments point to variability in conduct, occasional gossiping or socializing on duty, and defensive or opaque management communication. Some families credit recent leadership changes with improvements, while others describe misrepresentations around transfers and billing. Gaps in social-services coordination and transition planning were noted, including promised post‑discharge supports that were not consistently arranged. Clear, timely communication from administration about care plans, billing, and insurance coverage emerges as a frequent area for improvement.

    Dining, activities, and facility environment: The activities program is a clear strength — reviewers mention crafts, music, movies, games, and social spaces that contribute to resident engagement. The facility’s outdoor areas and lobby amenities are frequently appreciated. Food quality, by contrast, is described inconsistently, ranging from satisfactory to substandard. Cleanliness and maintenance assessments vary: many families call the facility immaculate, while others report older, worn areas and sanitation concerns in particular units. Rooming arrangements are a consistent practical concern; reviewers note small rooms and instances of shared or crowded accommodations, which can affect privacy and visitor comfort. Behavioral and noise management in dementia care areas is another recurring operational challenge with nighttime and late‑evening disruptions reported.

    Notable patterns and recommendations for prospective families: The most consistent positives are the therapy programs and numerous dedicated frontline staff; the most consistent negatives relate to staffing consistency, responsiveness to basic care needs, medication/documentation practices, and administrative communication. When considering this facility, families should ask about current staffing ratios and how off‑hours clinical coverage is managed, inquire about average response times to call bells, review medication-administration and incident-reporting procedures, verify private-room availability and associated costs, and confirm exactly which post‑discharge services (home health, therapy continuation) will be coordinated. Request recent inspection reports, ask to speak directly with the therapy team, and seek references from current families in the specific unit being considered to evaluate unit-level variation in cleanliness, noise management, and staff stability.

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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

    Fireside Health Care Center is located at 947 3rd St, Santa Monica, CA, 90403.

    About Fireside Health Care Center

    Fireside Health Care Center sits at 947 3rd Street in a quiet Santa Monica neighborhood close to the 3rd Street Promenade, and folks who come here will find a skilled nursing facility with 66 beds and 24-hour care, which means there's always help around if someone needs it day or night. This place's main language is English, but some staff speak other languages. The staff includes nurses, therapists, and administrators who're dedicated to giving everyone the care they need and helping people recover from surgery, injury, or illness, and you'll find physical, occupational, and speech therapy programs right here in the facility. Fireside does short-term rehab, long-term care, and end-of-life care, so folks can get help in many different situations. The team believes in high medical integrity, attentive and careful service, and giving patients and their families information to help them make decisions. There are social services, nursing care, and activities for residents to try to make life more comfortable for those living here, and the center keeps a strong sense of team spirit among its staff, which helps everyone work together for the patients' good. The building itself is comfortable and friendly, and many say it's a pretty place to spend time in, but right now Fireside Health Care Center isn't taking any new patients. It's certified for Medicare and Medi-Cal. Their office hours aren't made public, and the public can't send a fax, but staff stand ready around the clock for the people who live or recover there.

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