Hollywood Premier Healthcare Center

    5401 Fountain Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90029
    2.8 · 29 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    1.0

    Negligent care caused severe harm

    I placed a family member here. A few staff (Joanne, some nurses and front desk) were caring, the place is remodeled and near Kaiser, and OT/PT was sometimes helpful - but overall my experience was awful. Staff were often arrogant, busy or socializing, with long waits, bedpan shortages, language barriers, limited SLP after 6 p.m., and inconsistent communication. Facility hygiene and maintenance were poor (filthy sheets, broken beds, exposed wires, bad showers), and we suffered a severe insulin mishap that led to coma/hospitalization and suspicious circumstances. Leadership showed favoritism and detachment; I asked for investigation. I cannot recommend this place - 1/5.

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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

    2.76 · 29 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      2.3
    • Staff

      2.6
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      2.8

    Pros

    • helpful front desk and staff who answer questions
    • some nurses described as caring or good (e.g., Joanne)
    • staff assistance with rehabilitation and transportation to doctor appointments
    • proactive communication with families in some cases
    • OT/PT described as decent by some reviewers
    • clean, remodeled facility reported by some reviewers
    • friendly, home-like atmosphere and engaging activities for some residents
    • some families recommend the facility and describe world-class experiences
    • accommodating staff who kept families informed

    Cons

    • consistent reports of unsanitary conditions (filthy floors, dirty sheets)
    • allegations of inadequate or missing water and poor dining practices
    • reports of no bathing and poor personal grooming care
    • claims that a rehab facility provides little or no therapy
    • broken beds and poorly maintained showers
    • exposed electrical wires and alleged electrocution hazards
    • staff perceived as lazy, arrogant, detached, or socializing instead of supervising
    • long wait times for assistance and shortages of basic supplies (bedpans)
    • language barriers and limited multicultural capacity
    • reported medication errors including an insulin overdose leading to coma/hospitalization
    • allegations of neglect, bruises, and traumatized residents
    • reports of disrespectful staff and poor bedside manner
    • claims of favoritism and poor leadership/management (e.g., DON issues)
    • delayed or insensitive paperwork and communication after resident deaths
    • disruptive residents and insufficient staff intervention (noise, safety concerns)
    • inconsistent availability of certain therapy services (speech pathology limited evenings)
    • for‑profit practices and perceived corner‑cutting
    • calls for government investigation and requests to shut the facility down
    • conflicting reports about cleanliness and overall quality

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the reviews is highly mixed but leans strongly negative. Multiple reviews describe severe lapses in hygiene, care, supervision, and safety; these allegations include filthy floors and sheets, lack of bathing and grooming, broken equipment, exposed wires, and claims of dangerous medication errors (including a reported insulin overdose resulting in coma and hospitalization). At the same time, a set of reviewers report positive, even excellent, experiences citing attentive, compassionate staff, clean and remodeled areas, and effective rehab services. The volume and severity of negative claims create a pattern of inconsistent care quality and potential systemic issues rather than one-off problems.

    Care quality and resident safety are the most frequently raised concerns. Several reviews assert that residents are neglected—long waits for assistance, shortages of basic supplies (bedpans), poor personal care, and inadequate supervision. There are multiple specific, serious safety allegations: medication mistakes (an insulin overdose), bruising and trauma to residents, and hazardous physical conditions (exposed wiring and broken beds). Equally concerning are statements that this facility is a "rehab place with no therapy," contrasted with other reviews that say OT/PT was "decent," indicating strong inconsistency in the provision of therapeutic services. The combination of alleged neglect, equipment failures, and medication errors suggests elevated risk to residents in at least some cases.

    Staff behavior and management are portrayed very unevenly. Many reviewers characterize staff as busy, socializing, arrogant, or detached, failing to acknowledge family members or intervene when residents are disruptive or in danger. There are repeated complaints about poor bedside manner, disrespectful attitudes, and favoritism attributed to specific leadership (a DON named Elizabeth is mentioned negatively). Conversely, several reviews praise individual staff members—Joanne is mentioned as caring, front desk staff are called helpful, and some nurses and rehabilitation staff receive strong commendations. This polarity suggests leadership and culture issues that result in variable staff performance: some employees are proactive and communicative, while others appear negligent or undertrained.

    Facility condition and hygiene reports are also mixed. Multiple reviewers describe filthy conditions—dirty sheets and floors, poorly maintained showers—while others describe the facility as remodeled, clean, and home-like. Reports of exposed wires and broken beds are particularly alarming and imply maintenance and safety protocol failures in at least some areas. The disparity in descriptions may reflect inconsistent cleaning and maintenance standards across units or shifts, or differing expectations among reviewers.

    Services, therapy access, and amenities show similar inconsistencies. Some families report helpful rehabilitation support and transportation assistance to appointments, and a few reviewers explicitly recommend the facility for therapy. Others complain of lack of physical therapy, limited speech pathology coverage (notably after 6 p.m.), poor food quality, and even instances where drinking water was inadequately provided (e.g., served in a small plastic shot glass). Activities and atmosphere also vary: some residents reportedly enjoy a friendly, musical, home-like environment, while others experience disruptive halls, blaring TVs, and insufficient staff intervention to restore peace.

    Communication with families and administrative responsiveness is another area with conflicting feedback. Positive comments highlight proactive communication, staff who keep families informed, and responsiveness when issues are raised. Negative comments counter that staff ignored families, delayed important paperwork (including after a death), and showed insensitivity in official communications. Several reviewers explicitly requested government investigation and called for the facility to be shut down, indicating a high degree of distrust from some family members.

    Patterns and implications: the reviews collectively indicate a facility with stark variability in performance—some shifts, units, or staff members provide excellent person-centered care, while other areas exhibit severe neglect, safety hazards, and managerial problems. Frequent assertions of for-profit corner-cutting, staffing shortages or inattentiveness, and safety lapses suggest systemic problems that would merit external review. Given the combination of serious safety allegations (medication error, exposed wiring, physical trauma to residents) and repeated calls for investigation, these reviews should be treated as red flags that require verification through formal channels (inspections, regulatory reports, and direct follow-up with families).

    Recommendation-oriented conclusion: prospective residents and families should exercise caution and seek current, verifiable information—recent inspection reports, staffing ratios, incident records, and references from recent families—before choosing this facility. If you are a family member of a current resident, document concerns, escalate them to facility leadership and regional regulators, and consider requesting immediate reviews for any safety incidents. For the facility and oversight bodies, the reviews point to an urgent need for consistent policies, staff training, maintenance and safety remediation, improved medication management protocols, and transparent family communication to address the deeply contradictory experiences reflected in these summaries.

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    About Hollywood Premier Healthcare Center

    Hollywood Premier Healthcare Center sits at 5401 Fountain Ave. in Los Angeles and operates as a skilled nursing facility for older adults, with 99 certified beds and caring mostly for about 90 residents every day, and while you'll find daily activities, physical and occupational therapy, pain management groups, along with diabetic care management and aggressive wound care programs, you'll also see that both intermediate and skilled nursing services are available, which matters for frail folks who need close help or those needing short-term rehab before going home after a hospital stay, and as part of the Serrano Group, managed by Serrano Licensee 2 LLC since January 2016, the place offers several ways for families to visit, from in-person to virtual requests, so people can check in even if they're not nearby. There's a special focus on infection control, though inspection reports show 6 infection-related deficiencies and some trouble areas-staff have not always kept residents fully informed about their health or treatments, flagged under deficiency code F0552, and there have been cases related to not fully protecting against abuse, neglect, or exploitation listed as F0600, where harm did happen but not at an immediate crisis level, and while this isn't great, the nurse turnover rate is at 24.2%, which is better than the state's 40% average, though the nurse staffing at 4.11 hours per resident per day is lower than California's average of 4.5, but despite these numbers, staff provide IV therapy and run specialized programs for wound care and therapy and the facility keeps a regular check on care quality by public inspection reports, the last of which came out March 18, 2025, and the commitment is really about helping residents feel stable, fulfilled, and safe, working to protect them from harm, and even though the management doesn't list any specific employees, the center says it focuses on compassionate and personalized service, following servant leadership ideas while tending to the older folks who need steady care.

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