Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Marina Garden Nursing Center
3201 Fernside Blvd., Alameda, CA 94501 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 32 certified beds
Marina Garden Nursing Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Alameda, California. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.80 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Nov 21, 2024 cited 4 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Marina Garden Nursing Center compares
This facility vs. the California and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | California avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.80 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.39 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.68 | 2.64 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 38.1% | 46.4% | — |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 15.4 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
What inspectors found at Marina Garden Nursing Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Nov 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Nov 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Nov 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Nov 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
Environmental Deficiencies · Nov 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 10 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Oct 5, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Oct 5, 2023 - Minimal
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
Environmental Deficiencies · Oct 5, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
Environmental Deficiencies · Apr 22, 2021 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Apr 22, 2021
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 3201 Fernside Blvd.
Alameda, CA 94501 - CMS certification #
- 555461
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 32
- Avg residents/day
- 31.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1991-05-27
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, 3 meals a day
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2010
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Marina Garden Nursing Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Oct 1, 2010 to Oct 1, 2013. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $53,666 owed to 30 employees. DOL marked the employer as a willful violator. Employer as DOL recorded it: MARINA GARDEN NURSING CENTER (MARINA GARDEN NURSING CENTER, INC). Case 1710113.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Alameda Hospital, Alameda. 1.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Alameda Hospital D/p SNF, Alameda. 1.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Baypoint Home Health, Inc, Alameda. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Versailles Pharmacy. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 94501 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Rai - East Bay - Oakland, Oakland, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Rai - Bancroft Ave - Oakland, Oakland, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Shc Oakland Waterfront, Oakland, 3.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 51 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 94501.
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care Of Ca - Oakla, office in Oakland, 1.9 miles away, straight line
Healthflex Hospice, office in Oakland, 1.9 miles away, straight line
Sutter Care At Home, office in Alameda, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Alameda Health System, Alameda. 1.3 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively high, coastal flooding relatively moderate, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very high. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Marina Garden Nursing Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Marina Garden Nursing Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Marina Garden Nursing Center staffed?
Marina Garden Nursing Center reports 3.80 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Marina Garden Nursing Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Marina Garden Nursing Center have?
Marina Garden Nursing Center is certified for 32 beds.