The Fountains: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
The Fountains is a 145-bed nonprofit nursing home in Yuba City, California, part of Adventist Health. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.61 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average of 2.65, and 15.0% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
The Fountains
1260 Williams WayYuba City, CA 95991
Sutter County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At The Fountains, nurse aides logged 2.61 hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average. With about 122 residents a day, that works out to roughly 319 aide hours a day, or about 40 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 6% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.61 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.75 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.96 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.73 | 4.09 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
15.0% of nursing staff at The Fountains left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 5.6%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 20, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. The Fountains holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About The Fountains
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Adventist Health, 5 homes
- Legal name: United Com-Serve
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 20, 1990
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near The Fountains
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Yuba City Post Acute Yuba City | 0.6 | 59 | 2.76 | 4.22 | 28.6% | 5 | None |
| Bridgeview Post Acute Yuba City · abuse citation | 0.6 | 130 | 2.71 | 4.05 | 40.7% | 2 | $68,146 |
| Marysville Post-Acute Marysville | 2.7 | 86 | 2.38 | 3.90 | 35.2% | 5 | None |
| River Valley Care Center Live Oak | 7.8 | 99 | 2.54 | 4.04 | 32.3% | 3 | None |
| Gridley Post Acute Gridley | 15.3 | 82 | 2.84 | 4.36 | 39.3% | 4 | None |
| Colusa Medical Center - SNF Colusa · many days without an RN | 20.2 | 6 | 1.99 | 4.03 | — | 4 | $4,558 |
| Country Crest Post-Acute Oroville | 24.7 | 59 | 2.95 | 4.70 | 53.7% | 4 | None |
| Lincoln Meadows Care Center Lincoln | 24.9 | 97 | 2.32 | 4.10 | 35.8% | 5 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.