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1661 Pine Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 (opens Google Maps) · San Francisco County · (415) 447-5505· 27 certified beds · avg 15 residents/day · certified since Jul 28, 1998 · Medicare only — not Medicaid certified

Certified for Medicare only. Medicare pays for short rehabilitation stays, not for long-term care — and this facility cannot bill Medicaid, which is what most families rely on for a long stay. Ask what a long-term stay here would cost and how it would be paid for. Who pays for nursing home care →

Part of chain: FRONT PORCH (9 facilities, chain avg rating 4.8★)

5/5
Health inspection rating (on-site)
inspected Dec 4, 2025
0
Serious findings on record
$0
Fines, last 3 years
6.27
Nurse hours/resident/day (adjusted)

What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)

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Health inspection rating: ★★★★★5/5 · CMS overall rating: 5/5 · how star ratings work →

The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and quality measures from resident assessments and claims.

Inspection findings in the public record

Showing the latest 3 of 11 inspection findings. Open the full record below to read every finding.

  1. E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern

    The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. F-0812

  2. D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

    The facility did not honor residents' rights to request, refuse, or stop treatment, to decline participation in medical research, or to make an advance directive — a written statement of their wishes for future medical care. F-0578

  3. D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

    The facility did not provide required paperwork or notices about a resident's needs, their right to appeal a transfer or discharge, or the facility's bed-hold policy (how long a bed is saved during a hospital stay). F-0628

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CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed — that window is CMS's, not ours. Within it, every citation CMS publishes for this facility is listed here: none excluded.

DateSeverityWhat the facility was cited for
Dec 4, 2025E · Potential for more than minimal harm, patternThe facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · F-0812
Dec 4, 2025D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not honor residents' rights to request, refuse, or stop treatment, to decline participation in medical research, or to make an advance directive — a written statement of their wishes for future medical care. · F-0578
Dec 4, 2025D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not provide required paperwork or notices about a resident's needs, their right to appeal a transfer or discharge, or the facility's bed-hold policy (how long a bed is saved during a hospital stay). · F-0628
Dec 4, 2025D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not accurately assess a resident's health and needs. Assessments are the foundation for all the care a resident receives. · F-0641
Dec 4, 2025D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not keep residents' medications free from unnecessary drugs. Residents should only take medicines they truly need, at the right dose, for a clear reason. · F-0757
Jun 7, 2024F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadThe facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · F-0812
Jun 7, 2024D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not try to gradually reduce doses of mood- and mind-altering medications or use non-drug approaches first, as required, or used 'as needed' psychiatric drugs without proper limits. · F-0758
Jun 7, 2024D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. · F-0761
Mar 16, 2023D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · F-0812
Mar 16, 2023D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not dispose of garbage and refuse properly. · F-0814
Mar 16, 2023D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedThe facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. · F-0880

Inspection trend by year

Citations from standard inspections increased between the last two inspection cycles (3 → 5).

Citations by recorded inspection yearPublished citation counts, not a quality score · Source: CMS, 2026-08-01
All citationsSerious citations (G–L)
2023
All citations: 3
Serious citations (G–L): 0
2024
All citations: 3
Serious citations (G–L): 0
2025
All citations: 5
Serious citations (G–L): 0

All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.

YearCitationsSerious (G–L)Worst severity that year
202330D
202430F
202550E

Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.

Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)

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No fines or payment denials in the published 3-year window.

Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)

What these staffing numbers mean →

Nurse time, in contextAdjusted hours per resident per day · Source: CMS, 2026-08-01
This facilityCalifornia averageU.S. average
Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day)
This facility: 6.27
California average: 4.31
U.S. average: 3.95
Registered Nurse hours
This facility: 1.94
California average: 0.61
U.S. average: 0.69
Weekend total nurse staffing
This facility: 5.52
California average: 3.90
U.S. average: 3.50

All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.

MeasureThis facilityCalifornia avgU.S. avgWhere it stands
Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day)6.274.313.95top 4% in California; top 3% in the U.S.
Registered Nurse hours1.940.610.69top 2% in California; top 2% in the U.S.
Weekend total nurse staffing5.523.903.50top 4% in California; top 3% in the U.S.
Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted)1.680.510.48top 3% in California; top 1% in the U.S.
Total nursing staff turnover (%)13.036.745.8top 2% in California; top 1% in the U.S.
RN turnover (%)14.338.142.9top 10% in California; top 7% in the U.S.

Hours are per resident per day for the most recent quarter of payroll data in this CMS release (2026-08-01) — the same quarter for every facility — case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 6.88, RN 2.13, weekend 6.05.Comparing with Medicare Care Compare? Care Compare shows the raw figure (6.88 here, displayed there as hours and minutes), not the adjusted one above. Both are correct; they answer different questions. Staffing rating: 5/5.

Quality measures: assessments & claims

Note: CMS combines facility-reported resident assessments (MDS) with claims-based measures. These are different sources from on-site inspection findings. Read the measures alongside inspection and staffing records; a high QM rating does not establish that a home is safe.

Quality measures rating: 4/5 · long-stay residents: 2/5 · short-stay residents: 5/5

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Who owns this facility

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Ownership records as published by CMS on 2026-08-01. CMS records when an owner joined but not when they left. Listed here and no longer involved? Tell us →

Non profit - Corporation

Owner / managerTypeRoleStakeSince
Front Porch Communities and ServicesOrganization5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest100%04/01/2022
Akopyan, GevorkIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE10/12/2022
Arroyo, JenifferIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE05/04/2020
Duranteau, NancyIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE04/01/2021
Forte, VincentIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE04/01/2021
Front Porch Communities and ServicesOrganizationADP of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE04/01/2022
Haman, AissatouIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE11/20/2020
Haman, AissatouIndividualADP of the SNFNOT APPLICABLE11/20/2020
Handy, JoanneIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE04/01/2021
Ichien, ChristopherIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE06/04/2018
Jacobs, LauraIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE01/01/2019
Kelly, SeanIndividualCorporate OfficerNOT APPLICABLE03/06/2023
Kelly, SeanIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE03/06/2023
Kroeker, KevinIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE01/01/2018
Macango, SusanIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE05/04/2026
McGovern, MarionIndividualCorporate DirectorNOT APPLICABLE01/01/2017
McMullin, MaryIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE04/01/2025
Nitsche, MarkIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE07/25/2022
Olson, KariIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE04/01/2021
Omole, AkindeleIndividualOperational/Managerial ControlNOT APPLICABLE02/19/2025

Showing 20 of 28 parties CMS has on file for this facility; 8 are not displayed. The full list is in the CMS Ownership dataset.

Other facilities in the same chain

CMS lists this facility under the chain Front Porch — 9 facilities in the current records. Chain membership says who operates these homes. It says nothing about how any individual one of them was inspected; each has its own record.

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  • "What did your most recent kitchen inspection find, and can I see how food is stored and prepared?"
  • "How do you record and honor each resident's treatment wishes and advance directives, and how do staff know about them?"
  • "What written notices do we get before any transfer or discharge, and what is your bed-hold policy?"
  • "Who completes resident assessments here, and how do you check them for accuracy?"
  • "How often is each resident's medication list reviewed, and who decides when a drug can be reduced or stopped?"
  • "What is your approach to psychiatric medications — how do you try non-drug options first and work to reduce doses over time?"
  • "Can you show me how medications are stored and secured on the units, including controlled drugs?"
  • "Can I see where garbage is stored and how often it's removed?"

Also worth asking anywhere

  • "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
  • "Can I see the plan of correction for the findings in your most recent state inspection?"
  • "CMS reports 13% total nursing staff turnover here — who on the care team has been with you longest?"
  • "The ownership record on file lists 28 owning or managing parties — who makes the decisions about staffing levels?"
  • "Can I visit again unannounced, at a mealtime or on a weekend?"

Nearby facilities (12 closest of 94 within 20 miles)

FacilityDistanceCityOverallInspectionFlags
City View Post Acute0.0 miSan Francisco, CA★★☆☆☆2/5
Victorian Post Acute0.6 miSan Francisco, CA★★★★★4/5
Sequoias San Francisco Convalescent Hospital0.6 miSan Francisco, CA★★★★☆3/5
Central Gardens Post Acute0.7 miSan Francisco, CA★★★★★5/5
Chinese Hospital D/P SNF0.7 miSan Francisco, CA★★★★☆4/5
Laurel Heights Community Care1.1 miSan Francisco, CA★★★★★4/5
Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center1.1 miSan Francisco, CA★★★★★5/5
San Francisco Health Care1.4 miSan Francisco, CA★☆☆☆☆1/5
Hayes Convalescent Hospital1.5 miSan Francisco, CA★★★★★5/5
California Pacific Medical Ctr- Davies Campus Hosp1.5 miSan Francisco, CA★★★★★5/5
St. Anne's Home2.2 miSan Francisco, CA★★★☆☆4/5
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma SNF2.4 miSan Francisco, CA★★★★★5/5

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CMS records place this facility in San Francisco, CA — 18 certified facilities there. These are outside the 20-mile list above, or far enough down it not to appear.

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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 555728.

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