3686 4TH AVE, San Diego, CA 92103
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Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in San Diego, California provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation care designed to help patients regain independence and return home. Our experienced medical team delivers personalized treatment plans with compassionate support every step of recovery.
Capacity
194 residents
Location
San Diego, CA
Status
Listed in a public registry
3520 FOURTH AVENUE, San Diego, California 92103
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on May 15, 2025, state inspectors cited 13 health deficiencies (the California average is 15.5).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 48 minutes with each resident a day, below the California average of 4 hours 31 minutes.
Medicare has not fined Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in the last three years.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 48 minutesBelow the California average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 36 minutesBelow the California average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 37% |
1 administrator has left the home in the past year.
25 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
April 23, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
March 5, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 2 citations
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide appropriate foot care.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
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State inspectors visited on May 15, 2025 and cited 13 health deficiencies, 7 of them from complaint investigations. The California average is 15.5.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 48 minutes with each resident per day, including 36 minutes from registered nurses. 37% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Medicare's records show no fines against Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in the last three years.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.