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This center is a 177-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services to residents of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County, California. The "for-profit" long-term care home is located at:
1515 N Alexandria Ave. Los Angeles, California 90027 (323) 660-1800
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Alexandria Care Center offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke care, enteral nutrition, pain management, hospice, oncology care, dementia and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $75,347 for substandard care
Both the state of California and federal agencies penalize nursing homes by denying reimbursement payments from Medicare or imposing monetary fines anytime the facility is cited for a serious violation of established regulations and rules that harm or could harm residents.
Special Focus Facility
– Medicare has deemed this nursing home a Special Focus Facility (SFF) due to “a history of persistent poor quality of care, as indicated by the findings of state or Federal inspection teams.” This designation “means the facility subjected to more frequent inspections, escalating penalties, and potential termination from Medicare or Medicaid.”Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against Alexandria Care Center (SFF), citing substandard care. These penalties include a $43,658 fine on October 12, 2017, and a $31,689 fine on October 13, 2016, for a total of $75,347. During this time, Medicare denied payment on two occasions, including on October 12, 2017, and October 13, 2017, due to a lack of quality care.
This nursing facility received twenty-nine complaints and self-reported twenty-four serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive California Department of Social Services Adult Protective Services Website.
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Our attorneys obtain and review data on every California long-term care home from various online publically available sources, including the Department of Public Health website and Medicare.gov.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues, and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home "failed to implement its policies and procedures to ensure that all residents were protected from potential physical and psychosocial harm during a facility investigation of alleged employee abuse [involving one resident]. The facility did not remove [a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)] from duty after the resident made an allegation of physical abuse about the CNA. This deficient practice had the potential to subject other residents to physical and psychosocial harm pending the facility’s investigation.”
The facility’s investigation over the allegation of physical abuse was documented on February 1, 2019, when the resident said that the CNA “roughly moved the pillow during patient care and also stated that the [CNA] was rough during incontinent care.” A review of the resident’s Care Plan revealed the resident “was at risk for distressed/fluctuating mood symptoms related to an allegation of abuse while receiving care.”
The resident stated that the CNA “was rough, she pulled the pillow so fast, and it hurt. I just had surgery, you know?” The resident “was not sure of the CNA's name.” A Licensed Vocational Nurse stated, “he was in the middle of passing medications, and he heard [the resident] state, ‘you are too rough for me.’”
The state investigators interviewed the facility Administrator, who stated that they had not yet had a conversation with the resident but would have asked if the resident still felt safe after removing the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) from providing their care.
Do you believe that your loved one has suffered harm through mistreatment while living at Alexandria Care Center (SFF)? Contact the California nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Los Angeles County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Los Angeles.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
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