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This Medicaid-participating facility is a "for-profit" center providing services to residents of Fowler and Fresno County, California. The 46-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
8448 East Adams Avenue
Fowler, California 93625
(559) 834-2519
NO WEBSITE
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Alice Manor Convalescent Hospital offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
The investigators for the state and federal nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal responsibility of penalizing any facility that has violated rules and regulations that harmed or could have harmed a resident. These penalties often include monetary fines and denying payment of Medicare services.
Medicare has cited this facility for abuse. Medicare says that “every nursing home resident deserves to retain their basic human dignity and be treated with respect at all times. Abuse and neglect are never acceptable.” Nursing homes “cited for abuse are required to take steps to protect their residents.”
This nursing facility received two complaints and self-reported three 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 five out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home failed to ensure three residents “remained free from physical restraints for the purposes of staff convenience when [a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)] used a bed sheet to restrain [the resident] to his bed.” The facility also failed when “nursing staff applied a self-releasing seatbelt (a seatbelt with the buckle) to the resident while in the wheelchair without ensuring a physical restraint assessment was done to evaluate if less restrictive measures were unsuccessful.”
The facility also failed when “nursing staff applied a lap buddy (a snug cushion applied to the lap of the resident in a wheelchair to prevent the resident from getting up) to [another resident] while up in a wheelchair without ensuring a physical restraint assessment was done to evaluate if less restrictive measures were unsuccessful.” These “failures infringed upon the rights of [three residents] to be free from physical restraints and had the potential to cause physical and psychosocial harm.”
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to ensure the right to be free from abuse [for one resident] when a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) slapped the resident on the back of the head. This failure placed [the resident] at risk for increased anxiety, fear, and mental anguish due to the physical assault by the facility caregiver.” The investigation involved a resident with severe cognitive impairment.
The facility Director of Nursing stated that at 1:45 PM on March 5, 2018, “the facility Cook reported she witnessed [the CNA] slap the resident on the back of the head with a hard slap. The Director stated the Cook reported the incident” between the CNA and the resident had occurred that morning at 5:20 AM when the resident “refused to leave the dining room.” The Director stated that the facility had recorded a video showing the CNA hitting the resident on the back of the head.
Were you the victim of mistreatment, neglect, or abuse while living at Alice Manor Convalescent Hospital? Contact the California nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Fresno County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Fowler.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home