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This long-term care facility is a 144-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating center providing services to residents of Chico and Butte County, California. The "for-profit" home is located at:
1200 Springfield Drive
Chico, California 95928
(530) 342-4885
NO WEBSITE
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Arbor Post Acute Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $220,400 for substandard care
State surveyors and federal investigators can penalize nursing homes by denying payment for Medicare services or imposing monetary fines if the facility has been cited for a serious violation of a regulation or rule that harmed or could have harmed residents.
Within the last thirty-six months, investigators imposed three monetary penalties against Arbor Post Acute Nursing Center, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $21,392 fine on January 11, 2019, a $84,666 fine on November 07, 2017, and a $114,342 fine on December 01, 2016, for a total of $220,400. During this time, Medicare denied payment on three occasions, including on January 11, 2019, November 07, 2017, and December 01, 2016, due to a lack of quality care.
This nursing facility received thirteen complaints and self-reported fifty-eight 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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The state of California and federal government nursing home regulatory agencies routinely update their care home database system. This list contains historical information of all citations and violations.
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 two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing facility “failed to provide an effective pain management program [for a resident] that included ongoing assessments and interventions over a five-month period when receiving treatment for [the removal of toxins from the blood] and wound care.” The failure resulted in the resident experiencing “unrelieved moderate to severe pain, causing psychological distress and [interference] with his activities of daily living.”
The state investigators reviewed the resident’s clinical records that indicated “pain medication therapy goals were for the resident to be free from any discomfort or adverse (negative response) side effects from the pain medication. The interventions were to [ensure that the nursing staff administered] medication as ordered, ask the Physician to review medication, review [records] for pain efficiency, assess whether pain intensity is acceptable to the resident and the therapeutic regimen was followed, and if the pain control was not adequate, changes were required.”
However, a review of the resident’s Physician’s Assistant Progress Note indicated that the resident experiences phantom pain, a “perception of pain from a missing limb in the leg that was very bothersome at night.” There were no new Physician orders for treatment for the pain.
The nursing home “failed to communicate or collaborate with [the dialysis treatment clinic] when the communication record did not contain documentation of required monitoring. This failure had the potential to result in an unidentified complication or worsening of the condition that could be identified and acted upon timely.”
A review of the resident’s communication records between October 2018 and January 2019 indicated issues and concerns involving the resident’s vital signs, blood pressure, pain, and the appearance of the medical treatment site before and after the treatment. The surveyors documented that there were inconsistent blood assessments and no pain assessments in the medical records, and there “was no coordination of care documented related to an ulcer wound [on the resident’s] buttocks.”
Do you believe that your loved one has suffered harm or injury through mistreatment while living at Arbor Post Acute Nursing Center? Contact the California nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Butte County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Chico.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home