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This nursing home is a Medicare and Medicaid-participating "for-profit" center providing care and services to residents of Menlo Park and San Mateo County, California. The 160-certified bed nursing facility is located at:
1275 Crane Street
Menlo Park, California 94025
(650) 325-8600
Atherton Regency Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Atherton Regency Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care. The facility also offers comprehensive rehab services, wound care, orthopedic recovery, stroke recovery, restorative nursing, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $13,905 for substandard care
State and federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home cited for serious violations of regulations and rules. These penalties include levying monetary fines and denying payment of Medicare services. Typically, these violations result in penalties when investigators found severe problems that harmed or could have harmed a resident.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Atherton Regency Nursing Center for $13,905 on March 12, 2019, citing substandard care. During this time, Medicare denied payment on March 12, 2019, due to a lack of quality care.
This nursing facility received two complaints and self-reported five 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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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 the nursing home "failed to develop a policy protecting residents from abuse when [a resident] did not receive a psychiatric referral following aggression towards residents, according to Physician’s orders. This failure had the potential for abusive behavior to recur.” The investigation involved a resident who had “difficulty expressing self and understanding others” and “speaks little English.”
The resident’s Care Plan indicated the resident “has a history of agitation resulting in a disturbing milieu (background).” The nursing staff was guided to “reduce the frequency, intensity, and duration of agitation” that included a consultation with psychiatry after a referral for “unprovoked aggression and hitting other residents.”
A second resident was interviewed and questioned about an incident saying, “ya, I remember. The Nurse Practitioner saw the whole thing, ya, hit me hard. Ya, it hurt, hit my head and arm. It got red. She slapped me pretty good. It was sore. She did not want me to use the elevator.”
A licensed nurse stated that the injured resident had been in a wheelchair heading toward the elevators when the aggressive resident, walking at the nurse’s station, hit the injured resident “on the head and arm. The Nurse Practitioner also saw it.”
The facility “failed to ensure the safety of [one resident, when that resident] fell from her bed unattended. This failure resulted in a fall with [injuries to the] distal humerus, and [the resident] was transferred to the Acute Care Hospital for treatment.”
The investigative team interviewed the resident who had stated that the call light was unusable because it always fell to the floor. The resident reported they were “unable to get help when [needed] due to the broken call bell. The resident said [that at the time of the incident] she needed help to go to the restroom.”
Were you the victim of mistreatment, neglect, or abuse while living at Atherton Regency 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 San Mateo County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Menlo Park.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home