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This Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing center is a "for-profit" home providing services to residents of Blythe and Riverside County, California. The 48-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
285 West Chanslor Way
Blythe, California 92225
(760) 922-8176
Blythe Post Acute Nursing Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Blythe Post Acute Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $17,505 for substandard care
The state of California and the federal government have the legal obligation for monitoring every nursing facility and impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare if the facility has violated established nursing home regulations and rules. In serious cases, the nursing facility will receive multiple penalties if investigators find the violations are severe and harmed or could have harmed a resident.
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.”
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Blythe Post Acute Nursing Center for $17,505 on October 26, 2017, citing substandard care. This nursing facility received three complaints and self-reported two 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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Information on every intermediate and long-term care home in the state can be reviewed on government-owned and operated database websites, including the California Department of Public Health 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, two out of five stars for staffing issues, and four out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home "failed to provide an environment free from sexual abuse, when [a severely, cognitively impaired resident], a victim of previous sexual abuse, was left out in the lobby with no staff supervision. This [failure enabled another resident], who had a history of being sexually inappropriate to [the first resident] on three separate occasions, to sexually molest [the resident] while out in the lobby.”
The state investigators determined that “this failure to provide adequate supervision to [both residents] resulted in [the second resident] to be the victim of sexual abuse for the fourth time by [the sexually aggressive resident].” A Progress Note indicated that “it was alleged that another resident took her hand and was rubbing his [genitals] with her hand in the hallway when he was interrupted by another resident.”
Other documentation shows that the third resident’s family member proceeded to inform a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and a Licensed Vocational Nurse “that while sitting in the dining room, she observed [the sexually aggressive resident] had his hand up [the first resident’s] shirt.” On a separate occasion, the sexually aggressive resident was found touching parts of the first resident’s “breast in the hallway.”
A subsequent Progress Note indicated that the sexually injured resident “had been subjected to sexual inappropriateness by [the aggressive resident]” on three occasions. One Certified Nursing Assistant told the investigators that “it was hard for them to watch the residents all the time.” The CNA stated that all of the assistants “have a lot of residents, and they tend to get busy.”
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at Blythe 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 Riverside County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Blythe.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home