For many family members, detecting abuse and neglect in a nursing facility can be challenging at best, especially if your loved one has symptoms that mask the typical effects of mistreatment. In many cases, friends and family will mistake the natural progression of the aging process or a debilitating disease when actual abuse or neglect is occurring.
If you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while living in an Orange County nursing facility, contact the California Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal assistance. Our team of abuse prevention lawyers has handled cases just like yours, and we can help your family too. Call us now so we can begin working on your case today to ensure you receive financial compensation for your damages.
This nursing center is a "for-profit" Medicare-participating facility providing services and cares to residents of Yorba Linda and Orange County, California. The 45-certified bed long-term care nursing home is located at:
17803 Imperial Highway
Yorba Linda, California 92886
(714) 777-9666
Brookdale Yorba Linda Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Brookdale Yorba Linda Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care. The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, independent and assisted living options, pain management, hospice, dementia, and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Both the federal government and the state of California can impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare of any nursing facility that has been found to have violated the established nursing home rules and regulations.
This nursing facility received seven complaints and self-reported 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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The state of California and Medicare.com routinely update their comprehensive list of deficiencies online to reflect all 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, three 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 implement appropriate interventions after a fall for [one resident, who] had falls from her wheelchair. However, the implement interventions were not specific to the resident’s accidents from the wheelchair.”
As a result, the resident “sustained a fall on April 30, 2019, from her wheelchair (the third fall from her wheelchair), causing [the resident] to sustain a wrist fracture and pain due to a fracture.” This deficient practice “posed a risk for [the resident] sustaining further falls and injury.”
In a separate summary statement of deficiencies dated January 10, 2019, the facility “failed to ensure adequate supervision was provided to prevent falls for [one resident, who] was assisted to the bathroom, left unsupervised, and sustained an unwitnessed fall.” The resident stated that “she hit her head during the fall. This [accident caused the resident] to sustain a bump on her head and be transferred to an Acute Care Hospital Emergency Department.”
A family member stated to the investigators that the resident “was admitted to the facility following hospitalization for a fall, which had resulted in fractured ribs and a left clavicle (collarbone).” After the fall at the facility, the resident “was admitted to the Acute Care Hospital Intensive Unit for five days after [sustaining] a hematoma, bleeding outside of her brain, and a new fracture of her vertebrae.” The family member stated that “they felt the resident [had fallen] due to not being properly supervised.”
The nursing home "failed to ensure [one resident] was free from physical restraints when positioning wedges were placed under the resident’s mattress bilaterally. This failure had the potential to cause the resident psychological and physical harm.”
A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) stated that the resident “had a recent fall in the facility.” The CNA said that the resident “was a fall risk, and they were using floor mats and wedges to keep them safe.”
However, documentation indicates that the resident “had an unwitnessed fall on June 7, 2019, at 4:15 AM while getting out of bed.”
Do you believe that your loved one has suffered harm through mistreatment while living at Brookdale Yorba Linda 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 Orange County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Yorba Linda.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home