Some statistics show that more than one million Americans currently live in nursing homes. Many of these patients are our mothers, fathers, grandparents, siblings, children, and friends. Families often relocate their loved ones into a nursing home believing that they will receive the best care and improve quality of life in a safe environment.
Unfortunately, mistreatment still occurs in many nursing homes, including those in Fresno County. If your loved one was injured or died prematurely while residing in a nursing home, contact the California Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages.
This facility is a 120-certified bed "non-profit" long-term care home providing services and cares to residents of Fresno and Fresno County, California. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
6720 E. Kings Canyon
Fresno, California 93727
(559) 251-8414
California Home for the Aged
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, California Home for the Aged offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Federal government nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home with a denied payment for Medicare services or monetary fine when the facility has been cited for serious violations of regulations and rules.
This nursing facility received one complaint 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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The state of California and the federal government regularly updates its long-term care home database system with complete details of all deficiencies, 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 four out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home "failed to report allegations of abuse in required time frames for [two residents] when an allegation of staff-to-resident physical abuse occurred on May 10, 2018.” Additionally, a separate allegation of financial abuse occurred to a different resident on January 15, 2018. These “failures placed [both residents] at risk for continued abuse.”
In one incident, a resident’s departmental notes in clinical records from May 10, 2018, indicated the “resident brought to my attention multiple light red bruises to the bilateral arms” documented by a Licensed Nurse. Another clinical record shows that on the same day the resident stated a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) grabbed her arm “hard and the resident told the CNA to stop. The CNA was removed from the facility. Social services were notified of the report. The Director of Nursing completed an investigation section.”
The resident told investigators that the CNA “was trying to turn me on my side, and she grabbed my left wrist. When she grabbed my left wrist, I told her it hurts, and she grabbed my right wrist after I told her my left wrist hurts.” The CNA “gave me a dirty look when I told her that it hurt when she grabbed my wrists. I do not think it (grabbing the resident’s wrist) was done purposely, but it was not supposed to be done that way.”
The resident said that “there were discolorations on her left and right wrists after the incident, and the bruise was fading.” A “slight discoloration was visible on both wrists.”
The Director of Nursing stated that everyone at the facility is a mandated reporter and must report “any type of abuse. The Director stated that the times of abuse were fiduciary (financial abuse), psychological, verbal, physical, sexual, neglect, and involuntary isolation/abandonment.”
The Director verified that “yes, it is physical abuse when asked about the allegation between [the CNA and the resident]. The Director stated that the reporting should have been done within twenty-four hours after the incident was identified as possible abuse” but was not.
Were you or a loved one the victim of mistreatment, neglect, or abuse while living at California Home for the Aged? 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 Fresno.
Our legal team of dedicated attorneys invites you to discuss your case with us today through an initial, free claim consultation. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you will not owe us anything until after we have secured a monetary recovery for your family. All information you share with our law offices concerning your financial compensation case will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home