For many years, nursing home residents throughout the United States have been subjected to neglect and abuse by caregivers, employees, or other residents. Many problems with the nursing home industry involve untrained professionals, short staffing, and a lack of supervision that leads to resident-to-resident assault.
If your loved one was injured while living in a San Mateo County nursing facility, contact the California Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal help. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation from recovering your damages.
This center is a 38-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services to residents of Redwood City and San Mateo County, California. The "for-profit" long-term care home is located at:
3635 Jefferson Avenue
Redwood City, California 94062
(650) 366-9503
Devonshire Oaks Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Devonshire Oaks Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke care, enteral nutrition, pain management, diabetes management, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
The state of California and the federal government are legally responsible for monitoring each nursing home and impose monetary fines and deny payments through Medicare if serious violations have been identified. These penalties are typically imposed when the violation is severe and harmed or could have harmed a resident.
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 federal government and California Department of Public Health website update comprehensive information containing historical details of all citations and violations.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues, and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home "failed to supervise and monitor fall prevention interventions consistent with the resident’s Plan of Care to reduce the risk for falls.” This “failure had the potential to expose all residents with risk for falls to increase incidents of falls, resulting in residents’ injuries from falls and compromising their health and safety.”
In one case, a resident had difficulties with decision-making abilities and problems with “short and long-term memories.” The resident had “the inability to move both lower legs due to impairment on both legs [and was dependent] on staff assistance for bathing, transfers between surfaces, and moving from bed to chairs.”
A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) stated that “she transferred [the resident] from her bed to a shower chair by herself [saying], ‘I always transferred residents from their bed to the shower chairs by myself.’” The resident “sustained a bump on the back of her head from the fall, and the facility transferred [the resident] to an acute hospital for evaluation.” The facility Director of Nursing stated that the nursing home “failed to monitor staff to ensure staff followed [the resident’s] planned interventions to prevent [the resident’s] risk for falls.”
The facility “failed to implement its policy and procedure regarding Employee Infection and Vaccination Status on protecting all residents and staff against infection.” The nursing home failed to ensure a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) had “evidence of vaccine records or laboratory blood tests that showed immunity to [MMR – measles mumps and rubella].” The CNA “had no current influenza vaccine record or waiver/consent for refusal of the vaccine.”
A Licensed Vocational Nurse and a Registered Nurse (RN) “did not have any evidence of vaccine records or laboratory tests that show immunity to MMR.” This “deficient practice does not provide a safe environment and does not help prevent the development and transmission of communicable infections for residents and the staff.”
Was your loved one mistreated while residing at Devonshire Oaks 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 Redwood City.
Our legal team 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 will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home