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This long-term care facility is a 99-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating center providing services to residents of Bakersfield and Kern County, California. The "for-profit" home is located at:
6212 Tudor Way
Bakersfield, California 93306
(661) 871-3133
Evergreen Bakersfield Post Acute Care Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Evergreen Bakersfield Post Acute Care Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $135,150 for substandard care
The state and federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home that has been cited for a serious violation that harmed or could have harmed a nursing home resident. Typically, these penalties include imposed monetary fines and denial of payment for Medicare services.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Evergreen Bakersfield Post Acute Care Nursing Center for $135,150 on October 25, 2016, citing substandard care. During this time, Medicare denied payment on October 25, 2016, due to a lack of quality care.
This nursing facility received twelve complaints and self-reported nine 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 federal government nursing home regulatory agencies routinely update their care home database system. This list contains historical information of all 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, two out of five stars for staffing issues, and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to follow its policy and procedure to report an alleged episode of staff-to-resident verbal abuse within twenty-four hours to the State Department after a resident alleged that the Director of Nursing yelled at him. This [failure] had the potential to compromise protection of [the resident] and other residents from aggressive verbal behavior.”
The surveyors indicated that “verbal abuse includes the use of oral, written, or adjusted communication, or sounds to residents within hearing distance, regardless of age, inability to comprehend, or disability.”
The resident told the surveyors that “the incident happened on January 30, 2018, before dinner time.” The resident stated he was in the dining room for some coffee and while still there, the Director of Nursing “walked into the room with a strong, high voice [that] allowed for everyone in the room to hear him say get out of the 400 Dining Room to the 300 Dining Room (a much bigger dining room in the 300 cap hallway).”
The resident stated that “his room was right across the hallway from the 400 Dining Room, where he used to have his meals. He changed a week ago. He would have to go to the 300 Dining Room to eat.” The resident stated that “he was just getting a cup of coffee and not talking to the staff. He felt embarrassed after the incident. He was still angry with the Director of Nursing and reported the incident to the Social Services Director the next morning.”
The resident believed that the Director “yelled at him because he had been caught speaking Spanish in the 400 Dining Room to a staff member before.” The resident stated that “he knew some English but always preferred to speak Spanish to the Hispanic staff.”
The surveyor spoke with the Social Services Director, who stated that the Director had instructed her to talk to the resident because the resident saying that “he was mad at [the Director] for yelling at him over the language issue the day before.”
Do you believe that your loved one was the victim of abuse or neglect while living at Evergreen Bakersfield Post Acute Care 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 Kern County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Bakersfield.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home