Relocating an elderly loved one into a nursing facility is often the toughest decision a family can make. Many times, the family will perform extensive research in the hopes of finding the most comfortable and safest environment. Unfortunately, the incident rate involving mistreatment occurring in nursing homes throughout California has risen significantly over the last few years.
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This center is a 342-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services to residents of Glendora and Los Angeles County, California. The "for-profit" long-term care home is located at:
805 W. Arrow Hwy.
Glendora, California 91740
(626) 331-0781
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In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Glendora Grand Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
It is the responsibility of federal and state investigators to penalize any nursing home that has violated a rule or regulation that caused harm or could have caused harm to a resident. Many of these penalties involve monetary fines or denial of payment for Medicare services.
The nursing home received sixteen complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. 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 that the nursing home “failed to ensure the residents received adequate supervision to prevent elopement (a resident leaving a treatment setting without authorization when departure presents a threat to the safety of the resident or others).” The complaint investigation involved a resident with a “severe mental disorder, causing an impairment in reality.”
The documentation shows that the resident “left the facility’s Secure Unit and walked into a hotel to ask for assistance (help).” This deficient practice placed the resident at risk “for accidents that could lead to possible harm to the resident [while] wandering on the street.”
The state investigators reviewed the resident’s Elopement Risk/Exit-Seeking Care Plan, indicating that the resident “was at risk for elopement as evidenced by the resident exhibiting exit-seeking behavior and a history of wandering behavior. The goal was for [a resident] not to successfully elope and for staff to monitor the resident’s whereabouts on an ongoing basis.”
A Nurse’s Progress Note dated January 10, 2019, 11:30 PM indicated that “during rounds, the Charge Nurse noted [the resident] was missing. The note indicated the Charge Nurse immediately called for additional staff to locate the resident and a code for a missing resident was implemented.”
The note indicated that the facility began a search around the nursing home and “the neighboring areas in the street [that] continued until 1:30 AM.” The resident was not found. At approximately 2:30 AM, “an employee from a local General Acute Care Hospital informed the facility staff that [the resident] was admitted for further psychiatric evaluation.”
The facility Director of Nursing verified that the resident had left the facility “during the 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM shift” on January 10, 2019, and “did not know how or when [the resident] left the facility undetected.” Additional notations indicated that the resident told the staff “that he escaped from the Skilled Nursing Facility” and “was brought to the hospital by a police officer and admitted for psychiatric evaluation and medication management.”
The investigators reviewed the facility’s policy and procedure titled: Elopements Advanced and Wandering Residents. The documentation indicates that the staff is to monitor and manage residents at risk for elopement and unsafe wandering. The policy indicates “the interventions including: to increase staff awareness of the resident’s risk, modify the resident’s behavior, or minimize the risk associated with hazards will be added to the resident’s Care Plan and communicated to appropriate staff and provided adequate supervision to help prevent accidents or elopements.”
Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse, or neglect while living at Glendora Grand 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 Los Angeles County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Glendora.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home