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This Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing center is a "for-profit" home providing services to residents of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County, California. The 89-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
4636 Fountain Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90029
(323) 913-4830
NO WEBSITE
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $10,000 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 Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility for $10,000 on October 10, 2017, citing substandard care. This nursing home received two complaints and self-reported one serious issue over the last thirty-six months that resulted in violation citations.
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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 nursing staff did not lose physical contact with the resident’s body while repositioning the resident during care, and anticipated the resident’s needs to safely reposition and prevent the resident from falling to the floor.” The deficient practice “resulted in the resident’s fall on the floor, sustaining mild scalp swelling to the top of the head.”
The state investigators made an unannounced visit to investigate a complaint allegation about the resident hitting “his head on the bed during a fall.” A Restorative Nursing Assistant stated during an interview that a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and herself were attempting to roll the resident “to his right side per the order to reposition every two hours to decrease the risk of skin degradation.”
The Restorative Nurse Aide stated that “through miscommunication, both the CNA and [she] lost physical contact with the resident’s body, and the resident began to slide over the side of the bed.” The Aide explained that “she held onto the resident’s leg so that the resident would not hit his head.”
A Licensed Vocational Nurse passing by her room “assisted to softly place the resident down on the floor with his head softly touching first.” The Restorative Nursing Aide “finally stated that she was placed on probation for ten days while the investigation of the event took place.”
The Witnessed Fall Documents/Investigative Report concluded that the resident “slid down to the floor headfirst. According to the written conclusion, the resident requires two staff to transfer and reposition. However, the resident suffered an accidental slippage from the bed to the floor.”
The Administrative Director notified the resident’s family member of the resident’s apparent fall. The same document indicates that “a Physician was notified of the incident and orders were written relative to the accident.” X-rays revealed “no intracranial hemorrhage (bleeding) or shift of the brain.” There was “no underlying fracture.”
Were you the victim of mistreatment, neglect, or abuse while living at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility? 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 Los Angeles.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home