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This Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing center is a "for-profit" home providing services to residents of Arcadia and Los Angeles County, California. The 99-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
400 W. Huntinton Dr.
Arcadia, California 91007
(626) 445-2421
Huntington Drive Health and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Huntington Drive Health and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, oxygen therapy, enteral nutrition, pain management, catheter care, dementia and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
California and federal agencies are duty-bound to monitor every nursing home and levy monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare when investigators identify serious violations of nursing home regulations and rules. In some cases, the nursing home receives multiple penalties if surveyors find severe violations that harmed or could have harmed a resident.
The nursing home received five 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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Our attorneys obtain and review data on every California long-term care home from various online publically available sources, including the Department of Public Health website and Medicare.gov.
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 two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to follow their Abuse Policy when [staff] was unaware of all types of reportable abuse per facility policy [and] staff was unaware of reporting abuse with serious bodily injury within two hours. These failures place residents at risk of abuse from potential staff, delaying care, and delay of an investigation.”
An interview with an Activity Director regarding abuse policies and procedures revealed that “she was unable to identify all reportable types of abuse per the facility policy.” The Aide “was also unable to identify when to report abuse with serious bodily injury.”
This failure to understand how to report and handle abuse cases also involved a housekeeper who could only list two (physical and verbal) of the seven types of abuse that need to be reported to the Abuse Coordinator.
The “facility failed to provide a safe environment for [one resident, who had ‘only one side of his bed [covered] with the floor mattress.’” The resident had a Physician’s orders to have a bilateral mattress on the side of the bed. This “failure has the potential for placing the resident at risk for serious injury should he fall on the side of the bed without the floor mattress.”
A review of the resident’s records indicates that the resident has progressive mental disorientation “that can occur in the middle of old age, due to generalized degeneration of the brain and a history of falling.” The state surveyors and a Licensed Vocational Nurse performed an initial tour of the facility and observed the resident “in bed with the floor mattress on the right side. On the left side of the bed, there was no floor mattress observed.”
The Licensed Vocational Nurse replied that “she was unsure why there was only one mattress and acknowledged there should be a mattress on both sides of the bed.”
Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse, or neglect while living at Huntington Drive Health and Rehabilitation 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 Arcadia.
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 Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home