Mistreatment occurring in nursing homes across the U.S. is in all too common occurrence. According to statistics maintained by Medicare, there are thousands of senior citizens, the disabled, and rehabilitating subjected to abuse and neglect at nursing homes nationwide. Many of these individuals suffered mistreatment at the hands of their caregivers, employees, visitors, and other patients.
If your loved one was injured while living in a Los Angeles County nursing facility, contact the California Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal help. Our team of abuse prevention lawyers can work on your family’s behalf to ensure you are adequately compensated for your damages.
This long-term care facility is a 241-certified bed "for-profit" home providing services and cares to residents of Pomona and Los Angeles County, California. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
250 W. Artesia Street
Pomona, California 91768
(909) 623-7100
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In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Inland Valley Care and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
California and Federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home with a denied payment for Medicare services or a monetary fine when the facility is cited for serious violations of established regulations and rules the guarantee resident safety.
This nursing facility received thirty-seven complaints and self-reported four 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 the federal government regularly updates its long-term care home database system with complete details of all deficiencies, 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 prevent a fall” for one resident with a history of falls. The deficient practice by the nursing staff resulted in the resident “sustaining a hematoma and bleeding to his forehead due to a fall and placed the resident at risk for further injuries.”
At 2:30 PM on March 21, 2019, the state investigators investigated a complaint at the facility. The investigators reviewed the Hospital Pre-History and Physical Examination that indicated that the resident “complained of left hip pain after sustaining a mechanical fall two weeks ago. There were also possible additional falls more recently, but [it] could [not] be verified because no family was available.” The resident “declined with time and was a poor historian due to dementia.”
A Nurse’s Note indicated that the resident “was transferred to the bed with assistance from two staff and was alert with periods of forgetfulness and confusion.” The resident’s Care Plan for High Risk for Falls indicated that the resident was to “be free from falls or injury due to falls.” A Care Plan involving impulsive behavior dated March 15, 2019, indicated that the resident was “to have no episodes of falls and no fall-related injuries.”
However, the Communication Form dated March 16, 2019, at 3:45 PM indicated that the resident was found “sitting on the floor in his room.” The resident “was trying to use the restroom [and] was confused and forgetful. Upon assessment he had a 1-inch laceration on his right eyebrow and a bump to the right upper head.”
When the surveyors entered the facility, they noted the resident with “dark purple bruising [and] swelling to the right eye and steri strips (wound closure strips) to the right eyebrow.” The resident stated that “he did not remember if he fell or how he got the injuries on his face. There were no floor mats on either side of the bed.”
A Licensed Vocational Nurse indicated that the resident “sustained a fall when newly admitted to the facility and that [the resident] now had a tab alarm, [that] was virtually checked every half hour as needed, when the alarm was sounded, these interventions were affected.” However, the resident attempted to “get out of bed unassisted.”
Was your loved one mistreated while residing at Inland Valley Care 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 Pomona.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home