Mistreating senior citizens living in nursing homes is an unacceptable, reprehensible, and disgraceful action done by the hands of caregivers, visitors, and other patients. Many families relocate their loved ones into the nursing home believing that they will receive the highest level of care in a safe environment. Unfortunately, neglect and abuse are an all too common occurrence that leaves victims harmed, injured, or dead.
If your loved one was injured while living in a Fresno County nursing facility, contact the California Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you are financially compensated for your monetary damages.
This long-term care home is a "for-profit" 86-certified bed center providing care and services to residents of Kingsburg and Fresno County, California. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
1101 Stroud Ave
Kingsburg, California 93631
(559) 897-5881
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Kingsburg Center Nursing Home offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
When investigators working for the federal government identify severe violations of nursing home rules and regulations, they can penalize the facility by a denial of payment for Medicare services or impose monetary fines.
This nursing facility received one complaint 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 federal government and California Department of Public Health website update comprehensive information containing historical details 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, three 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 provide adequate supervision for [one resident] when the Director of Marketing and Admissions failed to convey [the resident’s] history of prior elopements (leaving the facility without permission or supervision) to staff.” The Licensed Nurses “failed to complete an admission elopement assessment according to the facility policy. The facility failed to identify and assess [the resident’s] risk for elopement, and on August 14, 2018, the resident left the skilled nursing facility unnoticed and unsupervised.”
As a result of this failure, the resident “did not receive the required medications and wandered about outside in temperatures that at times exceeded 100°F for five days.” The resident was eventually found by police officers on August 18, 2018, “on a city street 7.5 miles from the skilled nursing facility.” The resident “was transported by the police to the General Acute Care Hospital for an overnight stay for assessment and treatment.”
Documentation shows the resident had been admitted to the facility due to a traumatic brain injury and was receiving medication “to treat mental disorders and severe agitation and aggression toward staff while at the hospital.”
The state investigators interviewed the facility Administrator who stated she had interviewed the staff on August 14, 2018, regarding the elopement. The Administrator stated that “during staff interviews, a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) informed her that the resident was last seen in his room at 10:30 AM on August 14, 2018.”
The Administrator said that the CNA was scheduled to take the resident’s vital signs at 11:00 AM but “was unable to locate him.” The CNA had noticed, “the sliding glass door leading from the resident’s room to the outside was opened. The Administrator stated the staff then searched all interior and exterior areas of the facility [and] was not able to locate [the resident] on August 14, 2018.”
The Director of Nursing stated that “she called the local police department to notify the police of the resident’s elopement” at 11:15 AM. As of the next day, the resident “was still missing.” The resident was found by the police department wearing the same clothes that were described on the day that he went missing. At that time “his clothes were very dirty, hair was dirty/tangled, and speech was clear but slow.”
Were you the victim of mistreatment while you lived at Kingsburg Center Nursing Home? Contact the California nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Fresno County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Kingsburg.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home