Many families have no other choice than to place a loved one in a nursing facility to ensure they receive the highest level of professional care. These families often find comfort in the knowledge that their loved ones will remain safe in a compassionate environment. Unfortunately, mistreatment is an all too common occurrence in many nursing facilities throughout California, where caregivers, employees, or other residents injure patients.
The California Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys have represented many San Bernardino County nursing home patients who were victimized through abuse and neglect. Our legal team works on behalf of our clients to help them receive adequate financial compensation from recovering their damages. We use the law to take immediate action and hold those responsible for the harm legally accountable.
This long-term care center is a 216-certified bed "for-profit" home providing services to residents of Ontario and San Bernardino County, California. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
800 East 5th Street
Ontario, California 91764
(909) 984-8629
Las Colinas Post Acute Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Las Colinas Post Acute Nursing 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, post-stroke care, enteral nutrition, pain management, hospice, oncology care, dementia and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $50,231 for substandard care
Both the federal government and the state of California can impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare of any nursing facility that has been found to have violated the established nursing home rules and regulations.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Las Colinas Post Acute Nursing Center for $50,231 on April 07, 2017, citing substandard care. This nursing home received four complaints and self-reported one serious issue over the last thirty-six months 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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Information on every intermediate and long-term care home in the state can be reviewed on government-owned and operated database websites, including the California Department of Public Health 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, one out of five stars for staffing issues, and five out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home "failed to obtain doctor’s orders and develop a Plan of Care for the bed side rails up for [two residents].” This “failure had the potential for seclusion and decreased functional mobility that affected residents.”
The state surveyors observed both residents. One resident “was in his bed with full side rails up.” The other resident “was sitting on her wheelchair with a lap belt.” The resident in bed stated, “I do not need this.” The resident in the wheelchair said, “I cannot remove this by myself.”
The survey team interviewed a Licensed Vocational Nurse who confirmed that “the bed side rails up for [one resident] and the other resident’s lap belt had no doctor’s orders or Care Plan” as required by law.
The facility “failed to maintain infection control policies and procedures for [two residents] when a CNA plus went between two isolation rooms without washing his hands or using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).”
The state investigators determined that this failure “had the potential for cross-contamination of harmful bacteria by exposing an already compromised population to harmful bacteria” in the facility. The surveyors observed the CNA “walking into an isolation room to care for [a highly contagious resident] without wearing any personal protective equipment (PPE – gown, gloves, or mask)” and came into contact with the resident.
The CNA then left that resident’s room “without washing his hands and went immediately into the second isolation room without applying PPE to care for [the second resident].” This failure was confirmed through visual observation by a Registered Nurse (RN).
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of harm, injury, or mistreatment while living at Las Colinas Post Acute 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 San Bernardino County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Ontario.
We do not charge for case evaluations and consultations. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means we will postpone all of your payments for legal services until after we have secured a financial recovery on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home