Families deciding to place a loved one into a nursing home are often overwhelmed at the thought that they will not receive the best care. Unfortunately, mistreatment occurs at many facilities nationwide, including in California.
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 intervention. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive financial compensation from recovering your damages. All the necessary paperwork must be filed in the proper county courthouse before the statute of limitations expires.
This nursing center is a "for-profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services and cares to residents of Pasadena and Los Angeles County, California. The 52-certified bed long-term care nursing home is located at:
1570 North Fair Oaks Ave
Pasadena, California 91103
(626) 798-0558
NO WEBSITE
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Legacy Healthcare Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term 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.
This nursing facility received nineteen complaints and self-reported five 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 Medicare.com routinely update their comprehensive list of deficiencies online to reflect all violations
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, one 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 protect [one resident] from resident-to-resident verbal abuse that happened during the night shift (11:00 PM to 7:00 AM shift). This deficient practice resulted in [the resident] feeling threatened, nervous, and anxious, and spending the night in the hallway.”
The victim’s medical records indicated that the resident “was moderately impaired in cognitive skills and daily decision-making. The MDS Assessment indicated that the resident requires extensive assistance in walking in her room and the corridor and requires limited assistance in locomotion on-and-off the unit. This resident used a wheelchair from mobility.”
A review of the verbally assaulting resident’s MDS (Minimum Data Set) Assessment revealed that the resident “was alert and able to make her needs known, requires supervision while walking in her room and the corridor with locomotion (how/when the resident moves between locations) on-and-off the unit.” The resident “used a walker for mobility.”
The Police Department Crime Report dated February 1, 2019, indicated that two police officers “responded to a call from the facility” in the early hours. The aggressive resident had “made threats to kill and beat her roommate, [causing the roommate] to be in fear for her life.” The roommate stated that at 10:15 PM (on January 31, 2019), [the verbally aggressive resident] went to the shared room with [the roommate].”
The roommate stated that the aggressive resident “made it clear to [the victim that she] hated people and did not want a roommate.” The victim stated that the aggressive resident fell asleep during that time, so she [the roommate] got up to see if the nurses received medication from the pharmacy.” The victim stated that is when the aggressive resident “had a change in behavior.”
The police report indicated that the victim stated that she was threatened by the verbally aggressive resident while “grabbing the sliding curtain open and saying to her that she [the aggressive resident] would kill her [the victim] and she will use the stick that was by the patio door to beat her.”
The victim stated that “after this incident, she texted the facility’s Marketing Director.” During the conversation with the police officer, the victim became “emotionally upset, she began crying, and was trembling in fear.”
Has your loved one been harmed, mistreated or neglected while living at Legacy Healthcare 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 Pasadena.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home