Nursing home negligence takes on many forms, where the nursing staff can misbehave, or other patients assault the resident because of a lack of supervision. Many nursing homes throughout California are understaffed, or the administration hires inadequately trained Nurses and Nurse’s Aides. Other nursing facilities did not follow acceptable practices for providing the utmost care.
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This long-term care home is a "for-profit" 158-certified bed center providing care and services to residents of Lemon Grove and San Diego County, California. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
8351 Broadway
Lemon Grove, California 91945
(619) 463-0294
Lemon Grove Care and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Lemon Grove Care and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care, along with comprehensive rehab services, wound care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke 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 three 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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To be fully informed on the level of care nursing homes provide, families routinely research Medicare.gov and the California Department of Public Health website database systems for a complete list of deficiencies, violations, and citations.
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 four out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home failed to report an allegation of abuse involving two residents to the Department (CDPH – California Department of Public Health) within twenty-four hours of the incident and failed to submit the results of its investigation of the allegation of abuse to the Department within five days of the incident.”
It was determined that “these failures prevented the Department from investigating the allegation of abuse and had potentially placed residents at risk for abuse.”
A review of a resident’s clinical records and Social Services Director’s Notes dated May 30, 2019, at 1:30 PM revealed that a witness had seen “the resident ram her wheelchair against another resident and doing so until the other resident was moved.” The resident “then started cursing at everyone, yelling and screaming.”
A Social Services Director stated that “she had completed a reported incident and faxed it to the California Department of Public Health. However, a report regarding the incident involving [both residents] was not received by the Department.” The Director confirmed that “there was no additional documentation that indicated she spoke to someone at the Department if the report had been received or not.”
The “facility failed to provide lower dentures to [one resident] reviewed for assistive devices. This failure had the potential to contribute to [the resident’s] episode of choking on food.”
The resident’s family member stated that the resident had lost their lower dentures in the previous months, and the “facility would not replace or reimburse [the resident’s] missing dentures.” As a result of not having dentures, the resident “choked on solid food because she could not chew properly without her dentures.”
The investigators interviewed the resident, who stated that “she wanted to have her teeth back because she found it harder to [eat] food and had choked twice.” The Director of Social Services stated that “she did not know [that the resident] had a problem with her dentures.”
Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse, or neglect while living at Lemon Grove 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 San Diego County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Lemon Grove.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home