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This facility is a "for-profit" 116-certified bed long term care center providing care and services to residents of Culver City and Los Angeles County, California. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating home is located at:
5240 Sepulveda Blvd
Culver City, California 90230
(310) 391-7266
Marina Pointe Healthcare and Subacute Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Marina Pointe Healthcare and Subacute 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 $17,500 for substandard care
California and federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home that has been cited for a serious violation that harmed or could have harmed a nursing home resident. Typically, these penalties include imposed monetary fines and denial of payment for Medicare services.
Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against Marina Pointe Healthcare and Subacute Center, citing substandard care. These penalties include an $11,000 fine on January 25, 2019, and a $6,500 fine on October 24, 2017, for a total of $17,500.
This nursing facility received thirteen complaints and self-reported seven 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 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 notify the Department of Health Services [timely] of an alleged abuse incident for [one resident]. This deficient practice had the potential to place [the resident] and other residents in the facility at risk for abuse.” On April 10, 2018, “the Department received a complaint regarding alleged abuse of a resident by a staff member.”
A review of the resident’s MDS (Minimum Data Set) Assessment indicated that the resident was receiving antidepressant medication. A Progress Note dated April 6, 2018, at 10:00 PM suggested that the resident had reported that “the Charge Nurse tried to cover the resident’s face with a pillow and attempted to choke her. These notes also indicated the resident threw her pillow toward [the Charge Nurse].” The nurse “put the pillow back on the resident’s bed. According to these notes, the resident continued to state that [the Charge Nurse] tried to cover her face with a pillow and choke her.”
An Incident Witness Interview Report dated three days later on April 9, 2018, indicated that at 5:00 PM that day, a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) heard the resident “yelling with her call light on.” The resident told the CNA that the Charge Nurse “closed the door, put a pillow on her face, and grabbed her arm.” The note also indicated that the resident “threw her dinner on the floor, was yelling and cursing at the staff, and when [the Charge Nurse] entered the room, the resident threw her pillow on the floor. This report also indicated [the Charge Nurse] closed the door, picked the pillow up from the floor and placed it on the resident’s right side; while the resident continued to scream.”
The Director of Nursing confirmed that the resident had reported that the Charge Nurse had “covered her faced with a pillow and held her hand.” The Director of Nursing also stated that “the staff was supposed to notify the Director about the alleged abuse but did not.”
Were you the victim of mistreatment while you lived at Marina Pointe Healthcare and Subacute 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 Culver City.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home