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This Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is a "for-profit" center providing services to residents of Norwalk and Los Angeles County, California. The 99-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
10625 Leffingwell Road
Norwalk, California 90650
(562) 864-2541
Norwalk Meadows Nursing Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Norwalk Meadows 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 $6,633 for substandard care
The federal government, through nursing home regulatory agencies, can impose fines or deny payment for Medicare services for any nursing facility with severe violations of rules and regulations. Typically, hefty fines are levied against the nursing home when the most egregious violations have occurred that harmed or could harm a resident.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Norwalk Meadows Nursing Center for $6,633 on November 19, 2018, citing substandard care. The nursing home received sixteen complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive California Department of Social Services Adult Protective Services Website.
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Your family can visit Medicare.gov and the California Department of Public Health website to obtain a complete list of all violations, citations, and deficiencies identified by investigators and surveyors.
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 the nursing home "failed to report allegations of abuse and misconduct for [two residents]. This deficient practice resulted in a delay of reporting allegations of abuse and the potential to place [two residents] at risk for further harm.” The investigation involved a cognitively intact resident who stated during an interview that “a male Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) closed the door, went to his roommate’s bedside, drew the curtains, and was doing something to [that resident], and then approached and stated to [this resident], ‘do not say anything, you will be next.’”
The reporting resident stated “he was worried that the CNA was harming the other resident.” The reporting resident’s family member said that their loved one had reported the CNA “came into his room at 3:00 AM to 4:00 AM and asked him if he was gay.” The family member stated on April 19, 2018, that she reported to the “Director of Nursing both allegations of abuse by the CNA.”
Later that day, the Director of Nursing stated that a family member had “reported that an individual entered [the resident’s room] and asked him if he was gay and the individual shook the resident’s footboard of the bed frame.” The resident reported “that someone was choking his roommate in the hours of 3:00 AM to 4:00 AM [stating that the family member and the resident’s] allegations were reported to the ombudsman and the Director of Nursing did not state that the allegations were reported to the Department of Public Health.”
The investigators reviewed the roommate’s MDS (Minimum Data Set) Assessment indicating that this resident “had short-term and long-term memory problems.” The facility investigation report showed “the reason for the investigation was due to an allegation of abuse as reported by [the family member].”
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while residing at Norwalk Meadows 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 Los Angeles County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Norwalk.
Our legal team invites you to discuss your case with us today through an initial, free claim consultation. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you will not owe us anything until after we have secured a monetary recovery for your family. All information you share with our law offices concerning your financial compensation case will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home