Many families have limited options on how to ensure that their loved one receives the best care and choose to place them in a community nursing facility. Unfortunately, the incident rates of abuse and neglect occurring in nursing homes nationwide have risen significantly over the last few decades. Many patients become victims of mistreatment at the hands of caregivers, employees, visitors, or other residents.
If your loved one suffered harm while living in a Ventura 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 monetary compensation for your damages.
This long-term care home is a "non-profit" 66-certified bed center providing care and services to residents of Ojai and Ventura County, California. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
1306 Maricopa Hwy
Ojai, California 93023
(805) 640-2280
Ojai Valley Community Skilled Nursing Facility
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Ojai Valley Community Skilled Nursing Facility offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care. The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
It is the responsibility of federal and state investigators to penalize any nursing home that has violated a rule or regulation that caused harm or could have caused harm to a resident. Many of these penalties involve monetary fines or denial of payment for Medicare services.
This nursing facility received four complaints and self-reported three 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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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 one out of five stars concerning health inspections, three 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 assess the resident’s level of pain [before] administering ‘as needed’ pain medication in [two ‘as needed’] medication administrations. In one of the two medication administrations, the facility failed to reassess the effectiveness of the medication administered.”
The state investigators determined that “the facility’s failure had the potential for the resident to experience ineffective pain management.” The investigators reviewed a resident’s Medication Administration Record that “did not have a resident pain reassessment within one hour. The dose administered on May 13, 2018, at 10:43 AM was reassessed at 12:33 PM, one hour and fifty minutes later.”
The facility “failed to train one newly hired staff member regarding misappropriation of resident property. This failure had the potential for violations or lack of identification and prevention of resident mistreatment and abuse.”
An employee record review and concurrent interview with the Director of Human Resources revealed that a Certified Nursing Assistant did not complete training on misappropriation of resident property at the time of hire.” This failure was confirmed by the facility’s Assistant of Social Service.
The nursing home “failed to provide rehabilitative nursing care to [one resident] as prescribed by the Physician. This failure placed [the resident] at risk for a decline in physical strength.”
A review of the resident’s records indicated that the resident had been prescribed by the Physician to receive rehabilitative nursing services five times per week. However, a review of the weekly summary notes and Rehabilitation Nursing Care notes for January, February and March 2017, indicated that the resident received less than the prescribed care and only “anywhere from two to five times per week.”
A Licensed Nurse “confirmed that the restorative nursing care program was provided to the resident less than prescribed” for the months indicated above.
Do you believe that your loved one has suffered harm through mistreatment while living at Ojai Valley Community Skilled Nursing Facility? Contact the California nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Ventura County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Ojai.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home