Mistreatment, abuse, and neglect in nursing facilities are often the result of the nursing staff or other caregivers not providing the resident care according to established standards of quality. Their inappropriate behavior often leads to harm, injury, or wrongful death. In separate incidents, the victim is assaulted by other residents.
If your loved one was harmed while living in a San Francisco County nursing facility, contact the California Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers handle your case to ensure you receive monetary compensation. We will use the law to hold those responsible for causing the harm legally accountable.
This long-term care center is a 120-certified bed "for-profit" home providing services to residents of San Francisco and San Francisco County, California. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
2707 Pine Street
San Francisco, California 94115
(415) 563-7600
Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care. The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
The federal investigators can penalize nursing facilities with monetary fines or deny payment for Medicare when the nursing home has been cited for serious violations of rules and regulations.
This nursing facility received one complaint 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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Our attorneys obtain and review data on every California long-term care home from various online publically available sources, including the Department of Public Health website and Medicare.gov.
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 ensure [one patient’s] feet were off the floor while wheeling him in a wheelchair without footrests. This deficient practice resulted in [the patient’s] right foot being caught on the floor, and subsequently, suffered a fracture of the distal femur (broken leg bone) on the right side.”
A review of the resident’s Progress Note written by a Registered Nurse (RN) indicated that the resident had completed therapy sessions and had gone to the gym, preferring “not to use her footrests while wheeled by a therapist.” The resident “caught her right foot on the floor while the wheelchair was still moving.” The resident fell and their “right knee was overextended, and she complains of severe pain.”
In a separate summary statement of deficiencies dated April 5, 2018, the facility “failed to provide supervision for one resident while getting out of bed. On May 8, 2017, [the resident], who required supervision during transfers or walking, fell and sustained a hip fracture that required surgery.”
A Progress Note documented on May 8, 2017, at 3:58 PM, signed by an RN, indicated a fall was witnessed by the treatment nurse. The treatment nurse had assisted the resident in sitting up at the bedside to remove the trousers. While the resident was sitting up in bed and attempting to get out of the bed, the resident’s left leg slid down while the resident was attempting to stand up. The resident landed on the floor wearing nonskid socks and was complaining of pain at a level of ten out of ten.
The resident was unable to move the right leg. The nursing staff notified the doctor and received orders to transfer the resident to a General Acute Care Hospital for evaluation and treatment. The resident was transferred to the hospital by emergency medical services. The emergency room results revealed a hip fracture and the need for surgical repair that occurred on May 10, 2017.
Do you believe that your loved one has suffered harm, injury, abuse, or neglect through mistreatment while living at Pacific Heights Transitional Care 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 Francisco County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including San Francisco.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home