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This long-term care facility is a 98-certified bed "for-profit" home providing services and cares to residents of Panorama City and Los Angeles County, California. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
14857 Roscoe Boulevard
Panorama City, California 91402
(818) 894-5707
Panorama Meadows Nursing Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Panorama Meadows Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care. The facility also offers comprehensive rehab services, wound care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $24,851 for substandard care
California and federal agencies are duty-bound to monitor every nursing home and levy monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare when investigators identify serious violations of nursing home regulations and rules. In some cases, the nursing home receives multiple penalties if surveyors find severe violations that harmed or could have harmed a resident.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Panorama Meadows Nursing Center for $24,851 on April 30, 2017, citing substandard care. During this time, Medicare denied payment on April 30, 2017, due to a lack of quality care.
This nursing facility received eleven 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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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 the nursing home "failed to provide adequate supervision for [one resident] who had dementia and an anxiety disorder. This deficient practice placed the resident at risk for falls and injury.” The investigation involved a severely cognitively impaired resident who “requires extensive assistance with locomotion on-and-off the unit, dressing, toilet use, and personal hygiene and limited assistance with bed mobility with one-person physical assistance.”
A licensed Vocational Nurse stated that around 2:00 PM on August 11, 2018, the Activity Staff informed her that the resident’s son was coming by at 3:00 PM to “pick the resident up to take her out on a pass for a hair appointment.” The nurse stated she notified the CNA plus who had the resident “ready and up in the wheelchair before 2:30 PM.”
When the resident’s son arrived, he was informed that his mother “was outside on the patio.” After going to the patio, the son came back “upset and screaming, how come the resident was left outside on the patio unattended?”
The investigators reviewed the Fall Risk Observation dated June 22, 2018, indicating that the resident “was at a high risk for falls.” The resident “had intermittent confusion and poor safety awareness, was wheelchair-bound, has poor vision, is unable to stand without assistance, and was taking antihypertensive medications and benzodiazepines” to treat anxiety.
A Registered Nurse (RN) stated that the resident “should not have been left on the patio unsupervised [saying that] they should have had someone monitoring [the resident] at all times, and she was at a high risk for falls, has confusion, and poor safety awareness.” This deficient practice was confirmed by the Director of Nursing who stated that the resident “should not have been on the patio by herself” and should have been supervised. The Director of Nursing further noted that “the facility will likely place [the resident] on one-to-one supervision.”
Do you suspect that your loved one suffered abuse, mistreatment, or died prematurely while living at Panorama 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 Panorama City.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home