Families deciding to place a loved one into a nursing home are often overwhelmed at the thought that they will not receive the best care. Unfortunately, mistreatment occurs at many facilities nationwide, including in California.
If your loved one was injured while living in a Marin 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 financial compensation from recovering your damages. All the necessary paperwork must be filed in the proper county courthouse before the statute of limitations expires.
This facility is a "for-profit" 99-certified bed long term care center providing care and services to residents of San Rafael and Marin County, California. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating home is located at:
81 Professional Center Parkway
San Rafael, California 94903
(415) 479-5161
Professional Post Acute Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Professional Post Acute 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, tracheostomy care, pain management, hospice, oncology care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
The federal government and the state of California are authorized to penalize any nursing home with monetary fines or deny payment for Medicare services when the facility has been cited for serious violations of rules and regulations.
This nursing facility received thirteen complaints and self-reported nine 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 the federal government regularly updates its long-term care home database system with complete details of all deficiencies, citations, and 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 the nursing home "failed to provide adequate supervision and developed resident-centered Care Plans to prevent falls for [one resident].” This resident “had thirteen documented falls, all occurring in her room, during the seven-month period from January 23, 2018, through August 11, 2018. These failures caused [the resident] to sustain lacerations, bruising, swelling, and other conditions after falling on August 11, 2018.”
The deficient practice causing the fall led to the resident undergoing “emergency brain surgery.” The resident “was placed on a ventilator (an appliance for artificial respirations) and a feeding tube, hospitalized in the intensive care unit, and experienced a severely diminished quality of life due to the injuries caused by the fall.”
A complainant stated that the resident “suffered multiple falls at the facility due to a lack of supervision.” The complainant said that “the facility was aware of her fall history, yet there was no supervision when she fell.” The resident “had been taken to an Acute Care Hospital following the fall on August 11, 2018, [and] required immediate brain surgery.”
The complainant had said that the resident “could no longer walk or communicate and requires a feeding tube [saying that the resident] had been admitted to the facility to be supervised to prevent her from falling.” The complainant said that the resident “had been able to walk and communicate before the fall and had enjoyed outings with her family [saying that the resident’s] main reason for her stay at the facility was her need for supervision.”
A facility document titled: Incidents by Incident Type dated December 5, 2018, revealed that “the resident had fallen thirteen times between January 23, 2018, and August 11, 2018.”
On August 11, 2018, at 4:30 PM, the resident “was found on the floor in her room. The resident was noted to be lethargic (drowsy).” The nursing staff called 911 and sent the resident out to the hospital. The resident is “currently in the hospital for post-fall evaluation.”
A Licensed Staff Member stated that the facility moved the resident “a lot into different rooms within the facility because she kept falling.” Another Unlicensed Staff member noted that the staff would remind the resident “to ask for help, but [the resident] would not remember.”
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while living at Professional Post Acute Center? Contact the California nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Marin County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including San Rafael.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home