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This long-term care facility is a 176-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating center providing services to residents of Visalia and Tulare County, California. The "for-profit" home is located at:
1925 E. Houston Ave
Visalia, California 93292
(559) 732-1020
Redwood Springs Healthcare Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Redwood Springs Healthcare Center offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke care, sub-acute care, pain management, hospice, dementia and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
The investigators working for the state of California and the federal government had the legal authority to impose monetary fines and deny payment for Medicare services if the nursing home has been cited for serious violations of established regulations and rules.
This nursing facility received thirty-two complaints and self-reported thirty-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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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 one out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home failed to supervise exit-seeking residents, which resulted in a resident “eloping from the facility. This failure had the potential to cause physical harm to [the resident].”
The survey team interviewed the Assistant Director of Nursing, who stated that the resident was upset, and around 8:00 PM, she went to bed. The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) returned to the resident’s room “minutes later and noticed the resident’s window screen was off and the resident was not visible.”
The Assistant Director stated that “a good Samaritan picked (referring to the resident) up and took her to Farmersville [six miles away from the facility and the resident’s hometown].” A review of the resident’s Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score of 00 indicated that the resident was severely cognitively impaired.
The Social Services Director wrote in a Progress Note that the resident was “at another facility and was an exit-seeker, so the family decided to place her here.” The Psychologist Consultation by the psychologist indicated that the resident was alert, confused, cooperative with the evaluation, “… irritable, cognitively impaired, delusional, and complains of being held against her will.” The resident “threatens to call 911, has been verbally and physically aggressive, exit-seeking, and frequently refuses medication.”
A Licensed Vocational Nurse documented a Progress Note indicating that on the day of the elopement, the resident “was agitated and exit-seeking when the [Licensed Vocational Nurse] came on shift.” The resident “attempted to leave five times without success and was redirected by multiple staff members after she kept setting off the door alarms.”
After the resident left, two Certified Nursing Assistants and two nurses “ran outside to look for the resident” in the front parking lot, patio, front entrance gate, and back parking lot. They did not find the resident. The nursing staff called the Visalia Police Department at 8:23 PM “to assist with the search for the resident.”
At 8:50 PM, the resident’s daughter called the facility and “said the resident had been found [and] was given a ride by a Good Samaritan to her daughter’s house in Farmersville.” The family members brought the resident back to the facility at 9:30 PM.
Do you believe that your loved one was the victim of abuse or neglect while living at Redwood Springs Healthcare Center? Contact the California nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Tulare County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Visalia.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home