For many years, nursing home residents throughout the United States have been subjected to neglect and abuse by caregivers, employees, or other residents. Many problems with the nursing home industry involve untrained professionals, short staffing, and a lack of supervision that leads to resident-to-resident assault.
If your loved one was injured while living in a Butte County nursing facility, contact the California Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal help. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation to recover your damages.
This facility is a "for-profit" 50-certified bed long term care center providing cares and services to residents of Oroville and Butte County, California. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating home is located at:
1 Gilmore Lane
Oroville, California 95966
(530) 534-1353
Shadowbrook Post Acute Nursing Facility
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Shadowbrook Post Acute Nursing Facility offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care. The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
California and federal nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal authority to impose monetary fines and deny payment for Medicare services for any nursing facility cited for serious violations of regulations and rules.
Over the last thirty-six months, Medicare denied payment on two occasions including on October 31, 2018, and April 12, 2017, due to a lack of quality care. This nursing facility received ten complaints and self-reported six 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, four 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 ensure one resident “was free from physical abuse when [the resident] was slapped in the face several times by another resident. This failure resulted in [the injured resident] sustaining facial injuries and placed [the resident] at risk for increased emotional distress.”
A licensed nurse at the facility stated that on July 14, 2018 she “was sitting at the Nurse’s Station when she heard a loud pop and heard [the assaulting resident] screaming at [the injured resident].” The nurse stated “she ran into [the aggressive resident’s] room and observed [the injured resident] standing in the doorway of [the assaulting resident’s] room holding his face and crying. She stated she observed [the aggressive resident] standing next to his bed complaining that [the injured resident] was by his room.”
The licensed staff member stated she immediately took the injured resident “back to his room and noted he had red welts on his face, cheek, and eyelid, which were tender to the touch.” The aggressive resident stated that the injured resident “came into his room all the time and he would yell at him to get out.”
In a separate summary statement of deficiencies dated October 31, 2018, the facility “failed to ensure [two residents were] not neglected when a change of condition and increase in comfort needs were not addressed. This [failure] resulted in both residents experiencing discomfort and their life choices not being respected.”
A review of one resident’s health care records indicated end-of-life requests which stated that “he wanted Comfort Care only and read, ‘I want hospice and no pain, Comfort Care only.’” The resident’s Physician’s orders included “relieve pain and suffering with medication by any route as needed.” The resident’s Care Plan for pain showed “complaints of pain would be treated and maintained at a level no greater than four of ten. It showed the Physician would be notified of modifications of medications if not effective.”
A review of the Skilled Daily Nurse’s Note indicated that the resident had a temperature of 100.7 and generalized pain. The resident was nauseous and vomiting. However, there was no intervention listed for his tachyonic (rapid breathing) that had been occurring throughout the night.
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while residing at Shadowbrook Post Acute 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 Butte County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Oroville.
We do not charge for case evaluations and consultations. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means we will postpone all of your payments for legal services until after we have secured financial recovery on your behalf.
Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Illinois Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home