Many of the problems associated with mistreatment occurring in nursing homes and assisted living facilities are the result of a lack of trained personnel, minimal supervision, or understaffing. In these incidents, the needs of the residents are often ignored, they suffer serious injuries from a fall, or develop life-threatening bedsores. Other residents wander away from the facility due to a lack of supervision.
If your loved one was assaulted, abused, mistreated, or neglected while residing in a San Diego County nursing facility, contact the California Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal assistance. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages.
This center is a 305-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services to residents of San Diego and San Diego County, California. The "for-profit" long-term care home is located at:
2828 Meadowlark Drive
San Diego, California 92123
(858) 277-6460
The Shores Post-Acute Nursing Facility
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, The Shores Post-Acute Nursing Facility offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
Fined $17,763 for substandard care
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.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against The Shores Post-Acute Nursing Facility for $17,763 on January 20, 2017, citing substandard care. During this time, Medicare denied payment on January 20, 2017, due to a lack of quality care.
This nursing facility received thirty complaints and self-reported fourteen 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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Information on every intermediate and long-term care home in the state can be reviewed on government-owned and operated database websites including the California Department of Public Health and Medicare.gov.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, one 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 test the alarmed exit gate located in the back-yard patio. This failure had the potential for residents to elope [wander away] without the staff being aware, increasing the risk for harm and injury to the residents.”
The surveyors and the Director of Nursing conducted an observation and “pushed the alarmed gate in the back-yard patio to test if the alarm was sound. The Director stated once the gate was opened, a loud alarm sound should be heard at the nurse’s station.”
The Director of Nursing “remained standing in front of the gate and there was no audible alarm sound.” Also, “there was no staff who came out to check who pushed the gate open.” The Director stated that “if there was an alarm heard, staff would come out and immediately check the area.”
The “facility failed to provide interventions in managing urinary and bowel incontinence for [three residents, who] were not provided services to help restore continence to the extent possible.” In one incident, a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) stated that a resident “used incontinent briefs for bowel and bladder [saying that the resident] was not on a bladder/bowel training program.”
A Licensed Nurse reviewed the resident’s bowel and bladder assessments between September 2018 and March 2019. The documentation indicated that the resident “was a good candidate for retraining.” However, the resident “was not placed on the retraining program and should have been.”
The MDS Coordinator stated that “we are not good in our bowel and bladder program.” The Director of Nursing said that “the facility had no bladder and bowel program [and acknowledged that the resident] should have been placed on a bladder and bowel retraining program.”
Do you believe that your loved one was the victim of abuse or neglect while living at The Shores 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 San Diego County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including San Diego.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home