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This facility is a "for-profit" 126-certified bed long term care center providing cares and services to residents of Victorville and San Bernardino County, California. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating home is located at:
14973 Hesperia Road
Victorville, California 92392
(760) 245-6477
Spring Valley Post Acute Nursing Facility
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Spring Valley Post Acute Nursing Facility offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
The investigators working for the state of California and the federal government have 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.
The nursing home received six complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive California Department of Social Services Adult Protective Services Website.
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To ensure families are fully informed of the level of care every nursing home provides, the state of California and Medicare.com routinely update their long-term care home database systems with info on violations, citations, and deficiencies.
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 ensure appropriate indication and evaluation [before the] use of physical restraints (a medical device, material, or equipment attached or adjacent to the resident’s body which restricts freedom of movement or normal access to one’s body).”
The surveyors determined that “this failed practice had the potential to result in injury and restricting the resident’s freedom of movement.” A review of the resident’s MDS (Minimum Data Set) Assessment failed to indicate that the resident “was on any restraints. There was no physician’s order or assessment for the use of a lap tray.”
The MDS Nurse reviewed the resident’s records and stated that “she was unable to find any assessment or physician’s orders for the use of a [restraint].” The Assistant Director of Nursing further stated that “if the lap tray was used as a restraint, then it needed a physician’s order and if it was not use as a restraint, it did not need a physician’s order.”
A Licensed Vocational Nurse stated that the resident “has had a lap tray and had been using it while sitting on his Geri chair (geriatric chair or medical recliner, large padded reclining chair).” The MDS coordinator stated that “the resident should have been evaluated by the rehab department for the use of the device [and said that] an evaluation of the resident should have been done by the interdisciplinary team.”
The facility Director of Nursing said that “any possible devices residents use are to be assessed and documented in the resident’s records.” The surveyors, in the presence of the Assistant Director of Nursing, observed the resident “sitting in his Geri chair with a lap tray.” The resident “was asked to remove the lap tray.” The resident “used his right hand [and] was not able to remove the lap tray.”
At that time, the Assistant Director “removed the lap tray and stated there were knobs on both sides of the Geri chair that locked the lap tray. The Assistant Director turned the lap tray and five holes on each side were noted, which were used to lock the lap tray in the Geri chair. The Assistant Director stated the lap tray was considered a restraint as [the resident] was unable to remove it.”
Were you the victim of mistreatment while you lived at Spring Valley 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 Bernardino County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Victorville.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Illinois Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home