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This nursing center is a "for-profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services and cares to residents of Santa Clara and Santa Clara County, California. The 201-certified bed long-term care nursing home is located at:
991 Clyde Avenue
Santa Clara, California 95054
(408) 988-7667
Valley House Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Valley House Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $42,954 for substandard care
Both the federal government and the state of California can impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare of any nursing facility that has been found to have violated the established nursing home rules and regulations.
Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against Valley House Rehabilitation Center, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $15,000 fine on February 15, 2018, and a $27,954 fine on May 11, 2017, for a total of $42,954. During this time, Medicare denied payment on May 11, 2017, due to a lack of quality care.
This nursing facility received twenty-four complaints and self-reported twenty-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, three out of five stars for staffing issues and two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home "failed to ensure staff had followed their abuse prevention reporting policy when [one resident] alleged he was mistreated by a staff member. The facility did not interview or suspend the potential staff perpetrator, did not identify or interview potential witnesses, and did not report the allegation to the ombudsman, the police or the California Department of Public Health.”
The state investigators determined that “this failure placed residents at risk for further mistreatment if the allegation was proven.” A review of a resident’s Progress Note indicated that the resident “left the facility [unsupervised around] noon and the staff found him and brought him back to the facility.”
The resident “verbalized at that time he did not want to stay in the facility anymore [and] signed the Release of Responsibility for Discharge Against Medical Advice on the same day.” The resident stated in a social service note that before “leaving the facility, a male nurse woke him up during the night to give him pain medication and then the male nurses hurt his stomach.” A Licensed Vocational Nurse stated that the resident “had told her a male staff member at night had hurt his abdomen.”
A Grievance/Complaint Report indicated “staff did not identify or interview potential perpetrators or witnesses, did not suspend potential staff members and the facility did not report the allegation to the ombudsman, police, and the Department.” The Director of Nursing confirmed that “she did not interview any staff and did not report the allegation to any local agency.”
The “facility failed to provide physical assistance during a transfer to prevent a fall for [one resident who] was unassisted. The pad alarm was sounding and [the resident] fell on the floor while getting up from bed on January 7, 2019.” As a result of the fall, the resident suffered injuries that required sutures.
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while living at Valley House Rehabilitation Center? Contact the California nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Santa Clara County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Santa Clara.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
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