California Nursing Home Hit With "AA" Citation, Fined
New Hope Care Center, a nursing home facility located in Tracy, California, has been hit with a "AA" citation by the California Department of Public Health after an investigation concluded that a female resident died due to inadequate care from the nursing staff and that staff "failed to ensure that the resident's medications were monitored and failed to fully assess the resident or promptly notify the physician when there was a change in the resident's condition, which resulted in the resident's death."
The 78 year-old woman was admitted to New Hope Care Center on August 22, 2009, with a recent hip fracture and mitral/aortic heart valve deficiencies, general osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and hypertension. Employees failed to assess the onset of symptoms that indicated that the resident may have bleeding in the brain and failed to contact a physician immediately to get her treatment. The facility was fined $100,000.
Under the new ratings system instituted by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, New Hope Care Center has a one out of five star rating, indicating that the facility provided "much below average" care.
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