Nursing Home Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Elder Abuse
June 20 , 2006
A California nursing home facility has joined 26 other defendants named in a nursing home abuse class action lawsuit, which alleges that the facility knowingly failed to provide the minimum standard of care required by the state.
According to the attorney who filed the suit, Monterey Pines Skilled Nursing Facility was allegedly involved in “institutionalized elder abuse” and unlawful profits.
The lawsuit claims that the nursing home did not meet the 3,000 hours of legally required nursing care in a year, falling too short of the minimum staffing requirements, said attorney Stephen Garcia.
“Yet these elderly residents, their insurance companies and even Medicare and Medi-Cal are being billed as if the lawfully required care is being provided,” Garcia said. “Inadequate staffing leads to elder abuse.”
The suit claims that the nursing home facility only provided 2.55 patient hours a day rather than the required 3.1 hours.
In 1999, Horizon West who owns and operates a number of nursing homes in California made a $4 million settlement with the federal government for claims that the company submitted fraudulent Medicare expense reports.
For more information on California's nursing homes, contact us to confer with a California nursing home abuse lawyer.
Search Nursing Home Abuse News: Nationwide / Statewide
top of page |
