Oakland nursing home has history of errors, neglect
09/18/2009
Many of the vulnerable patients of the Oakhill Springs Care Center on High Street in Oakland are dependent on staff for even the most basic needs.
They cannot dress or bathe themselves, they need help eating, and they spend most of their days in a chair or under restraints. Many cannot use the bathroom on their own, and most have psychiatric problems, dementia or behavioral symptoms — sometimes in combination.
But when state Public Health Department inspectors arrived at the low-slung stucco building in May for an annual review, they found residents whose specific medical needs were ignored, according to the department's inspection records.
Oakhill Springs, licensed to Leticia and Tony Perez under the name LTP Heritage LLC, according to Public Health Department and secretary of state documents, was one of the four facilities in Oakland that ranked among the lowest on the federal government's one- to five-star rating system. Facilities with Medicare or Medical contracts are awarded one to five stars based on inspections, staffing levels and other quality-of-care measurements over three years.
Oakhill Springs' current one-star ranking is based in part on staffing levels and on the most recent annual inspection by Public Health Department inspectors, which was in May.
Abridged
SOURCE: Contra Costa Times
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