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01.29.2018
Alta Loma Board and Care in Rancho Cucamonga (6-bed Board & Care Home)
By Justice For Our Parents
San Bernardino Board & Care | Staffing / Training Issues
ALTA LOMA BOARD AND CARE — DSS REQUIRES FACILITY TO FILE A LIC 500 REPORT
Without sufficient staffing, elderly residents in a RCFE (Assisted Living Facility, board and care home, etc.) may not get the care and assistance they require for their overall health and safety. This is especially true with elderly residents suffering who require assistance with their activities of daily living. To help ensure RCFEs in California are sufficiently staffed, the State of California requires all RCFEs to file LIC500 reports with the DSS. This report identifies all facility personnel and all other adults living and working at the facility. By reviewing the report, DSS investigators determine if the owners/managers of the RCFE have adequately staffed the facility so the residents living in the facility can receive the care, supervision and assistance they require. Alta Loma failed to have a LIC500 on file and was required to do so following the last DSS investigation of the facility. See below for more information on Alta Loma Board and Care in Rancho Cucamonga.
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Veterans Home of California — Barstow (60-bed SNF) VA Facility
By Justice For Our Parents
Barstow | Patient Rights | San Bernardino Nursing Homes
VETERANS HOME OF CALIFORNIA — BARSTOW — CDPH INVESTIGATION REVEALS THE FACILITY WAS FAILING TO SERVE DIABETIC MEALS TO ITS DIABETIC PATIENTS AS ORDERED BY THEIR DOCTORS
A therapeutic diet is a diet prescribed to a patient to meet the nutritional needs of that patient. For example, heart patients are often prescribed a low sodium diet and elderly patients are often prescribed a diet high in protein (helpful for many things including healing from wounds). Therapeutic diets are particularly important for diabetic patients to help stabilize their blood-sugar levels. An investigation conducted by the CDPH revealed that, in violation of Title 42, Veterans Home of California-Barstow (an SNF operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs) was not serving therapeutic diets to diabetic patients as ordered by their doctors; instead, the patients were being given deserts high in sugar. See below for more information about Veterans Home of California-Barstow.
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