Fines - even massive ones like Northpointe’s - have been frequently difficult to find. Licensing and ownership information available to the public can prove opaque and misleading. Government websites that promise basic information about nursing home quality can actually obscure it, lulling consumers into a false sense of security. Then the federal government levied a massive fine: $912,404, the largest penalty given to any California nursing home in at least a decade, according to a CalMatters analysis of federal data.įor years, consumers had little way of knowing that fine even existed.Īs COVID-19 ravaged nursing homes across the country - killing more than 9,300 residents in California, and sickening thousands more - elder care advocates, consumers and policymakers have cried out for greater transparency and accountability.īut state and federal systems responsible for overseeing nursing homes often fail to publicize critical information, a CalMatters investigation has found. One resident was hospitalized with sepsis after missing four doses of an antibiotic, the report stated.Īfter multiple visits in early 2018, state inspectors slapped the 99-bed facility with an “immediate jeopardy” deficiency, the type reserved for the most egregious incidents in nursing homes.
Staff told inspectors they were stretched so thin they sometimes skipped treatments and failed to distribute medications.
The inspection report painted a bleak picture of life inside Northpointe Healthcare Centre in Fresno: Residents grimaced in pain from bedsores.
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