Litigation
Nov. 22, 2014
Nonprofits take fight over nursing home quality of care to courts
Elder-care advocates say that while private lawsuits have forced nursing-home operators to beef up staffing and make other improvements, they don't address the root of the problem: the state's slowness to investigate complaints.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
When Long Beach lawyer Stephen M. Garcia filed a lawsuit against Centinela Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre - West LLC in Inglewood last month on behalf of a resident who suffered two leg fractures after multiple falls there, it wasn't the first time the nursing home had been hit with an official complaint.
The state has cited Centinela owner Brius Management Co. Inc. - one of the largest n...
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