Posted By Jocelyn Wiener on Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 12:33 PM An effort to fix problems with the oversight of California’s nursing homes has stalled, sparking fears that the bill is doomed and prompting elder care advocates to warn that even a delay jeopardizes residents’ safety. “I’m incredibly frustrated,” said Democratic Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi of Los Angeles, author of Assembly Bill 1502. “The pandemic has clearly exposed the horrible conditions of so many of our nursing homes. “People are dying as we wait….We cannot sit around with a broken state oversight system while our most vulnerable residents continue to live in these nursing homes.”
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/ The state has left the operation of Country Villa Plaza and 17 other nursing homes in licensing limbo for more than five years.
A CalMatters investigation reveals an opaque licensing process for California nursing homes, rife with indecision and contradictions.
The virus swept through Country Villa Sheraton nursing home in Los Angeles in the past year, killing 24 residents. Country Villa Rehabilitation Center, also in Los Angeles, and Country Villa Plaza in Santa Ana, lost 13 residents each.
The devastation was by no means unique to this cluster of 18 Southern California-based nursing homes. Across the country, other facilities also have suffered crushing casualties from the pandemic.
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