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Inspection visit

Health inspection

HERITAGE MANORCMS #0559891 citation on this visit
1 citation recorded

Inspector’s narrative

What the inspector wrote

This survey cited 1 deficiency. The full statement and the facility’s plan of correction follow, verbatim from the federal record.

F 0585 Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm Residents Affected - Few Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure prompt efforts were made to resolve grievances verbalized by one of two sampled residents' (Resident 1) responsible party (RP) apprised of progress towards resolution. In addition, the facility failed to issue a written grievance decision to the resident and RP, in accordance with the facility's policy on Grievance/Concern. This deficient practice increased the risk for negative psychosocial impact on Resident 1's quality of life. Findings: During a review of Resident 1's Face Sheet (front page of the chart that contains a summary of basic information about the resident) indicated the resident was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses that included Metabolic encephalopathy (a condition in which the brain does not function properly due to an underlying metabolic imbalance),acute respiratory failure with hypoxia(a condition when the body doesn't get enough oxygen). During a review of Resident 1's History and Physical [H&P] dated 02/07/2025, the H&P indicated the resident has the capacity to understand and make decisions. During a review of Resident 1's Minimum Data Sets (MDS - a federally mandated resident assessment tool), dated 2/09/2025, indicated Resident 1's cognition (ability to think, remember, and reason with no difficulty) was severely impaired. During an interview and record review of the facility's grievance log on 2/18/2025 at 12:00 PM with the Social Service Director (SSD), the SSD stated she is the person assigned to respond to grievances filed by residents or family members. The SSD stated she starts by talking to the person who files the grievance to clarify information and fills out the grievance form. The SSD then stated she would immediately forward the grievance information to the specific department where the concern is being raised. The SSD then stated the grievance process is completed as soon as possible and takes approximately 2 days for SSD to finalize and inform the reporting party of the outcome. The SSD stated she had not received any concerns or grievances from residents or family members since October of last year (2024). During a telephone interview on 2/18/2025 at 1:15 pm with Resident 1's RP, RP stated she was in the facility visiting Resident 1 either Sunday (2/16/2025) or Monday (2/17/2025) when Social Service Assistant (SSA) came into the room to ask if everything in the facility was okay. RP stated she (continued on next page) Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided. For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation. LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE TITLE (X6) DATE FORM CMS-2567 (02/99) Previous Versions Obsolete Facility ID: If continuation sheet Page 1 of 2 Event ID: 055989 Printed: 05/15/2026 Form Approved OMB No. 0938-0391 Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES AND PLAN OF CORRECTION (X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: (X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION 055989 B. Wing A. Building (X3) DATE SURVEY COMPLETED 02/18/2025 NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE Heritage Manor 610 North Garfield Avenue Monterey Park, CA 91754 For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency. (X4) ID PREFIX TAG SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES (Each deficiency must be preceded by full regulatory or LSC identifying information)
F 0585 Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm Residents Affected - Few informed the SSA that when Resident 1 was admitted to the facility on [DATE], the admitting nurse was very aggressive when changing Resident 1 and rude with Resident 1 and the RP. The RP stated the SSA just said ok and wrote down on a piece of paper and left the room. The RP stated the SSA did not asked her if she wanted to file a grievance or informed if someone would look into her verbalized concern. The RP stated no one had called her from the facility or followed up from the facility in regard to her verbalized concern to SSA. During an interview on 2/18/2025 at 2:45 PM with SSA, the SSA stated she was instructed this past weekend to go around the facility and ask about customer experience questions. The SSA stated she spoke to Resident 1's RP on 2/17/2025, when RP informed her, she had experienced rudeness from some of the facility nurses. The SSA stated she did not ask RP to elaborate what she meant by rudeness and just wrote down the concern. The SSA stated she had not started a grievance for RP but informed the DON that morning (2/17/2025) and was in the process of submitting a customer satisfaction survey but had not finalized the survey. The SSA stated SSD was in charge of facility grievances, but she had not informed SSD yet of the RP concerns. During an interview on 2/18/2025 at 2:58 with SSD, the SSD stated the customer satisfaction survey was something she had developed a week ago along with the administrator. The SSD stated she instructed the SSA to walk around the facility and complete the customer satisfaction survey. The SSD stated if there were any family or resident concerns verbalized during the customer satisfaction survey, she would expect to be informed so she could start a grievance process and investigate. The SSD stated she was not aware that RP had verbalized concerns, otherwise, she would have started a formal written grievance and called the RP, then forward the grievance to the appropriate department. During an interview on 2/18/2025 at 3:00 PM with the Director of Nursing (DON), the DON stated she was not aware of any resident or family complaints regarding any nurses' treatments. The DON stated if she was aware she would start an investigation. During a review of the facility's policy and procedure titled Resident and Family with a revision date of 2/22/2023, the policy indicated It is the policy of this facility to support each resident's and family member's right to voice grievances without discrimination, reprisal or fear of discrimination or reprisal. The policy further indicated Prompt efforts to resolve, included the facility acknowledgement of a complaint/grievance and actively working toward resolution of that complaint/grievance. FORM CMS-2567 (02/99) Previous Versions Obsolete Event ID: Facility ID: 055989 If continuation sheet Page 2 of 2

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Citations

1 citation recorded*CMS

What do CMS severity letters mean?

Serious (G-L). Actual harm to a resident, or immediate jeopardy. Codes G through I indicate actual harm; J through L indicate immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety.

General (A-F). No actual harm found, or harm that is minimal. The facility must still submit a Plan of Correction. Most CMS citations land here.

Each letter combines severity with scope: how many residents the deficiency affected.

  • 0585GeneralS&S Dpotential for harm

    F585 - Grievances

    Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.

FAQ · About this visit

Common questions about this visit

What happened during the February 18, 2025 survey of HERITAGE MANOR?

This was a inspection survey of HERITAGE MANOR on February 18, 2025. The surveyor cited 1 deficiency, recorded on the federal Form 2567 statement of deficiencies.

Were any deficiencies cited at HERITAGE MANOR on February 18, 2025?

Yes, 1 deficiency was cited, each with a CMS Scope and Severity grade. The first was: "Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grie..."

What type of survey was this?

This was a inspection survey conducted by state surveyors under federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) oversight. Findings are published on CMS Care Compare.

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