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
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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)
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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
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