From CalMatters.org,
Read the article here:
https://calmatters.org/health/2021/10/nursing-homes-oversight-california-hearing/
Democratic Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi of Los Angeles, who introduced legislation earlier this year to address some of these issues, also grilled Dunham about the department’s performance in caring for California’s most vulnerable residents..
“What I’m hearing is a lengthy history, that goes back decades, of the Department of Public Health failing to crack down on bad actors who are gaming the system,” he said.
SOSN Note: As one can see in a 2018 report from three years ago, this is NOT the first time that the CA Department of Public Health has failed to fulfill its oversigt responsibilities or failed to do its job to stay on top of proper inspection of nursing home: https://www.bsa.ca.gov/reports/2017-109/summary.html
Related articles (recommended):
https://calmatters.org/projects/california-oversight-nursing-homes/
https://laist.com/death-and-neglect-troubled-california-nursing-home-chain
https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article243943317.html