Kei-Ai Los Angeles

Los Angeles County Inspector General Issues Second Report on Nursing Home Crisis

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Why No Mention of Kei-Ai Los Angeles, the Number One Cumulative COVID-19 Death Facility West of the Mississippi? https://oig.lacounty.gov/Portals/OIG/Reports/SNF_Second%20Interim%20Reports_February%202021.pdf Issued on February 16, this is a continuation of an ongoing investigation into the crisis in nursing homes related to COVID-19, the management of which has been dysfunctional in terms of proper oversight. The new report … Read more

COVID-19 Disproportionately Affects Those Who Live in the LA Metropolitan Area Due to Poor Air Quality

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If the dangers of contracting COVID-19 increase in areas with poor air quality, why is Pacifica Companies being allowed to pursue eviction plans for seniors at the Sakura Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) in the middle of the pandemic? The Los Angeles Metropolitan area has some of the worst air quality in the nation. Even if … Read more

COVID-19 Positive Patients Moved into Senior Skilled Nursing Facilities

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https://calmatters.org/health/2020/04/nursing-homes-california-covid-19-patients-coronavirus-newsom/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-01/california-orders-skilled-nursing-facilities-to-accept-coronavirus-patients https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/06/editorial-newsom-falters-as-covid-19-nursing-home-cases-soar/https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/may/06/state-will-pay-assisted-living-coronavirus/ https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/Pages/AFL-20-33.aspx No other skilled nursing facility in the Western U.S. has a cumulative COVID-19 death rate as high as the Pacifica Companies’-owned Kei-Ai Los Angeles facility in Lincoln Heights. Many in the Los Angeles community cannot help but wonder, “Does this have anything to do why there has been insufficient oversight and lack … Read more

What is a “Family Council?”

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Family councils can be an effective way to advocate on behalf of all residents in a facility. The National Voice for Quality Long-Term Care Fact Sheet on Family Councils and Advocacy During COVID-19 Read this PDF to find out about why families of residents in the former Keiro Nursing and Retirement Homes should immediately consider … Read more

LA Times Column: How did a home built for Japanese American seniors become the state’s deadliest nursing facility?

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By FRANK SHYONG, COLUMNIST MARCH 1, 2021 5 AM PT https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-01/hospital-transfers-spark-covid-surge-la-nursing-homes Relieving overtaxed hospitals and their exhausted staff is essential. But this policy has allowed for-profit companies that run many nursing homes to volunteer their residents for the increased viral risk — and profit — that the transfers represent. Patients and doctors say they were never informed or … Read more

Watchdog calls for LA County nursing home crisis plan in light of ‘serious’ deficiencies, gaps

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A reform advocate says the county Health Facilities Inspection Division ‘has not been up to the job of overseeing and monitoring nursing homes in L.A.’ Will there need to be an emergency evacuation at the Kei-Ai Los Angeles facility as well? The CA DPH COVID-19 dashboard shows that the death rates continue to rise like … Read more