Heather Hunter, a spokeswoman for Brookdale, strongly denied on Monday that the company had “engaged in intentional or fraudulent conduct.”“We are disappointed in the allegations against the skilled nursing industry,” Ms. Hunter said. Under California law, civil penalties are up to $2,500 per violation. In reality, nurses at the Brookdale Richmond Place facility spent an average of less than 30 minutes a day with patients. Brookdale received five stars for staffing. A former Brookdale nursing assistant said in a deposition last year that her supervisors had told her to falsify residents’ medical records to make it look as if they received more care than they did.

Source: New York Times March 15, 2021 16:44 UTC