The California attorney general filed a lawsuit against a San Diego County-based nursing facility chain on grounds of patient neglect and failure to meet minimum staffing levels.
The suit accuses Sweetwater Care, a nursing facility chain in Carlsbad, of committing more than 25,000 violations of minimum staffing levels.
Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the lawsuit after an investigation by the California Department of Justice’s Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse.
The suit said the department discovered the company had violated California’s Unfair Competition Law by understaffing its facilities despite receiving large amounts of money from Medi-Cal. Bonta took legal action against Sweetwater, claiming the company’s patients were being harmed by its unfair practices.
“Sweetwater and its skilled nursing facilities violated the law and betrayed the trust of communities by failing to safeguard the health and safety of its residents,” Bonta said in a press release.
California has laws to protect patients at nursing facilities such as minimum staffing laws, direct care service hour requirements, and many more that are listed in the lawsuit. The state’s suit said the investigation found Sweetwater was violating many California laws about skilled nursing facilities and harming its patients for the sake of profit.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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