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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
Costa
DATE: July 18, 1984 County
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SUBJECT: Closure of Superior Care Center
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Acknowledge receipt of report from County Administrator in response to Board- referral
of June 19, 1984.
BACKGROUND:
On June 19, 1984, Supervisor Fanden brought to the .Board' s attention the possible
closure of Superior Care Center, a skilled nursing facility in San Pablo, and asked
that the matter be referred to the County Administrator.
Superior Care Center is the. former Monterey Care Center. As the Monterey Care Center,
the facility has allegedly had a number of problems over the past five years, although
we have no firsthand knowledge of such problems. The facility had a bad reputation
and apparently had a number of State licensing violations. The facility was sold in
1982 and sold again about four months ago. Under the new owners' care it has improved
dramatically and the facility has been improved.
Apparently, under some pressure to take a tough stand with nursing homes, the federal
government singled out Superior Care Center based .on its past reputation and threatened
to close it. State licensing staff have made several inspections over the past few
weeks and have found no situations which would justify closure of the facility. The
federal government is now saying that as long as the improvements remain in place and
there are no further violations similar to those a few years ago, they would allow the
facility to remain open.
Under the present ownership and management Superior Care Center does not appear to
be in any risk of being closed. Of course, if such a large facility were to be closed,
it would create a major problem for the County. Patients would probably be placed
throughout the Bay Area. Many would probably be admitted to County Hospital because
of the shortage of nursing home beds in the County. This would be a tremendous drain
on the County' s resources because Medicare would not pay for patients where admission
to an acute hospital is medically unnecessary.
The situation appears to be under control and the geriatric staff from the Health
Services Department are in close contact with the management of Superior Care Center
as well as with State licensing staff. No further action by your Board is indicated
at this time.
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
County Administrator OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
GC: William B. Walker, M.D. , Acting ATTESTED
Health Services Director J.R. LS N. COUNTY CLERK
Julie Peck, Health Services Dept. AND EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BOARD
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