Nursing Home Receives Top Fine, Citation From State
The California Department of Public Health issued a $100,000 fine and AA citation to The Springs at the Carlotta, a 59-bed Riverside County nursing home, after a patient died of infection caused by a perforated colon. The fine and citation are the most severe the state can issue to a nursing home.
- "State Issues Top Fine, Citation to Palm Desert Nursing Home in Women's Death" (Hines, Riverside Press-Enterprise, 4/22).