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A resident from East Bay nursing home Orinda Care Center died over the weekend after testing positive for novel coronavirus. He was among two dozen residents who've been infected there, along with several staff, making for one of the largest nursing home outbreaks in the state.
The ABC7 I-Team has been digging into the facility's records. Advocates for nursing homes tell us this coronavirus pandemic is exposing long-simmering problems with oversight.
Three staff and 23 other residents have also been infected. Half of those cases are people over 80 years of age.
Orinda Care Center is one of eleven facilities owned by Crystal Solorzano, who has a frequent presence on Instagram. Solorzano showed off new masks for her staff, "Alright guys, as we told 'ya, we got masks."
Records show in May of last year, the state revoked her nursing home administrator license "for unprofessional conduct ... based on (her) using fraudulent documents" in applying for the license. But Solorzano is still permitted to operate homes including Orinda Care Center while appealing the decision.
Through a spokesperson, Solarzano at first agreed to an interview, but then backed out. We also wanted to ask about the record of violations at Orinda Care Center.
Among those violations are:
- In July, the state cited Orinda Care Center for misuse of anti-psychotic drugs, and failing to properly sanitize tableware and cookware, putting the residents at risk of food-borne illness.
- In May, an investigation found the facility failed to keep a resident with dementia safe from sexual abuse by a housekeeper, who had two previous complaints of sexual abuse.
Through a spokesman, Solorzano says, "We believe these were unacceptable, but isolated, incidents. We're doing everything we can to ensure they won't happen again."
A resident from East Bay nursing home Orinda Care Center died over the weekend after testing positive for novel coronavirus. He was among two dozen residents who've been infected there, along with several staff, making for one of the largest nursing home outbreaks in the state.
The ABC7 I-Team has been digging into the facility's records. Advocates for nursing homes tell us this coronavirus pandemic is exposing long-simmering problems with oversight.
Three staff and 23 other residents have also been infected. Half of those cases are people over 80 years of age.
Orinda Care Center is one of eleven facilities owned by Crystal Solorzano, who has a frequent presence on Instagram. Solorzano showed off new masks for her staff, "Alright guys, as we told 'ya, we got masks."
Records show in May of last year, the state revoked her nursing home administrator license "for unprofessional conduct ... based on (her) using fraudulent documents" in applying for the license. But Solorzano is still permitted to operate homes including Orinda Care Center while appealing the decision.
Through a spokesperson, Solarzano at first agreed to an interview, but then backed out. We also wanted to ask about the record of violations at Orinda Care Center.
Among those violations are:
- In July, the state cited Orinda Care Center for misuse of anti-psychotic drugs, and failing to properly sanitize tableware and cookware, putting the residents at risk of food-borne illness.
- In May, an investigation found the facility failed to keep a resident with dementia safe from sexual abuse by a housekeeper, who had two previous complaints of sexual abuse.
Through a spokesman, Solorzano says, "We believe these were unacceptable, but isolated, incidents. We're doing everything we can to ensure they won't happen again."
