Violence At, and State/Federal Citations Against, LHH Are Getting Worse

Even though the City is desperately using “spin control” to distract voters, recent citations against Laguna Honda are the worst in LHH’s history.  

LHH’s Executive Administrator released on May 2, 2006 a “Frequently Asked Questions” document concerning the 2006 State Survey of LHH, in which he attempts to split hairs over whether the 274-page State report is about “patient abuse” (which he flatly denied), or merely a 274-page report citing “deficiences.”

What he did not note in his new FAQ about the State citations, is that the 2006 Survey contained a total of ten “actual harm” citations, with ratings of “G” and “H,” compared to only 4 actual harm citations in the previous report.

Judge for Yourself

• Summary of Laguna Honda Deficiencies, State and Federal Inspections at LHH, 2006
• Former Assemblyman Lou Papan’s Letter to California’s Attorney General, Bill Lockyear
• 274-Page Citation of Listing LHH Deficiencies in 2006 Survey (Note: This file is very large, at 11 megabytes; you may want to dowload the file to your hard drive by right-mouse clicking on the link above. Then, open it by launching Acrobat Reader and opening it from your hard drive.  If you are using dial-up, rather than DSL, the download will take some time.)

Graph:  Historical Comparisions of LHH State Citations
Note: This chart illustrates the six “actual harm” citations related to violence; there were a total of 10 actual harm citations in 2006.