Kindred Hospital La Mirada

I don’t like to write bad reviews but this place I would NOT recommend… My father is staying here and on his first night, his wallet and personal belongings were stolen… What kind of care are they actually offering???

My client is a patient here recovering from pnemonia though I still come in for my shift to visit and help her with anything she may need.
The professionalism of this place is horrendous. I walk in and get an attitude right from the get-​go because I am in my scrubs. It is my uniform so who are they to question me when I am in my uniform AND have my badge that clearly states my name, profession, and company I am with.
My client is freezing upon my arrival and come to find out that her gown, sheet, as well as her blanket are soaked to the point I can ring out excess water. I go to the nurses station and request an extra gown and a change of sheets. 30 minutes later I go back up for the same request and to let them know I will take care of it. Again I am faced with an attitude because my simple request was to much to ask for.
Two aides (one named Daisey) finally come in and they are complaining about co-​workers who don’t do anything and think they are better than everyone else. I have been in healthcare long enough to know that there are people who don’t do their job as they should, but it does not mean you get to degrade your co-​workers in front of not only patients but their family/​caregivers as well causing us to question the care our loved ones are recieving.
There are days when I can’t stand my job but it doesn’t mean I will belittle it in front of anyone and everyone. If you are that unhappy with your job, then find a new one instead of making your patients suffer alongside with you who’s health fepends on you doing your job not only correctly but efficently as well.
Also, don’t question my sanity for wanting to become an RN. It is not for everyone and I know this, but having done home health for over 7 years, I have a pretty good understanding of what it entails.
If you’re given another option for a convalesent home, I highly suggest you choose someone other than Kindred even if it means driving further. Just wish my first review could have been a 5 star.
ETA: 11:15am comes around and the nurse that is in charge of meds comes in and says, «Good morning Mrs. Doe» and places the meds down on the table next to her roommates bed. Thank God I was here becaue not only was my client not going to get her meds but this poor lady in the same room was going to get meds that were not meant for her. How the heck is this place even still in business?!

My brother was transferred to Kindred La Mirada after being in ICU and a respiratory care unit at an acute hospital for two and a half weeks battling pneumonia and an infection. I must admit that my family and I were a bit hesitant at first being that we had never heard of this hospital. My brother has developmental disabilities, epilepsy, autism, and is non-​verbal. Due to his limitations he requires 24 hour care from family members. Our family had never had to deal with having a family member being on a vent or having a trache. The staff at Kindred was very kind in sharing their wisdom about every procedure they were doing and communicating the goals that my brother was working on throughout his four week stay at Kindred. They took the time to listen and put our family at ease, 24 hours a day. With the help and expertise of this amazing staff he was taken off the vent and no longer requires a trache. Now that he is out of danger, we think it’s time to give credit where it is due. Competent, sensitive staff and physicians like those at Kindred are the prize of the medical profession. The sensitivity and support of your fine staff, but in particular, Dr. Shah, Elena, Maria (CNA), Patricia (CNA), Ferdie (CNA), Sweety (CNA), Amy (RN), Ida (RN), My (RN), Angel (RT), Sergio (RT), Bill (Social Services), Dorothy (Case Management), and most of the night shift staff helped us through what was a very difficult time, and we will never forget their kindness.

DANGER!!! There should be warning and danger neon signs all over this place. I wish I could give –0 stars. This place killed my daddy!!! They terminated any chance of recovery that he may have had with their negligence and lack of due care. My dad was sent here to recover of a craniotomy after a fall but instead of recovery he got an infection on his wound that traveled to his brain which led to a brain stem stroke and seizures which ultimately took his life!!!
This place is full of incompetent «staff» that could care less about your loved ones care. In order to get any type of care from them you must be vigilant and present ²⁴⁄₇ otherwise they disregard the patient. Oh and let me not forget the rude, cold blooded and apathetic «Dr.» they assigned to my father’s case, Dr. Chandry. He saw my father the first time for 5 seconds and told us that we should consider taking him off the vent that he was alive only because of the machine!!! In fact, my dad was weaned off the vent a week later and began moving, focusing and following commands.
The day my dad got very ill there, they had given him a clean bill of health, «Ready for the next step» as they said. They said he had no sign of infection and therefore needed no more antibiotics, but no one bothered to check his brain!!! In which the infection was brewing all along! My dad started liking yellow liquid from the wound that same night and got a 104+ fever with uncontrollable trembling. I asked for a doctor and all night not 1 dr came to see him. I asked for a cooling blanket and was told they had none! The following morning wound care staff «just so happened to pass by» (no one had told them about my dads liquid) when she saw him she immediately freaked out and called a dr. a cooling blanket all of a sudden appeared! I begged and begged all night and that day for my dad to be transferred back to a hospital that could take care of him and they kept saying I was over reacting! my dad began vomiting yellow then green that night and finally they transferred him back to the hospital but not before a another night pit stop and PIH in Whittier where they performed the same exams all over again but couldn’t treat him there so he had to wait for a bed at lacusc.
My dad finally got to the hospital, 2 days later, where they saw the massive infection in his brain they had to go and open up his head again!
My dad was slowly going to recover from his initial fall but this place took away any chance at life that he had. They killed my daddy. He passed away Sunday Dec. 6^th. After almost 2 months battle for recovery.
Please Please. If you want your loved ones to live, don NOT take them to this or any Kindred facilities. Dr. Chandry is the most horrible human being there ever was and the wound care department is completely incompetent. The one thing accomplished for my dad was to wein him off the vent. Which wasn’t really an accomplishment because my dad clearly needed not of the vent as he died with only oxygen 2 weeks later.

BEWARE!!! My mother-​in-​law was taken here over a week ago and they were suppose to have ordered tests to get her present condition diagnosed — still nothing. When asked why, her nurses said they didn’t know. Could it be that because she is on medicare they want to do as little as possible? Now they are suggesting she be transferred to another facility because she doesn’t’ need to be in ICU anymore. How do they even know that — no test are being done!!!
Then we went in about 8pm one evening to say good night to her and found her very warm and sweaty with a 102 temperature. She can’t talk to tell them she has a fever, so you would think they would be checking in on her. Nope!
Then last night we were there and all except one of the beds in ICU where she is at had alarms going off. We were there for 40 min an none of the alrams stopped. We finally said something to the nurse and who said the machines are very senstive and go off for no reason. But what if there REALLY WAS A REASON??? No one came in my mother’s room in 40 min that I was there to check the alarm and make sure it wasn’t a new alarm or if she was even okay.
IF YOU HAVE A LOVED ONE WHO NEEDS CARE — DO NOT BRING THEM HERE FOR THEIR SAKE.

My grandfather was at an acute hospital for 2 weeks. He was then admitted to Kindred La Mirada because he was very ill and too old to have any type of surgery.
Kindred gave my family the option to have a meeting once a week with the board of staff to have an overview of how my grandfather was progressing. During the meeting, my family members had the opportunity to express any questions or concerns. The follow up of our case manager, Melanie, was quick to resolve any issues that was expressed during the meetings. Even the all the nurses (RN, LVN, CNA) were all very nice and quick to help my grandfather when they were called upon.
My grandfather recovered and was healthy because of the great care he received. My grandfather actually was re-​admitted back to the very same acute hospital for surgery this past week. Everything went very well and he is recovering quickly. We requested for my grandfather to be transferred back to Kindred Hospital. We look forward to having my grandfather recover here.

Old facility but kept clean and updated. Staff very nice and kind to patients and visitors. Small enough for a family atmosphere yet part of larger company so all the necessary equipment available. Only complaint is that large groups of visitors are allowed to overrun the very small cafeteria and this is hard if you only are two or three people visiting at a time. There should be a limit on amount of people allowed per patient. While I was visiting, two large groups of over 20 people visiting. One group had small children crawling on floor of cafeteria and older kids throwing ice cubes at each other. No security or anyone telling them to behave.

I have to say our family had the worst experience here. My father was in a very unstable condition and was transfered here for long term care from Lakewood medical. When the paramedics arrived with him at the wee hours of the night the staff indicated that he was not authorized for admittance even thought he paramedic and myself had copies of all the necessary approvals. I had the nursing supervisor contact her surpervisor on her mobile and call the coordinator from the hospital. The whole time we were trying to get this straightend out my father was in a gurny in the hallway. Finally the paramedic called his superviosr and was instructed to return to the hospital since my fathers vitals were unstable.
You can not imagine the frustration… even the paramedic told me this has never happend before. We transfered my father back to the hospital. However, once we arrived my father had to go through a long ordeal. Since they had already released him, they had to re-​admit him. This was a 3 our process and he had to wait for an available room. This is unacceptable.
I called their director of quality and made sure to call all those involved and demanded a conference call. initially, they tried to blame Lakewood Medical who I also demanded a conference call.
What happened was once everything was signed and approved and my father was already in route. Kindred staff sent an email stating his insurance company decided he did not meet the criteria for long term care. This is after several conversations THEIR coordiantor had with Lakewood.
An email!!! Really, knowing my father was already in route. This was very upsetting and yes i did yell lawsuit.
The next day i started to receive so many calls from them trying to rectify the situation. They were in contact with me regualry and letting me know they had corrected everything and if I was satisfied. Complete 100% turnaround.
However, i did have to demand better care. I am not a person who is argumentative or rude but I did have to speak up several times here. One of his doctors Dr Lily Ho even told us we were in denial that he was dying and that we should move on. I could not believe my ears!
My father was under their care for almost 8 months, not being able to speak, move or eat.
He needed every service imaginable and they did provide it. However, I had to take initiative for them to do so. I did make it a point to know all the staff names history and get to know them on a personal level. Once I established that, they were able to give him better care and more receptive to his needs. I had to win them over so they saw my dad, not as a patient but as a human being. My DAD!!!
I am happy to say even though he did almost die. He didn’t and I did not allow doctors to talk negatively in front of him. This is crucial to anyones recovery.
My dad was eventually moved to a nursing home and finally home!!!

I don’t know why this hospital has such negative reviews. My grandmother has been in Kindred for about one month and I have found the rooms to be very clean and the staff to be very nice and professional. I’m usually visiting once or twice a week. My mom visits every day. Of course no hospital is perfect because of the different types of people and different types of illnesses. But, I’m really convinced that the staff are doing their best.

This review is a follow up to my previous one because my grandpa wound up in another hospital the day after he was discharged from Kindred.
The day he was discharged from Kindred, he had a lot of fluid retention in his body and was still battling Pneumonia. He had a hard time breathing that day and the doctors wouldn’t treat him. They kept pushing to have him transferred to a nursing home. If he were healthy enough to be out of the hospital, we wanted him home. The doctor said that he was okay and healthy enough to be discharged; therefore, we took him home.
The next day we had to call 911 again because my grandpa was unresponsive, couldn’t breathe, and looked like a drowned victim (a comment made from the nurses at the hospital he was taken to). The doctors at that hospital told us that his kidney function was at 20%, he had a collapsed lung, an infection in the mucus of his lungs, and a lot of fluid retention in his body and lungs. The fluids had been in his body and lungs for about a month (the time he was staying at Kindred). The doctors immediately started him on dialysis in an attempt to drain the fluids from his body. Within a few days, he looked better.
My family and I have all been wondering why in the world Kindred discharged my grandpa when he still had so many critical health issues. Most of the problems were already present during his stay at Kindred, but why didn’t the doctors there treat any of them?