Kindred Hospital Los Angeles

Thanks for everything Evelyn !!

I agree with D.J. of Los Angeles review of Kindred dated 4÷12÷2015.
My father came to Kindred after three months at Country Villa Mar Vista. It was the best decision for him. His team of doctors, nurses and CNAs showed compassion for my father. We were impressed by the care he received. He couldn’t have received better care.
We highly recommend Kindred Hospital to a relative, friend and anyone who is thinking about placing their love one here. If you have a problem/​concern please go to Tiffany Wallace or Vivian Franco. Two of the most wonderful people you have ever met. They are truly committed to what they do at Kindred. They show warm and compassion. They will resolve whatever issues may arise. Your loved one will be will taken care of.
We are deeply appreciative to everyone there. And over time, we developed several relationships with family members. So without hesitation, we sincerely recommend Kindred Hospital of Los Angeles.

Stay away!!! This place is only in for the $$$ .lack of skills and incompetent workers. 90% of the employees are clock punchers! there are no caring or compassion about this place. The CEO and the management team are quite pathetic when it comes to patients well being. PLEASE DO MORE RESEARCH BEFORE YOU BRING YOUR LOVE ONE TO THIS HELL HOLE.
BTW-​check their nursing license. I bet some are expired and still on the clock. I smell violation!!!
Good luck and God Bless!

My mother came to Kindred after five weeks in ICU at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. No hospital is perfect. Whenever I had a problem or concern at Kindred, the administrative staff was very professional and attentive to my concerns. The good nurses and doctors far outweigh the bad at Kindred. My mother was a patient at Kindred for almost six months, and I liked all of her doctors, except one.
My mother developed caring relationships with the nursing staff and they often came to visit her in her room, even if she wasn’t their patient. I would have preferred it if my mother had been allowed to stay at Cedars longer because when she became gravely ill, Medicare would not okay her move back to Cedars. This decision led to her death occurring earlier than it should have.
When my mother went Code Blue, the medical staff jumped into action showing that they are trained to react efficiently and effectively in crisis situations. I make one suggestion, that there be a doctor at the hospital at all times.
Yes, I would recommend Kindred Hospital to a friend, and explain to them that if they have any concerns, go straight to hospital administration. They can’t help you if they don’t know you have a concern.

BUNCH OF THIEFS!!! My step dad who suffers of cancer unfortunate had to come to this horrendous hospital while he was resting SOMEONE STOLE HIS PHONE!!! Out of his table I can’t believe this people lay stupid when we ask questions I even called the police to file a report on my dad’s stolen phone I can’t believe the lack of respect of this people. Case manager piece of $h!t !!! Please take your parents to another place they have absolutely no respect for terminally illl people.

After 70 days in a Neuro ICU, my beautiful 26 year old son spent nearly 8 months at Kindred LTAC Los Angeles. During an extremely devastating time, we were blessed to have the support and care of excellent, compassionate doctors and a high level of respiratory care. The physical therapists and nutritionist were caring, key players in the recovery process. We also had some favorite, special nurses/​assistants and a great rehab crew. The CEO is the hardest working and biggest hearted executive I have had the pleasure of knowing.
We all have to be advocates for our loved ones in such times, and Kindred supported and encouraged that advocacy.

My Dad spent several weeks here back in 2013. We got him transferred to Barlow (by Dodger’s stadium) as quickly as we could and had a MUCH better experience there. Kindred is a scary place to say the least, especially after coming from intensive care at UCLA. It is like a giant ICU with around 80 – 90 patients, most on vents. There are no doctors on staff, they just do their rounds and then leave. So much of the time there are no doctors in the building– and these are VERY sick people. There are also very few RNs. Mostly it is CNA’s and respiratory therapists. Some are very nice and caring. Other’s are just punching the clock. If you have a loved one here then let me give you some advice– the squeaky wheel gets the grease. You need someone there with them as much as possible, making sure they get turned and suctioned and whatever else they need. In all honesty, there are some very caring staff that are there, but it is the system and the parent company that is the problem, in my opinion. Do a google search for Kindred and for LTAC hospitals. Kindred is a public company and has just found a way to increase their stock price by turning long term acute care into a factory. Your loved one is simply a number in this place. It is not really the staff’s fault because most of them are doing the best they can being understaffed and overworked. UCLA, Cedar’s etc can’t make any money on these patients so they send them to Kindred. And Kindred treats them like meat in a factory. It’s all about the bottom line here. I’d give it 1 star if it weren’t for some of the staff we dealt with who did try.

I recently had the opportunity to spend a long time at this facility, months and months.
A series of missteps at another large area hospital put me on a ventilator and tracheotomy. After things stabilized a bit I was transferred to Kindred to convalesce. Those types of respiratory issues are of the specialty of the facility, and as you walk through the place and peek into the rooms you’ll see many of the patients on breathing assistance. And patients in those conditions do need a lot of assistance. Fortunately the staff is very familiar with the intricacies of respiratory care.
Overall the staff was pretty responsive, but there were occasions when response times were way too long — especially around shift changes (7 am & pm). There were also a few times when response was so slow that I felt it endangered my health, which was very disturbing. But I’ve had the same experience at première hospitals.
For the most part, staff was also pleasant. Keep in mind that a lot of patients are not very animated, so I think it’s easy for staff to become a bit complacent and treat patients as objects. I was fortunate to be a tad more alert than many patients during most of my stay, so I was more sensitive to staff/​patient interaction. Like any customer service business there are some providers who «get it» and others who don’t. Most of the nurses, doctors, and other staff at Kindred do get it and have good bedside manners. That is key to the experience and goes a long way to help in recovery. In fact there were quite a few staff who went above and beyond standard caregiving in caring for me, and I’m extremely grateful for them.
The facility is clean, although the TVs could be a bit larger, plus they really need to upgrade patient WiFi. I didn’t really have much opportunity to sample the food, but from what I could eat it was standard hospital fare. Most of the rooms are shared, and your roommates can make a big difference, so if you have an issue with one, ask for a change. Better yet, try nab one of the few private rooms!
Here, and at any hospital, I think it’s paramount that the patient have a family member or friend to act as the patient’s advocate. In most all settings, the doctors, nurses and staff are attending to numerous patients, and things can and do fall through the cracks, and often the patient is in no shape to be aware of the many details. An extra set of eyes can make the day to day (or month to month) grind more palpable and can even be a life saver.
All in all any long term health facility has many moving parts, economic and staff limits, and the practice of medicine, especially in acute cases that Kindred handles, is inherently hazardous to the patient, but they helped me through some very rough patches and overall I’m glad I did my time at Kindred.

I visited Kindred Hospital on Slauson just west of Shannendoah today around 4:30 pm I was impressed by the amount of people attending my friend when I visited him. There are a lot of elderly people there a lot of very sick elderly people. But the staffed is very cheerful and very talkative they talk to you they explain things to you very very very nice people. The time I was there about 25 minutes two doctors had visited my friend and three nurses at different times and he’s been upgraded to a nicer room I was impressed with the entire facility and staff.

My mom has been coming here for about 3 years now. When she needs to go to the hospital, she request this place. She always leaves looking and feeling 100% better. The staff is nice. The facility is clean. Bonus– the coffee in the cafeteria. My sister and I always grab a cup. We don’t know what it is, but this coffee is delicious! Thank you Kindred for taking good care of my mommy.

Sorry that so many people are unhappy with Kindred. One must realize all medical Facilities have problems. For my mother Mrs. Glenn it saved her life she received a double flat after leaving another facility with a class FOUR bedsore Dr Harvey Deutsch did her surgery which was a complete success. After surgery Kindred’s wound care team took over EVA the head RN was excellent she has a great network of RN’s. I can truly say from the time you enter you are greeted with kindness from the Receptionist the Administrator Mr. Wolfe the discharge planners each area was excellent and all was willing to work with you, but you must remember each case is different mine was what I wanted and received for my mother. She is no longer there but she is also in another wonderful place that I am so far pleased with this place was from Kindred’s discharge planners they worked with me and I truly appreciate them. So I hope everyone would always step back and look at their family needs. For me and my family KUDOS for Kindred Los Angeles. Carolyn B.

My dad was here for 3 weeks and developed bed sores so bad they became infected and that is what he eventually succumbed to. The staff never knew what his status was and when I asked one nurse how he was doing she actually rolled her eyes at me and said she would come to the room in a minute. I could never get a question answered by the nurses and the doctors were never around. I would not recommend this place.

Kindred is a nightmare. They almost killed my son when he was transferred there from UCLA. Someone needs to get this facility closed down and fined for all the egregious rule-​breaking and bad medical practice that goes on there.
If a loved one is admitted to Kindred, make sure you have someone to guard him/​her AT ALL TIMES.

This place is sad, disgusting, poorly staffed, and un-​ethical. If you ever are encouraged to send a family member here, DO MORE RESEARCH! There are OTHER PLACES! UCLA Med center sends a lot of their ventilator dependent patients here to «get weaned off» the vent. This is my one and only complaint about UCLA (minus the parking).
However, I will give ONE star to this place to acknowledge a two people. the nursing supervisor (Sarah) and the head of PT (Scott).
If you have a loved one here, SUPERVISE as much as you can, and FIGHT everything. This place is a scumhole.

I would stay away from all Kindred places. There are much better choices out there.
poor and under staffed.
lack of accountability.
trust me.