The California Department of Social Services has filed paperwork to revoke the operating license for an Elk Grove nursing home in response to the 2024 extreme heat death of a resident with dementia, according to state records.
The state alleges that the facility, WellQuest of Elk Grove, failed in their obligation to provide care and supervision to residents, contributing to the resident’s death.
The revocation action was filed on March 5. In addition to revoking the facility’s main operating license, the state also revoked the professional certification of the facility’s administrator Elena Cuevas and the home health aide registration of an employee, Takesha Jackson. The state filed “exclusion actions” against Cuevas, Jackson and a third employee, Saileshni Sharma, that would bar them from working in certain congregate care settings again…