Quick answer: A serious bedsore (stage 3 or 4) in a Yuba County nursing home can support a claim under California's Elder Abuse Act, because federal rules (42 CFR 483.25) treat advanced pressure ulcers as preventable unless a documented medical condition made them unavoidable. Request the wound care and repositioning records and check the home's CMS inspection rating, then have a lawyer review it for free at (888) 999-0169 or send us a message. Yuba County has a single skilled nursing facility, the home in Marysville, and it carries a five-star overall rating and a four-star state health inspection rating. If you are choosing a home here, that is reassuring. But a rating is an average of a whole facility, and it does not tell you whether your specific parent was turned every two hours the way their care plan required. A serious bedsore can develop even in a well-rated home, and when it does, the records answer the question, not the star count.
If your loved one developed a bedsore in a Marysville nursing home, you may have a claim under California's Elder Abuse Act. Call (888) 999-0169 for a free, confidential consultation. We know the defense playbook because we spent years running it, and you pay nothing unless we win.
Nursing home records in Yuba County
Yuba County has 1 federally certified nursing facility with 86 licensed beds. Since 1997, state inspectors have issued 18 citations against Yuba County facilities, including 2 class A citations. Facilities in the county have been assessed $40,775 in state penalties over that period.
A class A citation is a violation the Department determined presented an imminent danger of death or serious harm to residents, or a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm would result.
2 of those enforcement actions were connected to a resident's death.
The county's facilities average 5.0 of 5 stars on the federal rating system.
The most cited nursing homes in Yuba County
- Marysville Post-Acute (18 citations)
See every facility in the county, with its full record, in the nursing home directory.
Citation data covers July 1, 1997 through June 30, 2024. Ratings and fines are current as of the CMS processing date shown above.
What the record shows in Yuba County
There is one federally certified nursing home in Yuba County. Its CMS record reads as follows. Marysville Post-Acute in Marysville reports 3.90 nursing hours per resident per day against a state average of 4.52, with a 5 star overall rating and a 4 star health inspection rating. It carries a 4 star staffing rating as well.
That is a strong profile. A bedsore is a repositioning failure, and repositioning is exactly what slips when the floor is short-staffed for a stretch.
Before you accept a facility's explanation for a bedsore, check its record in our Yuba County nursing home directory. Left untreated, a stage 4 ulcer can reach the bone and become a fatal infection. For the four stages and the California statutes, see our California bedsore page.
How Yuba County families can respond
Photograph the wound and date the photos, and request the complete chart in writing, including wound care notes and repositioning logs. Get an independent medical evaluation. File a complaint with the California Department of Public Health through Cal Health Find, or contact the Yuba County Long-Term Care Ombudsman (Agency on Aging Area 4) at (916) 376-8910, or the state crisis line at (800) 231-4024 after hours. In an emergency, contact Yuba County Adult Protective Services or call 911. Our full guide is here: how to report nursing home abuse in California.
The sooner the records are preserved, the stronger the case. Call (888) 999-0169 for a free consultation.
Why work with us
Michael Young and Thomas Wallin spent years defending nursing homes before switching sides. In the years since, they have recovered millions for California families in elder abuse and neglect cases. A home with a good rating will lead with it, and we know how to look past the average to the records for the individual resident and the individual shift, where the repositioning logs and the payroll-based staffing records tell the real story. As Yuba County nursing home abuse lawyers, we handle these cases across Marysville and the county and throughout California.
Talk to a Yuba County bedsore lawyer today
Wound photos and repositioning logs get harder to obtain every week. Call (888) 999-0169 or send us a message for a free case evaluation. We serve families throughout Yuba County and all of California. We have recovered millions holding these facilities accountable, and you pay nothing unless we win.
Sources and authoritative references
- CMS Care Compare, the federal nursing home rating and inspection database: https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
- California Department of Public Health, Cal Health Find, to look up a facility or file a complaint: https://calhealthfind.cdph.ca.gov/
- California Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, Welfare and Institutions Code section 15600: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=15600.
- Federal quality-of-care and pressure-ulcer standard, 42 CFR 483.25: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/part-483/section-483.25
Frequently asked questions
If the Yuba County nursing home rates well, can a bedsore still be neglect?
Yes. A five-star rating is a facility-wide average and does not tell you whether your specific parent was repositioned as their care plan required. If a serious pressure ulcer developed, the records for that resident answer the question regardless of the rating.
How do I check the Yuba County nursing home's record?
Use our Yuba County nursing home directory. It lists the home's inspection rating, staffing against the state average, citations, and any fines, all from public CMS data.
What should I do first if my parent has a stage 4 bedsore?
Photograph the wound, request the complete chart in writing, and get an independent medical evaluation. Then talk to a lawyer before accepting the facility's explanation, because the version families are given rarely matches the records.
How many nursing homes are in Yuba County?
Yuba County has 1 federally certified nursing facility with 86 licensed beds. Every one of them is listed in our Yuba County nursing home directory with its ratings, staffing, citations and fines.
Do Yuba County nursing homes have citations for bedsores and pressure ulcers?
State inspectors have issued 18 citations against Yuba County nursing homes since 1997, across the full range of care failures rather than any single one. We do not publish a citation count by injury type, because the state does not categorize them that way. Check the specific home's own record instead. Every one of them is listed in our Yuba County nursing home directory with its ratings, staffing, citations and fines.
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Disclaimer: facility ratings and staffing figures above are drawn from public CMS data (medicare.gov) as of the August 2026 processing date and are reported as published. They may not reflect the most current findings, and inclusion of any facility is not an allegation of wrongdoing. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome in any future case. This page is attorney advertising and not legal advice.