Why Tatyana and Edvard Krivitsky Are Banned From Even Stepping Foot in Assisted Living Facilities

Key Takeaways 

• Tatyana Krivitsky and Edvard Krivitsky were banned in 2019 from operating, overseeing, or working in California assisted living facilities after regulators revoked the license of a Van Nuys facility associated with them. Under the terms of the ban, they were prohibited from even setting foot in one of these facilities unless they were visiting a family member who lived there. 

• The ban did not prevent the Krivitskys from remaining connected to other healthcare businesses regulated by different California agencies. 

• Facilities tied to the Krivitskys have since faced some of California’s most serious regulatory citations, as well as lawsuits alleging neglect, pressure wounds and patient deaths. 

• J&Y Law now represents a client whose pressure wounds allegedly worsened under facility supervision until the client required spinal surgery. 

• Families considering a nursing home, assisted living facility, or other care home should investigate the people behind the facility, not just the facility itself. 

A lifetime ban from assisted living should mean something. 

In 2019, California regulators revoked the license of the company operating California Villa of Van Nuys after alleging serious problems that included a rat infestation, improperly administered medications, inoperable emergency pull cords, and residents wandering away without adequate supervision. Tatyana Krivitsky and Edvard Krivitsky did not admit those allegations, but they agreed that they would never again oversee or work in assisted living facilities regulated by the California Department of Social Services. 

That should have been the end of the story, but unfortunately, it wasn’t. 

State records later connected companies led by Tatyana or Edvard Krivitsky to other healthcare facilities operating under a different type of license, including Capri in the Desert, Napoli in the Desert, and San Marino in the Desert in the Antelope Valley. Tatyana Krivitsky was also identified in state records connected to Bellagio in the Desert RTC, an addiction treatment facility whose license was revoked by the California Department of Health Care Services on Oct. 16, 2025.  

California’s fragmented licensing system made this possible. 

How Did Tatyana Krivitsky and Edvard Krivitsky Stay in the Care Business? 

California does not regulate every type of care facility through the same agency, so a ban imposed by one agency does not necessarily follow an operator into a facility regulated by another. 

Residential care facilities for the elderly, commonly called assisted living facilities, are regulated by the California Department of Social Services. Congregate living health facilities fall under the California Department of Public Health. Residential addiction treatment programs are overseen by yet another agency, the Department of Health Care Services. 

It’s this transparency gap that allows people prohibited from working in assisted living to remain involved in other parts of California’s care industry. The Los Angeles Times found that after their 2019 ban, companies led by Tatyana or Edvard Krivitsky had ownership interests in four congregate living health facilities. 

Changing the license does not erase a history of fraud and neglect. 

What Happened at Facilities Connected to the Krivitskys? 

The history after the ban raises even more questions. 

According to the California Department of Public Health, they issued three “AA” citations, its most serious category, to two facilities connected to the Krivitskys over approximately a decade. During the same period, only one other congregate living facility statewide received a citation at that level. 

Public Health investigators concluded that failures at Capri in the Desert contributed to resident deaths in separate incidents. At San Marino in the Desert, investigators later found that several violations, including the administration of multiple medications to sedate a resident for staff convenience, were a substantial factor in another resident’s death. The state citations did not personally name the Krivitskys as responsible for those deaths. 

Facilities connected to the family have also faced civil lawsuits. 

In one case, the family of Dale Robertson alleged that he died from neglect after his tracheal tube became disconnected at Napoli in the Desert. An arbitrator ultimately ordered Napoli in the Desert to pay $10.3 million to Robertson’s family and attorneys. Other lawsuits have alleged pressure wounds, infected bed sores, and severe neglect. The defendants disputed allegations in those cases, and several matters resolved confidentially. 

Now J&Y Law is pursuing another case. 

Pressure Wounds That Required Spinal Surgery 

J&Y Law represents a client who received care at a facility connected to the Krivitskys and developed severe pressure wounds, commonly known as bed sores. We allege those wounds worsened while the client was under the facility’s supervision and ultimately became serious enough that the client required spinal surgery. 

Pressure wounds are not injuries that a care facility should simply watch get worse. 

Patients who have limited mobility often depend entirely on caregivers for repositioning, skin checks, hygiene, nutrition, hydration, and recognition of early warning signs. Proper staffing and documentation become especially important because the patient may not be physically capable of protecting themselves. 

When a wound progresses to the point that a patient undergoes spinal surgery, the investigation has to go backward: 

• When did the wound first appear? 

• How was it staged? 

• Were turning and repositioning orders followed? 

• What do the nursing notes show? 

• Were changes photographed and documented? 

• Was the physician notified? 

• Was wound care ordered and actually provided? 

• Was the facility adequately staffed? 

• And perhaps most importantly: How did something that should have triggered immediate attention become this severe? 

Those are questions we intend to answer. 

How Much Is a Negligence Case Involving Spinal Surgery Worth? 

There is no standard settlement amount for a pressure wound, spinal surgery, or nursing home negligence claim. Spinal surgery does not come with a preset dollar value. 

Attorneys instead examine the entire effect the injury has had, and will continue to have, on the patient. 

That can include: 

• hospitalization and surgical expenses 

• wound care and specialist treatment 

• physical and occupational therapy 

• future medical treatment 

• medications and medical equipment 

• additional caregiving needs 

• pain and suffering 

• reduced mobility or permanent impairment 

• loss of independence 

• disfigurement or scarring 

• emotional distress 

• complications such as infection 

• the patient’s prognosis and future quality of life 

Causation is another important factor to consider. Nursing homes and their insurers may argue that a wound existed before admission, that the resident refused repositioning, or that underlying medical conditions caused the injury to progress. 

That is why medical records, wound photographs, care plans, staffing records, turning logs, physician orders, and witness testimony can become some of the most important evidence in the case. 

Can You Sue a Nursing Home for Elder Abuse? 

Yes. California distinguishes ordinary negligence from elder abuse involving more serious conduct. 

Under the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, additional remedies can become available when neglect or abuse is proven along with recklessness, oppression, fraud, or malice. Those remedies can include attorney’s fees and costs, among other potential damages allowed by law. 

California Health and Safety Code Section 1430 also allows residents of skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities to pursue statutory damages of up to $500 for each violation of certain resident rights, along with attorney’s fees and costs. 

Punitive damages may also be available in appropriate cases when oppression, fraud, or malice can be proven by clear and convincing evidence. 

Not every nursing home negligence claim qualifies, however. The legal theory, type of facility, evidence, and conduct involved all matter. 

That is why our job is to identify every responsible party, document every consequence of the alleged neglect, and pursue every category of compensation the evidence and California law support. 

Researching a Nursing Home Before Choosing One 

A clean lobby is not a safety record. A friendly tour guide is not an inspection report. 

Before placing a parent, grandparent, or spouse into long-term care, families should investigate both the facility and the people operating it. 

Start by identifying exactly what kind of facility you are considering. In California, different types of facilities are regulated by different agencies. 

For skilled nursing facilities and other health facilities, search California’s Cal Health Find database. It provides information about ownership, licensing, complaints, deficiencies, enforcement actions and inspection histories. 

For assisted living facilities, use the California Department of Social Services Facility Search. Families can also request to review a facility’s licensing file, including evaluation reports and substantiated complaints. 

For Medicare-certified nursing homes, Medicare Care Compare can show health inspection results, staffing information, quality measures, ownership information and alerts involving abuse or facilities with histories of serious quality problems. 

But don’t stop after you’ve Googled the facility’s name. 

Search the names of the owners, licensees, administrators, and management companies. Look for other facilities connected to the same people. A building can change names. A corporation can change. An operator’s history is harder to erase. 

Families should also ask direct questions during the tour: 

• Who owns this facility? 

• Who is the administrator? 

• How many nurses and caregivers are working overnight? 

• How are immobile residents repositioned? 

• Who handles wound care? 

• What happens when a resident’s condition changes? 

• How quickly is a physician notified? 

• What hospital receives residents during an emergency? 

• What were the facility’s most recent citations, and what changed afterward? 

Finally, contact the local Long-Term Care Ombudsman. California’s Ombudsman Program investigates complaints involving poor care, resident rights, abuse, medical treatment, and other problems in long-term care facilities. 

What J&Y Law Is Doing About the Krivitsky Case 

Tatyana and Edvard Krivitsky were banned from operating assisted living facilities in 2019. Facilities later connected to their business interests accumulated serious regulatory findings and lawsuits. Another care business connected to Tatyana Krivitsky, Bellagio in the Desert RTC, ultimately had its license revoked by a different California agency in 2025. 

Families should not have to discover that history after someone gets hurt. 

We believe our client’s injuries could have been avoided with proper care and supervision. Now, we’re fighting for the full compensation available to help cover the medical care, treatment and other expenses caused by those injuries, while giving our client the best possible chance at a better quality of life once this case is over. 

If your loved one developed pressure wounds, suffered a serious fall, experienced medication errors or showed other signs of neglect at a nursing home or care facility, do not assume it was simply part of getting older or being sick. Give us a call at J&Y Law to discuss your options.