Are you concerned that the medical staff is neglecting your loved one in a Mecklenburg County nursing home? Do you suspect that they are being mistreated or abused by caregivers, employees, or other patients?
Contact the North Carolina Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your behalf to stop the mistreatment now. We will use the law to ensure you receive financial compensation from recovering your damages.
This center is a 116-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services to residents of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The "for-profit" long-term care home is located at:
5939 Reddman Road
Charlotte, North Carolina 28212
(704) 703-6060
Accordius Health at Charlotte
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Accordius Health at Charlotte offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care and speech therapies.
Fined $115,920 for substandard care
The federal government, through nursing home regulatory agencies, can impose fines or deny payment for Medicare services for any nursing facility with severe violations of rules and regulations. Typically, hefty fines are levied against the nursing home when the most egregious violations have occurred that harmed or could harm a resident.
Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against Accordius Health at Charlotte, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $62,460 fine on February 09, 2018, and a $53,460 fine on March 23, 2017, for a total of $115,920.
The nursing home received nine complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Adult Protective Services Website.
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To be fully informed on the level of care nursing homes provide, families routinely research Medicare.gov and the North Carolina Department of Public Health website database systems for a complete list of deficiencies, violations, and citations.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues, and two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home "neglected to connect a resident to a non-invasive medical ventilator to provide oxygen, as ordered by the Physician, for [one resident] for respiratory services.” When the resident “was found by staff without a Physician ordered non-invasive medical ventilator, he was deceased.”
The investigative team reviewed the resident’s Care Plan related to respiratory illness. The document states that the goals include that the resident “would have clear and equal breath sounds bilaterally and have no signs or symptoms of infection by the review date.” The interventions indicated that the nursing staff was to provide oxygen and suction as needed, and that the resident “was to be placed on a non-invasive mechanical ventilator at night, as ordered.”
A Respiratory Therapy Note signed by the Therapist revealed that a nurse had informed the Therapist that the resident “had passed away in the night.” The therapist asked the nurse what happened, and the nurse stated that Nursing Assistants put the resident “to bed around 10:15 PM. They returned to the [resident’s] room again at 10:55 PM and found [the resident] deceased.”
The therapist asked the nurse if the resident had been placed on the non-invasive mechanical ventilator, as ordered. The note revealed that the nurse stated that “she had not gotten there yet due to her medication pass, so she was unsure if he was on [the non-invasive ventilator].”
A review of the Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilator Event Log indicated that the device “was powered out at 10:51 PM and stopped at 10:57 PM. The note indicated there was no ‘as needed’ respiratory therapist on the shift at the time of the event.”
The therapist stated that the resident “was very stable and had not been sick, had no increase in oxygen needs, and was only suctioned maybe [a few times] a day.” The Nurse Aide stated that the resident “was placed in bed and care was provided [and that she handed the resident] his call bell, urinal, and oxygen tubing.”
The Nurse Aide stated that the resident “was able to put his oxygen on, and she handed him the tubing, but was not sure if he placed it on himself or not.”
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at Accordius Health at Charlotte? Contact the North Carolina nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Mecklenburg County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Charlotte.
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Sources:
Attorney Carl R. Wilander, Esq.
Licensed in North Carolina
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home