Any mistreatment of the senior citizen in a nursing facility can constitute neglect or abuse if it occurs at the hands of caregivers, employees, family members, friends, or other patients. Every member of the nursing team and employee staff always has a legal responsibility to protect their residents and keep them safe in their environment.
If your loved one was injured while residing in a Guilford County nursing facility, contact the North Carolina Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal assistance. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive financial compensation for your damages. Time is of the essence. All necessary documentation must be filed in the proper county courthouse before the statute of limitations expires.
This long-term care center is a "for-profit" 105-certified bed home providing care to residents of Greensboro and Guilford County, North Carolina. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
1201 Carolina Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27401
(336) 522-5700
Accordius Health at Greensboro
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Accordius Health at Greensboro offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care and speech therapies.
Fined $12,678 for substandard care
Both the federal government and the state of North Carolina have the legal responsibility to levy monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare if a nursing home has violated established rules and regulations that harm or could have harmed residents.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Accordius Health at Greensboro for $12,678 on June 01, 2017, citing substandard care. This nursing home received twenty complaints and self-reported one serious issue over the last thirty-six months that resulted in violation citations.
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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The federal government and North Carolina Department of Public Health website update comprehensive information containing historical details of all citations and violations.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including two 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 failed to protect one resident “from verbal abuse.” A review of the resident’s medical records revealed that the resident expired at the facility.
The 24-Hour Initial Allegation Report involving the resident, initiated by a Social Worker, indicated that “the resident reported [that a] Kitchen Employee argued with him, then stuck up a middle finger at him and told him that she would do something to his food.” The report revealed that the resident “was upset with the incident but did not experience any physical harm.”
The Five-Day Investigation Report “revealed that Dietary Aide who witnessed the altercation was disciplined, and the employee who argued with the resident was terminated.”
The facility “failed to provide supervision and hydration for [one resident], which resulted in extreme outdoor heat exposure for a duration of two hours.” The resident “fell from his wheelchair onto the outdoor patio, had an altered mental status when he was discovered and had a body temperature of 104.1°F upon assessment by emergency medical technicians.” The nursing staff sent the resident to the hospital.
The investigators determined an Immediate Jeopardy situation began on July 22, 2018, when a Resident Care Specialist discovered the resident “lying on the courtyard patio near his wheelchair with a pulse rate of 113, blood pressure 59/39, and was verbally unresponsive.”
The nursing staff transported the resident to the hospital by ambulance, where “he was admitted for suspected heatstroke.” The investigative team reviewed the facility’s courtyard/patio camera footage that revealed that the resident “was seen entering the enclosed courtyard area via the facility’s door on the north side of the building.”
The resident “navigated in his wheelchair about the courtyard on the sidewalk and the patio, by propelling himself with his left leg. There was partial shade in the courtyard from a tree located on the side of the courtyard, closer to the south side of the building. Outdoor tables were located on the part of the patio closest to the door on the north side of the building.” The resident “navigated to one of the tables in the sun and sat in his wheelchair.”
At that time, “there was no other staff member seen in the courtyard, [except when] the staff member was seen at the vending machine, which was located at the entrance to the courtyard area. The staff member did not approach the resident or speak to him.”
Do you suspect that your loved one suffered injury while living at Accordius Health at Greensboro? Contact the North Carolina nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Guilford County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Greensboro.
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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