Deciding to entrust the medical team at a nursing home to provide a loved one the highest level of care can never be easy. In some situations, Nurses and Nurse’s Aides will assure the family that they follow established standards of care when, in fact, that does not happen. Without warning, their loved one can be victimized through mistreatment, neglect, or abuse due to mismanagement, insufficient staffing, or poor hiring practices.
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This center is a 131-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services to residents of Mooresville and Iredell County, North Carolina. The "for-profit" long-term care home is located at:
752 E Center Avenue
Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
(704) 800-0570
Accordius Health at Mooresville
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Accordius Health at Mooresville offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $30,082 for substandard care
The state of North Carolina and the federal government have a legal responsibility for monitoring every nursing home. These agencies have the authority to impose monetary penalties or hold payment from Medicare if the nursing facility has violated rules and regulations. Typically, the more serious the violation, the higher the monetary fines, especially if neglect or abuse caused harm or could have caused harm to a resident.
Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against Accordius Health at Mooresville, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $19,939 fine on July 14, 2017, and a $10,143 fine on July 14, 2017, for a total of $30,082.
The nursing home received sixteen 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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Information on every intermediate and long-term care home in the state can be reviewed on government-owned and operated database websites, including the North Carolina Department of Public Health and Medicare.gov.
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 assess and provide treatment for [a resident].” The investigation involved a resident who “received nutrition from a feeding tube and was dependent on supplemental oxygen.”
The surveyors reviewed the resident’s Skin Assessment Form, dated June 15, 2017. The form revealed that “the resident had an area of reddened skin on the right heel. The form was not completed in the area intended for documentation of the size, type, and description of the wound.”
Ten days later, the Physician’s orders for the resident revealed that “wound care orders were initiated on June 25, 2017, for an unstageable pressure ulcer on the left heel.” Upon observation a few weeks later, “the wound on the resident’s left heel had pink and gray tissue and the wound was surrounded by dark and flaky skin.” The nurse who had completed the skin assessment for the resident a few weeks earlier stated, “she had marked the form incorrectly.” She said she “had not documented the description or the size of the area of the left heel.”
The “facility failed to follow their Abuse and Neglect Prohibition Policy in the area of training when they failed to train [three agency staff members] on their Abuse and Neglect Prohibition Policy.”
In one case, a Nurse Aide stated that she had worked at the facility for three weeks. The Aide “had not had any training on abuse or neglect when she came to the facility and [stated] she did not need any training. She added that if she witnessed abuse, she would report it to the scheduler at the facility.”
Was your loved one mistreated while residing at Accordius Health at Mooresville? Contact the North Carolina nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Iredell County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Mooresville.
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Sources:
Attorney Carl R. Wilander, Esq.
Licensed in North Carolina
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