Over the last twenty years, there have been significant improvements in the nursing home care industry. Unfortunately, due to short staffing, neglect, or untrained professionals, many nursing home residents become the victims of mistreatment. Others are abandoned, or suffer from dehydration, malnutrition, improper medication administration, or the use of unauthorized restraints.If your loved one has been harmed while residing in a Wayne County nursing facility, contact the Michigan Nursing Home Law Center attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Our team of lawyers has handled cases just like yours and can help your family too. Let us begin working on your case now to ensure your family receives adequate monetary recovery for your damages.
This nursing facility is a "for profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating home providing services to residents of Wayne and Wayne County, Michigan. The 179-certified bed long-term care center is located at:
4427 Venoy Rd
Wayne, Michigan 48184
(734) 729-4436
Advantage Living Center - Wayne
In addition to providing around-the-clock skilled nursing care, Advantage Living Centers – Battle Creek offers other services. These services include assisted living options, memory care, long-term care, nutritional help, post-surgical recovery, and therapeutic support.
Michigan and federal agencies penalize nursing homes by denying reimbursement payments from Medicare or imposing monetary fines anytime the facility is cited for a serious violation of established regulations that harm residents.
Over the last thirty-six months, federal regulators imposed a monetary fine of $40,712 against Advantage Living Center on October 26, 2016, citing substandard care. Also, the facility received thirty-nine formally filed complaints and self-reported seven significant issues over the previous three years that all resulted in citations.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the Michigan Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Nursing Home Reporting Website.
Information on every intermediate and long-term care home in the state can be reviewed on government-owned and operated database websites including the Michigan 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, two out of five stars for staffing issues and three out of five stars for quality measures.
According to investigators “the facility failed to ensure pressure ulcer treatments were applied as ordered for [one resident] reviewed for pressure ulcers.” The deficient practice resulted “in the potential worsening of a facility-acquired pressure ulcer, and the potential for further clinical compromise.”
The “facility failed to provide adequate supervision during a transfer for [one resident] reviewed for falls.” The deficient practice resulted “in the potential for serious injury and harm.”
The survey team observed the resident “sitting in a wheelchair outside the room and reported, ‘they (the nursing staff) do not believe in answering call lights. They do not like to answer.’ When asked if there was a particular shift, [the resident] reported, ‘all of them are bad. The other day, I rolled over, fell out of bed, and pressed my light, but when no one came, I yell for help.”
The nursing home “failed to implement their policy/protocol for Abuse Prevention for [three residents].” In one incident, a resident had “two unusual occurrences that were not thoroughly investigated and [another resident] having one unusual occurrence that was not thoroughly investigated, and [a third resident’s] concerns with nursing care going unreported, placing these residents at risk for potential incidents of abuse/neglect to go undetected.”
The survey team reviewed a nurse’s note documenting one resident’s “right great toe was bleeding, and treatment was put in place. A Physician’s Progress Note [documented that] the patient had an incident in the morning, but nobody saw her, nobody witnessed the injuries, but definitely, she injured her right toe. There is no additional documentation [about] the investigation to determine the cause of the injury, nor is there an ‘unusual occurrence report.’”
There is documented evidence that the resident “was observed to be on the floor near her bed with a laceration to her left eyebrow.” During an interview, the Nurse Manager said “the resident had fallen out of bed recently and cut her left eyebrow. The Nurse Manager could not recall if any investigation had been conducted [and] was unaware of the resident’s incident [regarding] her right toe.”
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at Advantage Living Center - Wayne? Contact the Michigan nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Wayne victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Wayne.
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Sources:
Attorney Robert Lantzy
Licensed in Michigan
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home