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 staff and employee 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 Marion County nursing facility, contact the Indiana Nursing Home Law Center attorneys now for immediate legal assistance. Let our team of 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 facility is a 146-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating center providing services to residents of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana. The "government - county" home is located at:
5226 E 82nd St
Indianapolis, Indiana 46250
(317) 842-6668
Allison Pointe Healthcare Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Allison Pointe Healthcare Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes long-term care, memory care, short-term rehab, palliative care, and Alzheimer’s/dementia care.
The federal government has the legal authority to penalize any nursing facility that violates rules and regulations. These penalties include monetary fines and denial of payment for Medicare services. High monetary fines usually indicate extremely severe violations that harmed or could have harmed residents.
This nursing home also received fifty-eight 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 Indiana Nursing Home Report Cards Website.
Your family can visit Medicare.gov and the Indiana Department of Public Health website to obtain a complete list of all violations, citations, and deficiencies identified by investigators and surveyors.
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 two out of five stars for quality measures.
According to investigators, the facility failed to “follow up timely with the State agency [regarding] an allegation of abuse.” The surveyors interviewed a moderately, cognitively impaired resident who indicated that “she was pushed down by a staff member” which resulted in injuries. The incident occurred about 2-2.5 months ago.
According to documentation, “the facility was unable to substantiate the allegation, so the employee was able to return to work.” According to the Regional Director of Clinical Operations, the “incident report was not followed up timely and by the fifth day to the State agency” as required by law.
The nursing home “failed to report allegations of abuse and neglect [promptly] to the State Department of Health” involving two residents reviewed for abuse.” The nursing home “also failed to thoroughly investigate an allegation of neglect for [another resident].”
The investigators interviewed a resident who answered yes to the question “has staff, resident or anyone else here abuse you [involving] verbal, physical or sexual abuse?” The resident responded that “during the night shift six weeks [before], he put his call light on to be assisted with incontinence care. The call light was not answered for several hours, and when an aide finally came in, the eight indicated he can wait until the morning to be cleaned up.”
The resident indicated that he had told the “previous Director of Nursing services about the incident.” The surveyors reviewed filed investigative reports including an incident report for the resident had stated “the night shift did not change him and told him the day shift could do it. The resident could not recall why that was.”
During an interview with the Director of Nursing Services, it was revealed that “the facility did not do a thorough investigation for the April 13, 2017 allegation.” The Director stated that “there was a miscommunication during the investigation and steps were missed.” Both the Director and the facility Administrator indicated that “no one in the facility reviewed past grievances for [that resident] in the see if there was a similar allegation voiced by [the resident].”
Were you the victim of mistreatment while you lived at Allison Pointe Healthcare Center? Contact the Indiana nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Marion County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Indianapolis.
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Sources:
Attorney Jeffrey D. Powless
Licensed in Indiana
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home