Are you concerned that caregivers at the Randolph County nursing facility have victimized your loved one through negligence and mistreatment? Do you suspect they have been physically, mentally, emotionally, or sexually assaulted by the nursing staff, visitors, or other patients?
Contact the North Carolina Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Our team of abuse prevention lawyers will use the law to obtain financial compensation on your family’s behalf.
This facility is a 238-certified bed "for-profit" long-term care home providing services and cares to residents of Asheboro and Randolph County, North Carolina. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
230 East Presnell Street
Asheboro, North Carolina 27203
(336) 629-1447
NO WEBSITE
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Alpine Health and Rehabilitation of Asheboro offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
Fined $157,249 for substandard care
The State of North Carolina and the federal government are authorized to impose a monetary fine or deny payments through Medicare when a nursing facility violates established regulations and rules. The greater the monetary fine, the more serious the violation is that likely harmed or could have harmed one or more residents at the nursing home.
Within the last thirty-six months, investigators imposed four monetary penalties against Alpine Health and Rehabilitation of Asheboro, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $114,783 fine on June 07, 2018, a $20,965 fine on February 01, 2018, a $11,909 fine on July 23, 2017, and a $9,592 fine on May 23, 2017, for a total of $157,249. During this time, Medicare denied payment on two occasions, including on June 07, 2018, and February 01, 2018, due to a lack of quality care.
The nursing home received seventeen 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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Your family can visit Medicare.gov and the North Carolina 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, three 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 implement any interventions to address the resident’s refusal of showers. Maggots were found again in her abdominal folds.”
The investigation involved staff and resident interviews and an interview with the Nurse Practitioner. The “facility neglected to implement interventions in place to address the resident’s refusal of daily showers, which were ordered by the Physician to treat [the resident] for having maggots on her body.” The resident “experienced a second occurrence of maggots growing on her body, which required continued treatment at the facility.” The surveyors determined that “Immediate Jeopardy began on June 22, 2018,” when “the resident refused showers.”
The “facility failed to protect [two residents] from abuse.” Staff members and residents witnessed the cognitively impaired patient “being sexually abused by [an aggressive resident] who was cognitively intact.” Additionally, a third resident “[who] was cognitively intact, was verbally abused by [a nurse].”
The survey team determined Immediate Jeopardy began when the sexually violated resident “was sexually abused by the aggressive resident. The incident was witnessed by two Nurse Aides” who “did not remove [the victim] from the situation.”
A Nurse’s Note indicated that the Nurse had been called into the resident smoking area because the sexually aggressive resident was touching the other resident inappropriately. When the nurse arrived at the smoking area, they noticed the aggressive resident “try to put his hands back into [the victim’s] pants.” The nurse stated that the aggressive resident needed to stop “what he was doing right now.” The aggressive resident “then replied, ‘I can jerk him come off; he likes it.’”
Was your loved one mistreated while residing at Alpine Health and Rehabilitation of Asheboro? Contact the North Carolina nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Randolph County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Asheboro.
Our law firm provides every potential client an initial free case consultation. Also, we offer a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise ensures that you do not owe us any money until we have received a monetary recovery on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Carl R. Wilander, Esq.
Licensed in North Carolina
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