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This center is a 50-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services to residents of Arlington and Hancock County, Ohio. The "non-profit" long-term care home is located at:
100 Powell Drive
Arlington, Ohio 45814
(419) 365-5115
Arlington Good Samaritan Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Arlington Good Samaritan Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, medically-complex care, respiratory care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke care, enteral nutrition, pain management, hospice, oncology care, dementia and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $8,358 for substandard care
The investigators working for the state and federal government are legally authorized to impose monetary fines or deny payment for Medicare services if a nursing facility has been cited for serious violations of rules and regulations.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Arlington Good Samaritan Center for $8,358 on December 20, 2017, citing substandard care.
This nursing facility received one complaint and self-reported two serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the State of Ohio Adult Protective Services Website.
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The federal government and Ohio 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 two out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues and four out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to follow their abuse policy to immediately report an allegation of sexual abuse.” The investigation involved one severely, cognitively impaired resident who “requires total assistance with his activities of daily living.”
A review of a self-reported incident dated January 4, 2019, revealed that “a State-Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) alleged a possible sexual abuse that occurred on December 29, 2018, during resident care.” This STNA was present during the incident that occurred that day and “did not report the allegation until January 4, 2019.”
The STNA stated that another STNA “was straddling and tickling [a resident] while [the resident] was in bed.” The Director of Nursing verified that the STNA making the allegation “did not report the allegation of possible sexual abuse that occurred on December 29, 2018” until six days later.
She stated she felt the inappropriate actions of the STNA “was unprofessional when she straddled [the resident] during care and was tickling [a resident] to get him awake.” The reporting STNA “was not sure if it was abuse or not.”
The Director of Nursing stated that “she felt the straddling of [the resident’s] body made it possible sexual abuse, and she filed the self-reported incident immediately.” The Director also verified that “she educated [the reporting STNA] to report anything of a potential abuse right when it happens.”
In a separate summary statement of deficiencies dated December 20, 2017, the facility “failed to follow their policy to report to the State Survey Agency a resident-to-resident altercation.” The report revealed that both residents “were in the front living room.” One resident “took her handbook and smacked the legs of [the other resident]. [The residents] were separated without further altercations.”
Even though no evidence was found of injury to the assaulted resident, “there was no evidence this incident was reported to the State Survey Agency” as required by law.
The Director of Nursing revealed that “she investigated the altercation between [the residents] and did not feel it was willful. Therefore, she did not report the incident to the State Survey Agency.”
Was your loved one mistreated while residing at Arlington Good Samaritan Center? Contact the Ohio nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Hancock County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Arlington.
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Sources:
Attorney Nancy Iler
Licensed in Ohio
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home