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Many families have no other choice than to place a loved one in a nursing facility to ensure they receive the highest level of professional care. These families often find comfort in the knowledge that their loved one will remain safe in a compassionate environment. Unfortunately, mistreatment is an all too common occurrence in many nursing facilities throughout New Hampshire, where caregivers, employees, or other residents injure patients.The New Hampshire Nursing Home Law Center attorneys have represented many Hillsborough County nursing home patients who were victimized through abuse and neglect. Our legal team works on behalf of our clients to help them receive adequate financial compensation to recover their damages. We use the law to take immediate action and hold those responsible for the harm legally accountable.
This long-term care facility is a 102-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating center providing services to residents of Bedford and Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. The "for-profit" home is located at:
480 Donald Street
Bedford, New Hampshire 03110
(603) 627-4147
Bedford Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing Home
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Bedford Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing Home offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-stay care, IV (intravenous) therapy, respite care, hospice, wound care, dementia and memory care, colostomy care, and restorative services involving physical, speech and occupational therapies.
State and federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home cited for serious violations of regulations and rules. These penalties include levying monetary fines and denying payment of Medicare services. Typically, these violations result in penalties when investigators found severe problems that harmed or could have harmed a resident.
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 New Hampshire Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services Website.
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Your family can visit Medicare.gov and the New Hampshire 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 two out of five stars, including three out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to follow professional standards of practice for administration, disposal, and documenting of narcotic medication for [two residents].”
A review of the resident’s Medication Administration Record (MAR) and Narcotic Counts Book revealed numerous discrepancies where narcotics had been removed from the narcotic counts but had not been documented in the Medication Administration Record.
In a separate summary statement of deficiencies dated October 19, 2016, the facility “failed to follow Physician’s orders, failed to properly dispose of medications, and failed to follow professional standards of practice for the administration of pain medications.” The investigation involved four residents.
A review of a resident’s Medication Administration Record indicated that the resident had received a pain medication after revealing a “pain rating of zero” on October 6, 2016, with the pain rating of nine on October 13, 2016, and “on October 14, 2016, with a pain rating of three.”
On additional dates, the resident had received pain medication when indicating a pain rating of six, seven, and six, respectively. However, the Physician ordered pain parameters for administering pain medication for severe pain indicated that the resident should have received the medication with “a pain rating of 8-10” only.
The Unit Manager “confirmed the above findings and revealed that the pain rating is a pain level [before the] administration.”
The surveyors also reviewed the Medication Administration Record and Infusion Therapy Medication Administration Record for one resident “that revealed there was no documentation that the PICC line was flushed with 10 mL of normal saline on ten of sixty-three shifts” as required by professional standards of quality.
Were you the victim of mistreatment, neglect, or abuse while living at Bedford Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing Home? Contact the New Hampshire nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Hillsborough County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Bedford.
Discuss your case with us now through an initial case consultation at no charge to you. Also, we offer a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means we postpone payment for our services until after we have secured a monetary recovery on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney A. Lance Reins, Esq.
Licensed in New Hampshire
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