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This long-term care facility is a 180-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating center providing services to residents of Albemarle and Stanly County, North Carolina. The "for-profit" home is located at:
33426 Old Salisbury Road
Albemarle, North Carolina 28002
(704) 983-1195
Bethany Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Bethany Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
State and federal nursing home regulatory investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home with a denied payment for Medicare services or a monetary fine. These penalties are often levied when the facility is cited for serious violations of established regulations and rules the guarantee resident safety.
Medicare has cited this facility for abuse. Medicare says that “every nursing home resident deserves to retain their basic human dignity and be treated with respect at all times. Abuse and neglect are never acceptable.” Nursing homes “cited for abuse are required to take steps to protect their residents.”
The nursing home received one complaint over the last thirty-six months 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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Our attorneys obtain and review data on every North Carolina long-term care home from various online publically available sources, including the Department of Public Health website 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, three out of five stars for staffing issues, and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home "neglected to assess, evaluate, monitor, and treat a resident with continued complaints of left rib pain, following a fall on October 17, 2018.” The result of a diagnostic x-ray taken on October 30, 2018, revealed: “fractures to the third through seventh ribs on the left side.” The investigation involved a review of one resident’s medical records for neglect.
A review of the Nursing 24-Hour Report, dated October 16, 2018, revealed that the resident “slid to the floor on the first shift, with the Physician and responsible party notified.” The report indicates that “the nursing staff gave the resident Tylenol on the second shift.”
The Incident Report and Nursing Note the following day read that the resident “had an unwitnessed fall in her room. She was ambulating on her own from the wheelchair to the closet, when she fell.” The documentation said that there were no injuries, but the resident “complained of left rib pain.”
A Physician Fax Communication Sheet, two days after the incident, indicated that the resident “did not fall, but sat on the floor and caught herself using her walker and recliner.” The resident “complained of left rib pain.”
By October 23, 2018, the Physician Communication Sheet revealed that the resident “continues to complain of left upper rib pain.” The document stated that “she was going to have her [responsible party] drop her off at the hospital for an evaluation if something was not done.” The Nurse Practitioner documented that there were “no complaints with the date of October 24, 2018, and her initials.”
There were no Nurse’s Notes in the Electronic Medical Record regarding the resident’s “continued complaints of left rib pain from October 17, 2018, until October 29, 2018.”
The Nurse Practitioner Note from October 30, 2018, states that the resident had fallen two weeks ago. The practitioner documented that the resident “continues to have left lower rib cage pain that worsens with coughing, deep breaths, or with positioning in bed.”
Do you believe that your loved one has suffered harm through mistreatment while living at Bethany Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the North Carolina nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Stanly County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Albemarle.
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Sources:
Attorney Carl R. Wilander, Esq.
Licensed in North Carolina
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home