The Ohio Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys represents victims of nursing home assault and abuse occurring in Ohio. Our team of lawyers has handled cases where Butler County nursing home residents were mistreated by the medical team, Nurses, State-Tested Nursing Assistants, visitors, employees, and other patients.
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This nursing home is a Medicare and Medicaid-participating "not for profit - Government County-owned" center providing cares and services to residents of Hamilton and Butler County, Ohio. The 109-certified bed nursing facility is located at:
1800 Princeton Road
Hamilton, Ohio 45011
(513) 887-3728
Butler County Care Facility
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Butler County Care Facility offers other services. These services include memory care, clinical management, and extensive rehab and therapy care.
It is the legal responsibility of Ohio and federal government investigators to hold nursing homes accountable if they have violated rules and regulations that harmed or could have harmed a resident. These penalties include monetary fines and denial of Medicare reimbursements.
The nursing home also received nine complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information about this nursing home can be found on the Ohio Long-Term Care Consumer Guide.
Information on every intermediate and long-term care home in the state can be reviewed on government-owned and operated database websites including the Ohio Department of Public Health and Medicare.gov.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues and one out of five stars for quality measures.
According to state investigators, “the facility failed to ensure residents were free from involuntary seclusion.” This deficient practice affected two residents “reviewed for abuse.”
The state investigators reviewed camera footage capturing images on March 4, 2018, to March 5, 2018, went to State-Tested Nursing Assistants (STNAs) “had placed tables and linen carts in front of the entryway to the dining area, barricading [two residents] who were still in the dining room.”
The camera footage revealed that “staff were observing residents from the other side of the tables for [most of] the time unless they were completing rounds. No follow-up interviews were documented on the investigative packet.” The state survey team stated that “the investigation was not completed.”
Surveyors interviewed the facility Director of Nursing and Assistant Director of Nursing who revealed “she was notified about the incident and begin an investigation. However, [she] did not have it completed. She said she only had notes, and nothing typed up formally [stating that] the STNAs were removed from the schedule on their next working day and were pending investigation.”
The Assistant Director also stated that “she did not report the incident to the Ohio Department of Health because there was no category to put it under, and once they watch the video, she determined it was not anything, so she did not report it.”
The investigators reminded the facility of their policy titled Abuse/Neglect Reporting. The policy states that:
“Residents are to be free from abuse, [with] the following definitions of the abuse defined as involuntary seclusion or separation of a resident from other residents, from his or her room, or confinement to his or her room with or without a roommate against the resident’s will.”
The nursing home “failed to ensure residents receive assessed supervision and adaptive equipment during smoking.” One incident involved a resident who “was a smoker and required supervision while smoking related to unsafe smoking habits of dropping cigarettes. The resident must wear a smoking apron while smoking.”
The survey team made observations during an initial tour the facility that revealed: “five residents gathered at the end of the southwest hall, cursing and talking loudly about who was taking them out to smoke.” However, the resident was found smoking unsupervised in the smoking area until in STNA arrived and informed the resident he was not permitted to smoke unsupervised and had him return inside the facility.
Were you the victim of mistreatment while you lived at Butler County Care Facility? Contact the Ohio nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Butler County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Hamilton.
Our legal team invites you to discuss your case with us today through an initial, free claim consultation. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you will not owe us anything until after we have secured monetary recovery for your family. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Nancy Iler
Licensed in Ohio
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home