The number of cases involving mistreatment in nursing facilities throughout Maryland has risen significantly over the last few decades. Many senior citizens, the rehabilitating, and disabled become victims of abuse and neglect at the hands of caregivers, employees, visitors, or other patients. If your loved one was injured while living in an Anne Arundel County nursing facility, contact the Maryland Nursing Home Law Center attorneys now for immediate legal assistance.
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This facility is a "for profit" 97-certified bed long term care center providing cares and services to residents of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating home is located at:
900 Van Buren Street
Annapolis, Maryland 21403
(410) 267-8653
Cadia Healthcare - Annapolis
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Cadia Healthcare - Annapolis offers other services. Additional focused care includes pain management, wound care, hospice, respiratory care, and pulmonary care.
It is the responsibility of federal and state investigators to penalize any nursing home that has violated a rule or regulation that caused harm or could have caused harm to a resident. Many of these penalties involve monetary fines or denial of payment for Medicare services.
This nursing facility also received twenty-two complaints and self-reported four serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional information about this nursing home can be found on the Maryland Nursing Home Information Website.
Our attorneys obtain and review data on every Maryland 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, two out of five stars for staffing issues and three out of five stars for quality measures.
According to state surveyors, “the facility failed to complete a thorough investigation for allegations of resident abuse. This [failure to investigate abuse] was evident when the facility-reported incident was reviewed during the facility’s annual Medicare/Medicaid-participating survey.”
The reporting incident documentation shows that the resident “reported that an overnight staff [member] used verbally abusive language toward [them].” A review of the investigation revealed that any “abuse was unsubstantiated.”
According to the investigation, the nurse that was implicated by the resident who said “was verbally abusive toward [them] was not assigned to work with the resident that night on the 11-7 shift. Per the investigation and photo identification, when the nurse who was not assigned to the resident entered the room, [the resident] stated that is not the nurse.” Further review of the facility’s investigation “did not find interviews of other residents.”
The survey team interviewed the Director of Nursing, who stated that they “ask residents about abuse when [they] start working at the facility. However, there was no documentation of this provided with the investigation submitted to the survey team.”
The nursing home “failed to keep a resident free of accident hazards by not ensuring the resident’s bed was installed properly.”
The survey team observed the resident’s bed and interviewed the resident after noting the resident’s “bed frame was misaligned, causing the mattress to extend off both sides of the bed.” Further observation “revealed that the side rails were loose and a bolt on the bed frame that supported the upper portion of the bed was unsecured.”
The surveyors notified the Administrator thirty-nine minutes later. Immediately afterward, upon further observation, it was revealed that “the side rails were installed upside down.” The Administrator stated during an interview that “the resident’s bed was switched out in the original bed was scheduled for repairs.”
The facility “failed to follow infection control practices and guidelines while performing duties and caring for residents. The deficient practice has the potential to affect all residents in the facility.”
The investigators observed a Laundry Aide failing to follow established protocols to minimize the potential of spreading infection throughout the facility.
Do you suspect that your loved one suffered injury or died prematurely while living at Cadia Healthcare - Annapolis? Contact the Maryland nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Anne Arundel County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Annapolis.
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Sources:
Attorney Joe Musso
Licensed in Maryland
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home