Many families have limited options when providing care to a loved one who requires outside nursing assistance. Typically, the family will choose to place a loved one in a nursing home to ensure they receive the best care possible. Unfortunately, abuse and neglect are serious problems in nursing homes across the United States.
If your loved one was victimized through neglect, mistreatment or abuse while living in a Prince Georges County nursing facility, contact the Maryland Nursing Home Law Center attorneys now for immediate legal help. Let our team of lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive financial compensation to recover your damages. We will use the law to hold those responsible for your harm rightfully accountable.
This Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing center is a "for profit" home providing services to residents of Hyattsville and Prince Georges County, Maryland. The 270-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
4922 Lasalle Road
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782
(301) 864-2333
Cadia Healthcare - Hyattsville
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Cadia Healthcare - Hyattsville offers other services. Additional focused care includes respiratory therapy, respite care, memory care, on-site dialysis, and care transitions.
Federal government nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home with a denied payment for Medicare services or monetary fine when the facility has been cited for serious violations of regulations and rules.
Over the last thirty-six months, Medicare denied payment on February 17, 2017, due to a lack of quality care. This nursing facility also received 26 complaints and self-reported eleven serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations.
Additional documentation concerning penalties and fines can be reviewed on the Maryland Nursing Home Information Website.
The state of Maryland and the federal government regularly updates its long-term care home database system with complete details of all deficiencies, citations, and violations.
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.
According to state investigators, “the facility failed to revise policies and procedures to prevent residents from eloping [wandering away] from a secured unit. This [failure] was evident for two residents.”
In one case, the surveyors reviewed a resident’s medical records and Care Plan initiated “due to the resident’s risk for elopement.” A Progress Note documented by the Physician described the resident with “poor eyesight and continues to be adamant about leaving the facility despite the fact that [he/she] is wheelchair-bound; (he/she) wants to go ‘home’; (he/she) does not have a plan, (he/she) thinks [they are] able to walk and be independent.”
A review of the resident’s medical records documented on March 16, 2017, noted that “facility staff received a telephone call from the resident’s friend at 5:00 PM who informed the staff that the resident had called [them] from a bus stop at a local hospital.”
The staff “requested the resident’s friend call the resident and instruct him/her to stay where he/she was, and the facility staff would pick the resident up.” Approximately thirty minutes later, “the resident called the facility and informed the facility staff of his/her location. The staff “picked the resident up and the resident was returned safely to the facility.”
During the elopement incident investigation, it was revealed that “the resident had left the unit without informing the staff after participating in an activities program on the unit. The resident informed the staff that [they were] assisted to the bus stop by young people [he/she] could not identify.”
The facility Administrator verified that they had “failed to report the elopement incident to the Office of Health Care Quality.” The Administrator also verified that the policies and procedures “related to the prevention of the elopement were not updated or revised at that time and no further action was taken to ensure that other residents at risk for elopement were prevented from leaving the facility without the knowledge of the staff.”
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse or neglect while living at Cadia Healthcare - Hyattsville? Contact the Maryland nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Prince Georges County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Hyattsville.
You will not be charged to discuss your case with our legal team during an initial, free case review. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means that you will owe us nothing until we have secured financial compensation on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Joe Musso
Licensed in Maryland
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home