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This nursing home is a Medicare and Medicaid-participating "for profit" center providing cares and services to residents of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio. The 120-certified bed nursing facility is located at:
3102 St Charles Drive
Steubenville, Ohio 43952
(740) 264-7116
Carriage Inn of Steubenville Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Carriage Inn of Steubenville Nursing Center offers other services. These services include transitional care, aqua therapy, and assisted living options.
The investigators for the state of Ohio and federal nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal responsibility of penalizing any facility that has violated rules and regulations that harmed or could have harmed a resident. These penalties often include monetary penalties and denial of Medicare payments.
Within the last thirty-six months, investigators imposed three monetary penalties against Carriage Inn of Steubenville Nursing Center, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $7,150 fine on May 21, 2018, a $8,775 fine on March 30, 2017, and a $2,600 fine on August 26, 2016, for a total of $18,525.
The nursing home also received one complaint and self-reported one serious problem over the last thirty-six months that resulted in violation citations. Additional information about this nursing home can be found on the Ohio Long-Term Care Consumer Guide.
Our attorneys review data on every long-term and intermediate care facility on Medicare.com and the Ohio Department of Public Health website.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues and three out of five stars for quality measures.
According to investigators, the “facility failed to notify [a resident’s] power of attorney (POA) of an elopement [wandering away] from the facility.” The incident involved a severely, cognitively impaired resident with Physician’s orders revealing that “the resident was to wear a wander guard to alert staff when the resident was trying to exit the facility.”
The investigative team reviewed the resident’s Nurse’s Notes that revealed the resident “remained confused and was unable to keep [lucid] thoughts.” Nurses made a late entry in the Nurse’s Notes at 8:30 PM on April 26, 2018, when the “resident was found outside in the parking lot unsupervised in her wheelchair by a visitor.” The surveyors say that “there was no evidence the resident’s POA was notified of the resident eloping from the building.”
The surveyors interviewed the power of attorney who “verified she was never notified of the resident getting out of the building unsupervised.” The Administrator verified that the resident’s power of attorney “was not notified” of the incident.
The nursing home “failed to ensure staff followed proper infection control measures for [one resident].” The deficient practice had the potential to affect all forty-one residents “residing on the third floor the facility.”
The incident involved a resident who had a lower leg amputation and other medical conditions. The surveyors observed the resident’s room that revealed “a been at the door labeled personal protective equipment (PPE) and a sign saying, ‘See the Nurse before Entering the Room.’”
Just after noon on May 9, 2018, a State-Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) was observed taking the resident’s “tray to her room without donning any PPE.” The STNA proceeded to prepare the resident’s lunch tray and then “touch the resident’s bedside rail, touch the Comptroller for the bed at the foot of the bed and then walked out of the room without washing her hands.”
The survey team interviewed a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) who “verified anyone entering an isolation room should don PPE even if they are not touching the resident.”
Do you believe that your loved one has suffered harm through mistreatment while living at Carriage Inn of Steubenville Nursing Center? Contact the Ohio nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Jefferson County victims of abuse and neglect in all Ohio areas including Steubenville.
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Sources:
Attorney Nancy Iler
Licensed in Ohio
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home