Many of the 1.5 million residents in nursing facilities in the U.S. are victims of mistreatment. In some cases, the nursing staff neglects these patients, or caregivers, visitors, employees, and other residents abuse, sexually assault, or mistreat the patient.
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This center is a 79-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services to residents of Chinle and Apache County, Arizona. The "non-profit" long-term care home is located at:
Po Box 910
Chinle, Arizona 86503
(928) 674-5216
NO WEBSITE
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Chinle Nursing Home offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The state and federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home that has been cited for a serious violation that harmed or could have harmed a nursing home resident. Typically, these penalties include imposed monetary fines and denial of payment for Medicare services.
Over the last thirty-six months, Medicare denied payment on September 29, 2017, due to a lack of quality care. This nursing facility received two complaints and self-reported seven serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Arizona Adult Protective Services Website.
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The state of Arizona 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, four out of five stars for staffing issues, and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to report and investigate an allegation of verbal abuse for one resident.” The failure “to investigate allegations of abuse places residents in the facility at risk for abuse.”
A conversation about grievances involved a staff member recalling that a resident’s family member “made some allegations, and the facility looked into it, but there was nothing to it.”
The staff member said that the family member had written a letter that was provided to the Administrator. The letter dated August 7, 2017, indicated “it was regarding abuse and overdose. The letter indicated it was written on behalf of [the resident] who could not write or speak English.” The letter alleged that the family member had “witness verbal abuse of the resident in the facility.”
The family member wrote that “a staff member was so upset that [they told the resident] that she was going to get them (the facility) in a lot of trouble if she falls. The staff member said the state would come in and ask questions why she was not watched, and due to her falling, they were going to put her in her wheelchair and the resident would get used to it and would be bedridden and get bedsores and the family will be upset, and on and on.”
The letter indicated that the resident “remembered the conversations of what happened to her.” The facility Assistant Director of Nursing “acknowledged that she and others have spoken to residents about falls and behavior, and the facility informed the resident if they continued to fall or behaviors continued then they would have to leave to another facility.”
Both the Director of Nursing and the Assistant Director of Nursing said since “the concerns have come up during the survey, they now see how a resident could feel intimidated or threatened when they are told they will have to leave the facility.”
An employee acknowledged that “the letter constituted a written allegation of verbal abuse. When asked for the investigation into the allegations, [the employee] said there were no incident reports and no documentation of an investigation.”
The staff member also said that “it did not go through Quality Assurance, and she thought the Administrator handled it by telephone, but the facility had no documentation.”
Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse, or neglect while living at Chinle Nursing Home? Contact the Arizona nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Apache County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Chinle.
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Sources:
Attorney James Morgan
Licensed in Arizona
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home