Mistreatment, abuse, and neglect in nursing facilities are often the result of the nursing staff or other caregivers not providing the resident care according to established standards of quality. Their inappropriate behavior often leads to harm, injury, or wrongful death. In other incidents, the victim is assaulted by other residents.
If your loved one was harmed while living in a Jefferson County nursing facility, contact the Alabama nursing home affiliate attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers handle your case to ensure you receive monetary compensation. We will use the law to hold those responsible for causing the harm legally accountable.
This nursing facility is a "for-profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating home providing services to residents of Birmingham and Jefferson County, Alabama. The 95-certified bed long-term care center is located at:
1201 22nd Street North
Birmingham, Alabama 35234
(205) 251-5271
Civic Center Health and Rehabilitation Nursing Home
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Civic Center Health and Rehabilitation Nursing Home offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke care, cardiac care, pain management, hospice, respiratory care, joint replacement care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $21,609 for substandard care
Alabama 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.
Within the last thirty-six months, investigators imposed three monetary penalties against Civic Center Health and Rehabilitation Nursing Home, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $3,318 fine on March 01, 2019, a $4,664 fine on September 14, 2017, and a $13,627 fine on September 14, 2017, for a total of $21,609.
The nursing home received five complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Alabama Adult Protective Services Website.
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The state of Alabama and Medicare.com routinely update their comprehensive list of deficiencies online to reflect all 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, two out of five stars for staffing issues, and two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to report an injury of unknown origin to the Division of Health Care Facilities (DHCS) within two hours” as required by law.
The document shows that on July 16, 2017, the resident “sustained fractures to the left tibia and fibula, which required surgery to repair.” The resident “was unable to explain how the injury occurred and this incident was not witnessed. This injury of unknown origin was not reported to the DHCF until [the following day].”
A review of the resident’s medical records indicated that the resident had been “assessed as needing supervision with walking in the room and the corridor and with locomotion on-and-off the unit.” Departmental Notes documented on July 17, 2017, indicated that the resident was “alert and oriented to self only.” A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) “had reported seeing the resident in the main dining room area after ‘my own last sighting of him/her.’ Only minutes afterward, a staff member from the kitchen reported seeing the resident outside by the dumpster.”
The staff member ran outside and found the resident standing/leaning on the wall near the dumpster on the outside of the main dining room. The resident had “sustained an abrasion to his/her right forearm near the elbow, and [the resident’s] left side was moderately bloody.”
By approximately 7:10 PM that night, the resident “was then back inside via a wheelchair for further assessment and treatment. When the bloody sock was removed, there was an abrasion to his/her great toe and a right protrusion from inside the resident’s left ankle.” The “protrusion did not break the skin and was possibly a break or fracture.”
Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse, or neglect while living at Civic Center Health and Rehabilitation Nursing Home? Contact the Alabama nursing home abuse prevention 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 areas, including Birmingham.
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 Brian Murphy
Licensed in Alabama
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home