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This Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing center is a "for profit" home providing services to residents of Cooperstown and Otsego County, New York. The 174-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
128 Phoenix Mills Cross Road
Cooperstown, New York 13326
(607) 544-2600
Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing offers other services. Additional focused care includes amputee recovery and training care, IV (intravenous), enteral nutritional therapy, complex medical care, stroke rehab, wound care, tracheostomy care, postsurgical care, respiratory management, and cardiac therapy.
The state of New York and the federal government have a legal responsibility for monitoring every nursing home. These agencies have the authority to impose monetary penalties or hold payment from Medicare if the nursing facility has violated rules and regulations. Typically, the more serious the violation, the higher the monetary fines, especially if neglect or abuse caused harm or could have caused harm to a resident.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing for $21,459 on August 22, 2017, citing substandard care. During this time, Medicare denied payment on June 03, 2016, due to a lack of quality care.
This nursing facility also received twenty-one complaints and self-reported twenty-nine serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional information about this nursing home can be found on the New York State Nursing Home Report Website.
Our attorneys review data on every long-term and intermediate care facility on Medicare.com and the New York Department of Public Health website.
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 investigators, “the facility did not ensure that they investigated an alleged violation of neglect for [one resident] reviewed for abuse. Specifically, the facility did not ensure that an investigation was done after the resident reported concerns about the treatment [that] she was receiving from a staff member.”
The incident involved a cognitively intact resident who understands and was understood by others. During an interview with surveyors, the resident stated that “in the past two weeks, she had issues with [a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)]. She reported that [the CNA] put her on the commode one day and [the CNA] did not get her off the commode for thirty minutes, saying she had just gotten back from a break.”
The resident was told that the CNA “had been back for fifteen minutes. Another time, she put her call light on and [the CNA] did not answer it for one hour but came in and answered the roommate’s call bell.”
The resident indicated that on Sunday, August 19, 2018, “she had her call light on and waited from 7:00 PM to 7:50 PM to be toileted. She saw her [the CNA] in the hall and called out but got no response.”
The resident stated that a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) “went by and asked her if she needed anything.” The resident told him “what she needed, and that is when [the CNA] came to toilet her. The resident stated that the next day she reported her concerns to the Staffing Coordinator, who told her she would tell the Social Worker and that the Social Worker would come to talk to her, but no one ever came.”
The Staffing Coordinator verified that she had been told about the concerns about the CNA.
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing? Contact the New York nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Otsego County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Cooperstown.
Our legal team invites you to discuss your case with us today through an initial, free claim consultation. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you will not owe us anything until after we have secured monetary recovery for your family.
Sources:
Attorney Jennifer Wilson
Licensed in New York
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home