Are you concerned that caregivers at the Madison County nursing facility have victimized your loved one through negligence and mistreatment? Do you suspect they have been physically, mentally, emotionally, or sexually assaulted by the nursing staff, visitors, or other patients?Contact the Indiana Nursing Home Law Center attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Our team of lawyers will use the law to obtain financial compensation on your family’s behalf.
This facility is a "nonprofit" 109-certified bed long term care center providing cares and services to residents of Anderson and Madison County, Indiana. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating home is located at:
205 Marine Dr
Anderson, Indiana 46016
(765) 649-4558
Countryside Manor Health and Living Community
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Countryside Manor Health and Living Community offers other services. Additional focused care includes respiratory therapy, intravenous (IV) therapy, post-acute rehabilitative care for heart attacks, strokes, balance dysfunction, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and amputation.
Indiana and federal agencies are duty-bound to monitor every nursing home and levy monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare when investigators identify serious violations of nursing home regulations and rules. In some cases, the nursing home receives multiple penalties if surveyors find severe violations that harmed or could have harmed a resident.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Countryside Manor Health and Living Community for $11,881 on November 02, 2016, citing substandard care. The nursing home also received seventeen complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the Indiana Nursing Home Report Cards Website.
The state of Indiana 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 two out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues and four out of five stars for quality measures.
According to state surveyors, “the facility failed to ensure supervision during breathing treatments.” The state investigators interviewed a resident who indicated that “the staff put on her mask and started the breathing treatment, and that she would take it off and shut the machine off. No staff stayed with her during the treatment.”
The following day, the resident “was observed in her room, with a mask and the breathing machine running with no staff present.” A couple of minutes later, the surveyors observed the resident “removing the mask and shutting off the breathing machine that was sitting at the foot of her bed.”
The surveyors interviewed the Director of Nursing who indicated “that some residents were able to self-administer their breathing treatments after completing an assessment.” The Director provided a form listing twelve residents “who were able to administer their own breathing treatments.” However, this resident’s “name was not on the list.”
The nursing home “failed to notify a resident’s representative when a resident developed an elevated blood pressure and fever.” The nursing Home also “failed to notify the resident’s representative when a medication was increased.”
Even though the resident had a change in their condition, the Nurse Progress Notes lacked any documentation of family notification. The notes document that the LPN called the on-call Physician and received an order to give new medication because the resident’s blood pressure was elevated. However, even though the LPN noted that they had notified the family, she “did not document the conversation.”
The facility “failed to change a protective dressing as prescribed by a Physician.” The surveyor noted that “the dressing over the PICC line in the resident’s left upper arm” on November 14, 2018 was dated November 3, 2018, indicating the last day it was made.
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while living at Countryside Manor Health and Living Community? Contact the Indiana nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Madison County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Anderson.
It is always free to discuss your case with our legal team. We provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you will owe us nothing until we can secure a financial recovery on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Jeffrey D. Powless
Licensed in Indiana
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home