Mistreatment occurring in nursing homes across the U.S. is in all too common occurrence. According to statistics maintained by Medicare, there are thousands of senior citizens, the disabled, and rehabilitating subjected to abuse and neglect at nursing homes nationwide. Many of these individuals suffered mistreatment at the hands of their caregivers, employees, visitors, and other patients.
If your loved one was injured while living in a Victoria County nursing facility, contact the Texas nursing home network of attorneys at (800) 926-7565 now for immediate legal help. Our team of abuse prevention lawyers can work on your family’s behalf to ensure you are adequately compensated for your damages.
This long-term care center is a 56-certified bed "for-profit" home providing services to residents of Victoria and Victoria County, Texas. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
3401 E Airline Dr
Victoria, Texas 77901
(361) 573-2467
The Courtyard Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, The Courtyard Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center 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, enteral nutrition, pain management, hospice, oncology care, dementia and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
State and federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home cited for serious violations of regulations and rules. These penalties include levying monetary fines and denying payment of Medicare services. Typically, these violations result in penalties when investigators find severe problems that harmed or could have harmed a resident.
This nursing facility self-reported two serious problems over the last thirty-six months that resulted in violation citations. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Texas Adult Protective Services Website.
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The state of Texas 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 two out of five stars, including three out of five stars concerning health inspections, one 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 ensure residents were assessed or had consented for bed rails.” The investigation involved eight residents not assessed or without consent to use bed rails.
It was determined that “this deficient practice could affect twenty-four residents who utilize some type of bed rail in the facility and could put the residents at risk for potential injuries.” A review of one resident’s Medical Records indicated that “there was no assessment or signed consent for grab bars.”
In another resident’s Plan of Care, there was “no Care Plan [section] addressing grab bars or] Physician order.” The investigators observed the resident “lying in bed with grab bars in place.”
A review of another resident’s medical records and Plan of Care indicated that there was no signed consent for the use of bed rails and no Care Plan to address how the bed rails were used.
That resident was observed “sitting up in her wheelchair dressed. On [the resident’s] bed were one-half bed rails [in the up position].” The surveyor asked the resident, “about the bed rails.” The resident responded that “she was not able to get them down on her own but needed them to reposition herself when she was in bed.”
The facility “failed to maintain infection control programs designed to prevent the development and transmission for [two residents] reviewed for infection control.” Specifically, one member of the nursing staff “placed clean gloves in her shirt pocket to use for wound care for [a resident].” A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) “did not wash or sanitize hands after removing soiled gloves when providing perineal care to [another resident].”
This “deficient practice could affect four residents who required wound care and ten residents that require incontinent care on the hall 200 and placed them at risk for cross-contamination.” The state investigators interviewed the Director of Nursing who revealed that “staff should use clean gloves during wound care or resident care, and not place gloves into shirt pockets and to wash or sanitize hands between glove changes.”
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at The Courtyard Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center? Contact the Texas network of abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Victoria County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Victoria.
Our law firm provides every potential client an initial free case consultation. Also, we offer a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you do not owe us any money until we have received a monetary recovery on your behalf.
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