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This center is a 143-certified bed Medicare/Medicaid-participating facility providing services to residents of Cordele and Crisp County, Georgia. The "not for profit" long-term care home is located at:
902 Blackshear Road
Cordele, Georgia 31015
(229) 273-1481
Crisp Regional Hospital
In addition to providing around-the-clock skilled nursing care, Crisp Regional Nursing and Rehab Center offers other services. These services include cancer care, cardio care, weight loss assistance, emergency medicine, geriatric care, pain management, and physical, occupational and speech therapies.
The investigators for the state and federal nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal responsibility of penalizing any facility that has violated rules and regulations that harmed or could have harmed a resident. These penalties often include monetary fines and denying payment of Medicare services.
Within the last thirty-six months, nursing home regulators imposed a massive monetary fine of $289,677 against Crisp Regional Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on March 10, 2016. Also, Medicare denied payment for services rendered on the same day. The facility received two formally filed complaints that both resulted in citations.
Additional documentation about penalties and fines can be reviewed on the Georgia Nursing Home Reporting Website.
Information on every intermediate and long-term care home in the state can be reviewed on government-owned and operated database websites including the Georgia Department of Public Health and Medicare.gov.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues and two out of five stars for quality measures.
Failure to Immediately Notify the Resident, the Resident's Doctor or the Resident's Responsible Party of a Serious Decline in Their Medical Condition and Failure to Properly Investigate an Incident Resulting in the Resident's Death - citation date October 6, 2017
According to surveyors, the facility "failed to notify the Physician of a resident's change in mental status." Documentation revealed that the resident became "entrapped between the side rails on the bed and the air mattress, resulting in death."
The investigative team determined that "the situation in which the facility's noncompliance with one or more requirements of participation had caused, or had the likelihood to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to residents."
A review of the resident's Nurse's Notes revealed that the resident "slipped or fell from his/her air mattress and bed and became entrapped between the side rail and air mattress and expired. The facility's investigation failed to identify if the resident's bed pressure alarm was functioning at the time of the incident and how the resident became entrapped between the side rails and the air mattress."
The investigators documented that the facility "failed to assess side rails and to conduct their own investigation of the [incident] and relied on statements obtained by the Sheriff's Department." The home failed to follow the written policy involving an investigation because the reports "did not include witness statements from the staff on duty at the time of the incident and [before] the incident."
Failure to Provide Appropriate Care for a Resident to Maintain or Improve Their Range of Motion - citation date November 1, 2018
The state investigators determined "the facility failed to apply a right hand/wrist splint to prevent further contractures for one resident." The survey team observed a resident on multiple occasions between October 30, 2018, and November 1, 2018, that revealed the resident had "no splint applied to the right hand/wrist contracture. The splint was observed in a chair on the other side of the resident's room."
A review of the resident's Rehab Certified Nursing Assistant Roster revealed "no documentation related to the splint/brace application" between that time frame.
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while living at Crisp Regional Nursing and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Georgia nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Crisp County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Cordele.
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Attorney Lance D. Lourie
Licensed in Georgia
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