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This nursing center is a "for profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services and cares to residents of Wintersville and Huron County, Ohio. The 100-certified bed long-term care nursing home is located at:
135 Reichart Avenue
Wintersville, Ohio 43953
(740) 264-1155
Dixon Healthcare Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Dixon Healthcare Center offers additional care. These services include stroke rehab, amputee care, outpatient therapy, return home options, recreational therapy activities, outpatient rehab, and restorative care including speech, occupational and electrical therapies.
The investigators for the state of Ohio 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 three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Dixon Healthcare Center for $1,755 on April 19, 2016, citing substandard care. The nursing home also received seventeen complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation.
Additional documentation about fines and penalties can be found on the Ohio Long-Term Care Consumer Guide.
The state of Ohio and federal government nursing home regulatory agencies routinely update their care home database system. This list contains historical information of all citations and 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 one out of five stars for quality measures.
According to investigators, “this facility failed to ensure residents were protected after reported/allegations of abuse.” In one incident, a cognitively impaired resident was admitted to the local hospital “due to a physical assault, closed head injury” and other harm.
When interviewed, “the resident was unable to recall details of the incident. However, Adult Protective Services reported the son called the police and reported he had assaulted his father the night before. The son reported he struck his father in the right eye and the right shoulders with his fists after his father urinated on himself.”
The resident son “reported his father was faking his urinary incontinence which is why he struck his father. The son was in police custody. The resident and his wife were under emergency guardianship and were discharged to a long-term health care facility.”
Observations were made of the resident’s room that revealed “the son was visiting with the resident and his wife unsupervised. The resident shares a room with his wife.”
The surveyors interviewed the Social Service Designee who verified the resident’s “son visited yesterday unsupervised and had been visiting with his mother and father weekly. She reported she was unaware of the details of the assault. However, she knew the son had assaulted [the resident before] admission. She was not aware the son had hit the resident in the “head and the shoulder with his fist,” according to hospital records.
During an interview with the resident’s legal surrogate was revealed that “she was unwarned [that the resident’s] son had hit him in the face and shoulder with his fist. She reported she did not have first-hand knowledge of the incident but was told [her son] had smacked them on the buttocks out of frustration.”
The resident’s legal guardian “reported the resident’s visitation with his son should be monitored and confirmed it was not deemed safe for the resident or his wife to return home under the son’s care.”
Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse or neglect while living at Dixon Healthcare Center? Contact the Ohio nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Huron County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Wintersville.
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Sources:
Attorney Nancy Iler
Licensed in Ohio
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home