According to statistics maintained by Medicare, thousands of Americans become victims of neglect and abuse at the hands of caregivers in nursing homes throughout Ohio. Many of these patients suffer from preventable bedsores or injuries occurring by avoidable falls. Others are or mistreated by caregivers, visitors or other patients.
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This long-term care home is a "for profit" 102-certified bed center providing cares and services to residents of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
320 Albany Street
Dayton, Ohio 45417
(937) 496-6200
Dunbar Health and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Dunbar Health and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. These services include assisted living options, long-term care, memory care, and rehabilitative care including physical, speech and occupational therapies.
Ohio 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 thirty-six months, investigators imposed four monetary penalties against Dunbar Health and Rehabilitation Center, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $122,154 fine on September 08, 2017, a $53,418 fine on May 04, 2017, a $68,010 fine on December 22, 2016, and a $126,029 fine on May 16, 2016, for a total of $369,611.
This nursing home also received eleven complaints and self-reported one serious issue over the last thirty-six months that resulted in violation citations. Additional information about this nursing home can be found on the Ohio Long-Term Care Consumer Guide.
The state of Ohio and Medicare.com routinely update their comprehensive list of deficiencies online to reflect all 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 four out of five stars for quality measures.
According to state surveyors, “the facility failed to ensure the resident was free from psychological abuse.” This deficient practice by the nursing staff affected one resident “reviewed for potential abuse.”
The survey team reviewed a self-reported incident involving a facility investigation. A resident was involved in a snapshot incident after a housekeeper recorded the resident “outside dancing.” During the investigation, it was revealed that there were two possible witnesses who had received the snapshot video including the Assistant Business Office Manager and the Payroll Personnel Employee.
While the incident occurred on May 13, 2017, it was not reported or investigated until five days later, on May 18, 2017, only after the Administrator “heard rumors of the occurrence.” The housekeeper that captured the video was terminated four days later, and the Assistant Business Office Manager and Payroll Personal Employee were reprimanded “for not immediately reporting the snapshot video which caused a HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) violation involving every resident’s right to privacy.
The nursing home “failed to ensure that [a resident] was free from the abuse of misappropriation of property by a facility staff member.” The incident involved a resident with moderately impaired cognition who “notices debit card was missing and started looking for it.”
The following day, the resident continued to search for his debit card, “and when he could not find it, he called the credit card company and had the account frozen.” The bank informed the resident “that there were seven charges” made over the last two days. Once the “resident reported the cart stolen, about an hour later, it appears that the nursing station.” The nursing home called the police who reviewed video footage at the nursing station where the card had reappeared and started an investigation.
Were you the victim of mistreatment while you lived at Dunbar Health and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Ohio nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Montgomery County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Dayton.
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Sources:
Attorney Nancy Iler
Licensed in Ohio
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home