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This long-term care center is a "for profit" 141-certified bed home providing cares to residents of Glendale and Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
1616 W Bender Rd
Glendale, Wisconsin 53209
(414) 228-8700
Dycora Transitional Health - Milwaukee
Wisconsin and the federal government have a legal responsibility of monitoring every nursing home in the state. These agencies have the authority to impose monetary penalties or withhold payment from Medicare if the nursing facility has violated rules and regulations. Typically, the more serious the violation, the higher the monetary fines, especially if neglect or abuse caused harm or could have caused harm to a resident.
Within the last thirty-six months, investigators imposed three monetary penalties against Dycora Transitional Health - Milwaukee, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $63,215 fine on June 12, 2017, a $29,579 fine on February 20, 2017, and a $19,358 fine on August 11, 2016, for a total of $112,152.
On June 12, 2017, Medicare denied payment to this facility involving services rendered, citing substandard care. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the Wisconsin Department of Health Services - Residential Care Website.
To ensure families are fully informed of the level of care every nursing home provides, the state of Wisconsin and Medicare.com routinely update their long-term care home database systems with info on violations, citations, and deficiencies.
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 three out of five stars for quality measures.
According to state surveyors, “the facility did not provide adequate supervision for [one resident] with wandering behaviors.” On June 10, 2018, a family member of the resident “visited him at the facility. Following the visit, [the resident’s] family left the facility. Facility nursing staff mistakenly assumed [the resident] left with his family to go on a home visit.”
The resident “was last seen by two staff members in the afternoon [no documented time] of June 10, 2018. Per the facility investigation, [and Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)] attempted to contact [the resident’s] family in the morning of June 11, 2018 to find out what time he would be returning.” However, the LPN was unable to reach the resident’s family.
The LPN, “was familiar with [the resident] and his family and thought it was unusual [the resident’s] family did not answer the phone.” The LPN informed the Nursing Home Administrator, “who along with other staff decided to look for [the resident] on the facility’s two West Wing as all residents residing on the 2 West Wing had recently (within several days) been moved to the two East Wing.”
The resident “was found on June 11, 2018 at approximately 8:15 AM, sleeping in an empty bed on the 2 West Wing.” The facility staff had assumed that the resident “left with his family on June 10, 2018 and did not attempt to confirm [that the resident] was with his family and had his needed medications until [the LPN] came on duty on the morning of June 11, 2018.”
The state surveyors reviewed the resident’s records and the facility investigation and interviewing staff members to determine that the resident “did not receive the evening meal and did not receive assistance with eating cares and missed [one dose of their medication].”
It was determined that the resident “did not suffer any ill effects from this incident. Following the incident, the facility locked the entrances of the 2 West Wing.”
Were you the victim of mistreatment while you lived at Dycora Transitional Health - Milwaukee? Contact the Wisconsin nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Milwaukee County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Glendale.
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Sources:
Attorney Gerald Bekkerman
Licensed in Wisconsin
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home