Many families have limited options when providing care to a loved one who requires outside nursing assistance. Typically, the family will choose to place a loved one in a nursing home to ensure they receive the best care possible. Unfortunately, abuse and neglect are serious problems in nursing homes across the United States.
If your loved one was victimized through neglect, mistreatment, or abuse while living in a Kanawha County nursing facility, contact the West Virginia Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal help. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family's behalf to ensure you receive financial compensation from recovering your damages. We will use the law to hold those responsible for your harm rightfully accountable.
This Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing center is a "for-profit" home providing services to residents of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia. The 184-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
3819 Chesterfield Avenue
Charleston, West Virginia 25304
(304) 925-4771
Eastbrook Center Nursing Home
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Eastbrook Center Nursing Home offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $53,354 for substandard care
Both the State of West Virginia and the federal government can impose a monetary fine or deny payments through Medicare when a nursing facility has been found to violate established regulations and rules. The higher the monetary penalty, the more serious the violation is that likely harmed or could have harmed one or more residents at the nursing home.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Eastbrook Center Nursing Home for $53,354 on February 07, 2017, citing substandard care. This nursing facility received twelve complaints over the last three years that resulted in violation citations.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services Adult Protective Services Website.
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To be fully informed on the level of care nursing homes provide, families routinely research Medicare.gov and the West Virginia Department of Public Health website database systems for a complete list of deficiencies, violations, and citations.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues and two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home "failed to ensure they implemented their policy regarding allegations of abuse/neglect. An allegation of neglect was not identified, reported, or thoroughly investigated. This practice had the potential to affect more than an isolated number of residents."
The investigation involved a severely cognitively impaired resident who "has a Stage IV pressure ulcer to the sacral region that was present upon admission and is being treated with a wound vac. The resident [is] also fed through a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastronomy to feed patients that cannot swallow."
A Family Member on June 26, 2019, stated that "they reported a Nurse Aide that was not feeding [the resident] her food from the meal tray. The family member said that they told the Patient/Clinical Liaison [and] as far as they knew there had not been anything done about it."
The records on abuse/neglect allegations reveal that there were no reports concerning the Nurse Aide "neglecting to feed the resident."
The Patient Clinical Liaison stated that they were informed but said, "she could not recall who told her. The surveyor asked who was responsible for filling out the reports and grievance forms." The Liaison said, "the Social Workers are now, [but] that at the time, I was."
The Liaison said, "she did not do a report or investigation about it; she did not think of it as reportable, but she said she should have written [it] up as a concern."
The "facility failed to ensure [a resident] was free from neglect. The resident's Care Plan, Kardex, and MDS (Minimum Data Set) Assessment directed the resident "to have two staff members for toileting and transfers."
The "resident experienced a fall during a transfer when only one staff member was present. This [failure] was true for [one resident] reviewed for the Care Area of Abuse."
Were you the victim of mistreatment, neglect, or abuse while living at Eastbrook Center Nursing Home? Contact the West Virginia nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Kanawha County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Charleston.
You will not be charged to discuss your case with our legal team during an initial, free case review. Also, we provide a 100% "No Win/No-Fee" Guarantee. This promise means that you will owe us nothing until we have secured financial compensation on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Bob Daley
Licensed in West Virginia
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home