Mistreatment occurring in nursing homes across the U.S. is in all too common occurrence. According to statistics maintained by Medicare, there are thousands of senior citizens, the disabled, and rehabilitating subjected to abuse and neglect at nursing homes nationwide. Many of these individuals suffered mistreatment at the hands of their caregivers, employees, visitors, and other patients.
If your loved one was injured while living in a James City County nursing facility, contact the Virginia Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal help. Our team of abuse prevention lawyers can work on your family’s behalf to ensure you are adequately compensated for your damages.
This nursing facility is a "for-profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating home providing services to residents of Williamsburg and James City County, Virginia. The 130-certified bed long-term care center is located at:
1235 Mt Vernon Avenue
Williamsburg, Virginia 23185
(757) 229-4121
Envoy of Williamsburg Nursing Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Envoy of Williamsburg Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, assisted and independent living options, medically-complex care, respiratory care, bariatric care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke care, enteral nutrition, pain management, hospice, oncology care, dementia and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Both the State of 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 greater the monetary fine, the more serious the violation is that likely harmed or could have harmed one or more residents at the nursing home.
The nursing home received sixty-one complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the State of Virginia Adult Protective Services (APS) Website.
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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.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to protect [one resident] from another resident after a sexual assault.” The victim “was sexually assaulted.” The facility staff “failed to immediately separate and protect [the assaulting resident from the abusive resident] after becoming aware of the assault.”
A review of the assaulted resident’s Quarterly Assessment revealed that the severely, cognitively impaired resident needed “extensive to total assistance of one staff member to perform activities of daily living, except for eating.” The resident was incontinent of bowel and bladder and “had no range of motion limitations in a primary mode of mobility was her wheelchair.”
The aggressive resident had mild, cognitive impairment and required “limited to total assistance of one staff member to perform her activities of daily living except for eating.” The aggressive resident had “range of motion limitation on one side and her primary mode of mobility was her wheelchair.”
On March 14, 2016, at 2:30 PM, the aggressive resident “was observed in her room in bed [watching] the maintenance staff member as he repaired the air conditioner.” The aggressive resident’s bed “was perpendicular to the assaulted resident’s bed “located near the door.” The following day, the Administrator “announced to the survey team that [the aggressive resident] sexually fondled [the assaulting resident and that the resident] was being sent to the emergency room for evaluation. The Administrator said the plan was to separate the residents and send a Facility Reported Incident to the Office of Licensure and Certification.”
At the time of the announcement, “there was a police officer in the facility addressing the incident. The Administrator said [the injured resident] would most likely be the one to change rooms because there were no private rooms available.” The Administrator said [the aggressive resident] would be staying in the same room without a roommate.”
The Progress Note for the injured resident indicated that the resident “was examined this morning after a staff member reported inappropriateness. The patient had no noted vaginal trauma, no swelling or blood coming from the vaginal area. The patient’s brief was changed, and peri-care completed.”
Was your loved one mistreated while residing at Envoy of Williamsburg Nursing Center? Contact the Virginia nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent James City County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Williamsburg.
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