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Are you concerned that caregivers at the Snohomish County nursing facility have victimized your loved one through negligence and mistreatment? Do you suspect they have been physically, mentally, emotionally, or sexually assaulted by the nursing staff, visitors, or other patients?
Contact the Washington Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Our team of abuse prevention lawyers will use the law to obtain financial compensation on your family’s behalf.
This long-term care facility is a 100-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating center providing services to residents of Everett and Snohomish County, Washington. The "for-profit" home is located at:
1919 112th Street Southwest
Everett, Washington 98204
(425) 513-1600
Everett Center Nursing Home
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Everett Center Nursing Home offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-stay care, IV (intravenous) therapy, respite care, hospice, wound care, dementia and memory care, colostomy care, and restorative services involving physical, speech and occupational therapies.
Fined $110,217 for substandard care
The state of Washington and the federal government have the legal obligation for monitoring every nursing facility and impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare if the facility has violated established nursing home regulations and rules. In serious cases, the nursing facility will receive multiple penalties if investigators find the violations are severe and harmed or could have harmed a resident.
Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against Everett Center Nursing Home, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $102,414 fine on December 13, 2017, and a $7,803 fine on September 12, 2017, for a total of $110,217.
This nursing facility received twenty-one complaints and self-reported eleven serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional documentation concerning penalties and fines can be reviewed on the Washington State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Website.
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To be fully informed on the level of care nursing homes provide, families routinely research Medicare.gov and the Washington 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 two out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, two out of five stars for staffing issues and five out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigative team determined the facility “failed to complete a thorough investigation for [one resident] reviewed for an allegation of sexual abuse. The failure to ensure the alleged violation was thoroughly investigated placed cognitively impaired residents at risk for undetected abuse.”
The incident involved a resident who had “a surgical procedure to create an opening through the neck into the windpipe.” The resident’s MDS (Minimum Data Set) indicated that the cognitively intact resident “requires extensive assistance with bed mobility, transfers, toileting, and dressing, hygiene, and bathing.”
The state surveyors reviewed the facility investigation report dated February 14, 2019. The report indicated that the resident alleged a staff member, an Agency Nursing Assistant “sexually abused him during the night of February 13, 2019, to February 14, 2019. The resident was sent to the emergency room for further evaluation.”
The resident stated during an interview on February 21, 2019, that a staff member “pressed his fist against his rectum and tried to fist him.” The resident stated the Agency Nursing Assistant “had sexually assaulted him.” The resident reaffirmed his allegation on February 25, 2019.
The investigators interviewed a Registered Nurse (RN) who stated that other residents that the Nursing Assistant had provided care for during the night shift that evening “were not interview-able.” A review of “the facility investigation showed no documentation that the facility had ensured other residents that [the Agency Nursing Assistant] care for, who are cognitively impaired, were not potentially harmed [by that staff member].”
The investigators interviewed the Director of Nursing Services who stated that “she did not receive a report from the hospital to provide information regarding the presence of any harm to [the allegedly sexually abused resident].” The Director of Nursing Services stated that “she had suspended [the Agency Nursing Assistant] and did not believe the facility needed to examine each cognitively impaired resident for harm.”
The Director also stated that “the interdisciplinary team did grand rounds each morning with the nurses and nursing assistants at each unit.” During these rounds, they could determine “whether the residents had any new skin issues, changes in behavior, or changes in condition.”
Were you the victim of mistreatment while you lived at Everett Center Nursing Home? Contact the Washington nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Snohomish County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Everett.
Our legal team offers every client a free, initial case consultation. Additionally, we offer a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means you do not owe us anything until we have secured a monetary compensation on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
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