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This facility is a "for-profit" 60-certified bed long term care center providing care and services to residents of Gardnerville and Douglas County, Nevada. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating home is located at:
1573 Muller Pkwy
Gardnerville, Nevada 89410
(775) 782-6620
Gardnerville Health and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Gardnerville Health and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care. The facility also offers comprehensive rehab services, wound care, independent and assisted living options, home services, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $24,232 for substandard care
The state of Nevada and the federal government are legally responsible for monitoring each nursing home and impose monetary fines and deny payments through Medicare if serious violations have been identified. These penalties are typically imposed when the violation is severe and harmed or could have harmed a resident.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Gardnerville Health and Rehabilitation Center for $24,232 on April 25, 2017, citing substandard care. The nursing home received ten complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Nevada 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 Nevada 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 four out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home "failed to ensure the resident was kept safe by removing the resident from the wheelchair before wheelchair maintenance was performed.”
The Director of Nursing Services verbalized that the resident “had fallen while in his room on July 9, 2019, and the Director of Maintenance was present during the fall.” The Director of Maintenance stated that on that morning, the resident “had asked to have the wheels of the wheelchair changed, as [the] resident was going to be out of the facility later in the day.”
The Director of Maintenance explained he went to the resident’s room, “lifted the wheelchair by the leg while the resident was still seated in the wheelchair and attempted to remove the wheel.” At that point, the resident “fell backward out of the wheelchair and bumped the back of [their] head against the nightstand, causing redness and a small bump.”
The “facility failed to ensure staff performed hand hygiene per policy after wound care dressing changes and before medication administration.” A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) “cleaned the surgical site with normal saline, patted it dry and covered it with the dressing. Then the LPN attempted to instill [the resident’s] eyes with an Artificial Tears solution and administer [medication] without removing gloves and washing hands.”
The LPN was stopped before she could instill the eye drops. The LPN “confirmed she should have discarded the gloves, washed her hands, and then administered the medication. The LPN verbalized not washing hands after changing the dressing would spread infections.”
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while residing at Gardnerville Health and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Nevada nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Douglas County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Gardnerville.
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