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This long-term care center is a "for-profit" 65-certified bed home providing cares to residents of Glenville and Gilmer County, West Virginia. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
111 Fairground Road
Glenville, West Virginia 26351
(304) 462-5718
Glenville Center Nursing Home
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Glenville 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.
West Virginia and federal government agencies have the legal responsibility of monitoring every nursing home and imposing monetary fines or denying reimbursement payments through Medicare if investigators identify serious violations and deficiencies. These penalties are typically imposed when the violation is severe and harmed or could have harmed a resident.
The nursing home received six complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information about this nursing home can be found on the West Virginia Bureau for Children and Families Adult Protective Services Website.
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Information on every intermediate and long-term care home in the state can be reviewed on government-owned and operated database websites including the West Virginia Department of Public Health and Medicare.gov.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of two out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, two out of five stars for staffing issues and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that “the facility failed to thoroughly investigate and report an incident of possible abuse or neglect by a staff member to the appropriate State Agencies. This [failure] occurred for [one resident] reviewed for unexpected events from June 12, 2016, through October 8, 2016.”
The investigators reviewed the Incident/Accident Reports that revealed on August 30, 2016, the resident “sustained a 16.0 cm x 4.5 cm wide imprint/abrasion to her left thigh.” A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) rolled “the resident over to take the lift pad out from underneath the resident [and] one of the straps was under her left thigh.”
The CNA “reported to the nurse that she might have a bruise on her left thigh” that occurred at 9:30 AM this morning. When “the resident was lifted back into bed with the lift pad, and when changing the resident, the CNA noticed that the resident had a 16.0 cm x 4.5 cm wide imprint/abrasion on the left side. The record was silent for witness statements.”
The surveyors reviewed the resident’s medical records that revealed: “she was totally dependent on staff for bed mobility, transfers, toilet use, personal hygiene, and other activities of daily living.” The surveyors interviewed the Social Services Director, who stated, “I am not involved with these unless they tell me it is a reportable [event]. It is not considered a reportable [event] unless it causes harm or discomfort, but I was not involved with either of these incidents.”
The Director stated that “the Administrator did these investigations because she is also a Social Worker with a master’s degree.” The investigators interviewed the Administrator who stated that “she had witness statements for [the resident, saying that] I did not report these incidents because it was not intentional and did not harm the residents. The CNA told the nurse about leaving the lift strap under [the resident], and it may have caused a bruise. The strap and only been under the resident’s leg that morning.”
The Administrator “was unable to provide any evidence confirming the statement [and] did not reply when asked why a large imprint/abrasion measuring 16.0 cm x 4.5 cm was not considered possible harm.” The Administrator “also did not reply when asked about an injury or an unexpected event of staff causing injury to a resident whether intentional or an intentional was not reportable to the appropriate State Agencies.”
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while residing at Glenville Center Nursing Home? Contact the West Virginia nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Gilmer County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Glenville.
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Sources:
Attorney Bob Daley
Licensed in West Virginia
Illinois Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home