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This Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing center is a "for profit" home providing services to residents of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana. The 134-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
2002 West 86th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46260
(317) 872-8811
Golden Living Center - Willow Springs Nursing Home
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Golden Living Center - Willow Springs Nursing Home offers other services.
Additional focused care includes Alzheimer’s/memory care, short-term care, long-term care, dementia care, pain management, diabetes management, IV (intravenous) therapy, stroke rehab, wound care, on-site dialysis, and restorative services involving physical, speech and occupational therapy.
The state of Indiana and the federal government have the legal obligation to monitor 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.
The nursing home received twelve complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional documentation about fines and penalties can be found on the Indiana Nursing Home Report Cards Website.
To be fully informed on the level of care nursing homes provide, families routinely research Medicare.gov and the Indiana 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, two out of five stars for staffing issues and two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigative team determined that “the facility failed to identify an unavoidable pressure ulcer [before] being staged a Stage III and an unavoidable, unstageable ulcer.” The nursing home also “failed to provide a Physician-order treatment for [three residents] reviewed for pressure ulcer care and treatment.”
The investigators, along with the Director of Nursing, observed the resident “in bed. His bilateral heels were propped up on a pillow, and air boots were patent on both feet. His feet were observed. His left heel had an unstageable dried black area approximately 4.0 cm x 3.0 cm in size. The proximal area was peeling.” However, “the record lacked identification of the area to the left heel.” The Director of Nursing indicated during an interview that “she had no additional information to provide about [the resident’s] left heel.”
The facility “failed to use appropriate hand hygiene before, during, and after resident care for [one resident] observed for incontinence care.” The nursing home also “failed to store a nebulizer mask and oxygen tubing in a sanitary manner for [another resident] observed for respiratory care.”
The nursing home “failed to ensure a contaminated tubing and catheter drainage bag” remained uncontaminated for an individual observed for catheter care. A review of one resident’s Care Plan dated August 4, 2017, indicated that the resident “has a suprapubic urinary catheter (a catheter inserted into the bladder from a surgical opening just below the belly button). Interventions include, but were not limited to, change the catheter bag as needed and keep the drainage bag of the catheter off the floor.”
On August 28, 2018, at 2:42 PM, the resident “was observed lying on the floor in his room, the catheter bag and tubing was laying on the floor next to the resident.” The observers notified the Registered Nurse (RN) “of the resident’s status.”
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while living at Golden Living Center - Willow Springs Nursing Home? Contact the Indiana nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Marion County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Indianapolis.
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Sources:
Attorney Jeffrey D. Powless
Licensed in Indiana
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home