Good Samaritan Society - Redwood Falls Nursing Center

Many of the 1.5 million residents in nursing facilities in the U.S. are victims of mistreatment. In some cases, the nursing staff neglects these patients, or caregivers, visitors, employees, and other residents abuse, sexually assault, or mistreat the patient.

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This long-term care home is a "non-profit" 43-certified bed center providing cares and services to residents of Redwood Falls and Redwood County, Minnesota. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:

200 South Dekalb Street
Redwood Falls, Minnesota 56283
(507) 637-5711
Good Samaritan Society - Redwood Falls Nursing Center

In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Good Samaritan Society - Redwood Falls 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.

Fined $17,778 for substandard care

Both the federal government and the state of Minnesota can impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare of any nursing facility that has been found to have violated the established nursing home rules and regulations.

Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against Good Samaritan Society - Redwood Falls Nursing Center, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $9,653 fine on November 15, 2017, and a $8,125 fine on April 21, 2017, for a total of $17,778.

The nursing home received one complaint and self-reported one serious problem over the last thirty-six months that resulted in violation citations. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the State of Minnesota Vulnerable Adult Protection and Elder Abuse Website.

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According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of two out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, five out of five stars for staffing issues and two out of five stars for quality measures.

• Failure to Report and Investigate Any Act or Reports of Abuse, Neglect or Mistreatment of Residents – citation #F225 date April 21, 2017

The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to notify the administrator and report an adverse event and possible neglect of care to the State Agency when a staff member failed to lock a tub chair resulting in a fall of [one resident].”

The investigation involved a cognitively intact resident who “requires physical assistance with bathing.” The resident’s Care Plan indicated “he was at risk for falls related to left-sided weakness.”

The resident stated during an interview that he “was receiving his bath and the lot gave way. He stated the chair went backward and he fell into the tub.” The resident stated that “he had a sore wrist a couple of days later.”

The resident indicated that the nursing staff to take in an x-ray in the wrist “was not broken.” The resident stated “the incident occurred in the old bathtub and stated a new tub was installed a couple of months ago.”

A Nursing Assistant stated they had been assisting him the day of the incident and “received assistance from two other staff to assist him up and back into the tub chair and ensure the chair was locked into place.”

A review of the resident apposite as Progress Notes dated between June 2, 2016 through April 19, 2017, “lacked evidence and investigation had been completed related to his fall in the bathtub, nor was there evidence the administrator or State Agency been notified of the potential neglect of care.”

The administrator stated during an interview on April 19, 2017 that “he was not aware [the resident] sustained a fall in the bathtub [saying that] an incident report had not been completed on this fall [and that] a fall had not been reported to him and an investigation had not been completed.”

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Sources:

• Inspection Report - 04/21/2017
• Inspection Report - 12/13/2018