Good Samaritan Society - St Luke's Village Nursing Center

Many families have limited options of what to do when they can no longer provide care to a loved one in need of extensive medical treatments or hygiene assistance. Some families choose to relocate their loved one into a nursing home believing that they will receive the best care in a safe, compassionate environment. Unfortunately, mistreatment still occurs at many facilities throughout Nebraska .

If your loved one was abused or neglected while residing in a Buffalo County nursing facility, contact the Nebraska Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal help. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your behalf to ensure that those responsible for causing the harm are held legally and financially accountable. We will use the law to ensure your family receives monetary compensation for your damages.

This long-term care home is a 60-certified bed center providing cares and services to residents of Kearney and Buffalo County, Nebraska. The "non-profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:

2201 East 32nd Street
Kearney, Nebraska 68847
(308) 237-3108
Good Samaritan Society - St Luke's Village Nursing Center

In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Good Samaritan Society - St Luke's Village 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.

Both the state of Nebraska and federal agencies are legally obligated to monitor every nursing facility and impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare when investigators as found the nursing home seriously violated established nursing home regulations and rules.

This nursing facility self-reported a serious problem over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the State of Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Website.

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The state of Nebraska and federal government nursing home regulatory agencies routinely update their care home database system. This list contains historical information of all citations and violations.

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

• Failure to Timely Report Suspected Abuse, Neglect or Theft and Report the Results of the Investigation to Proper Authorities – citation #F609 date June 19, 2018

The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to report to the State Authorities within twenty-four hours one verbal abuse allegation for [a resident] and one fall with a fracture for [another resident].”

In one incident, the Facility Investigation your Report revealed a resident’s fall “with a fracture on February 19, 2018 [when the] resident was found on the floor” on that date. The resident “complained of pain to the left hip and groin, so was sent to the emergency room for evaluation.”

The hospital contacted the facility to reveal that “the resident did not have a fracture and would return to the facility that night. However, while in the emergency room, the resident had a hypoxic (lack of oxygen to a region of the body) event and was admitted to the hospital.”

During hospitalization, “the physician discovered the resident had a fracture” and was returned to the facility on February 22, 2018 with “a new 2 mm nondisplaced left acetabular fracture and new order for toe touch weight bearing on the left leg and Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy.”

A separate incident involving A report of Verbal Abuse from a staff person revealed “the alleged incident occurred on March 12, 2018 during the night shift.” A Nurse Aide “was a witness but did not report the incident to anyone until March 17, 2018 on the night shift to the Charge Nurse, and Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).”

The LPN “did not report the alleged verbal abuse to the Administration” until the following day on “March 18, 2018 on the night shift when [the LPN] saw the Social Service person working that evening.”

Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse, or neglect while living at Good Samaritan Society - St Luke's Village Nursing Center? Contact the Nebraska nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Buffalo County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Kearney.

You will not be charged to discuss your case with our legal team during an initial, free case review. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means that you will owe us nothing until we have secured financial compensation on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.

Sources:

• Inspection Report - 06/19/2018
• Inspection Report - 06/19/2018