Good Samaritan Society - Winthrop Nursing Center

Many families have limited options on how to ensure that their loved one receives the best care and choose to place them in a community nursing facility. Unfortunately, the incident rates of abuse and neglect occurring in nursing homes nationwide have risen significantly over the last few decades. Many patients become victims of mistreatment at the hands of caregivers, employees, visitors, or other residents.

If your loved one suffered harm while living in a Sibley County nursing facility, contact the Minnesota Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages.

This long-term care center is a "non-profit" 32-certified bed home providing cares to residents of Winthrop and Sibley County, Minnesota. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:

506 High Street
Winthrop, Minnesota 55396
(507) 647-5391
Good Samaritan Society - Winthrop Nursing Center

In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Good Samaritan Society - Winthrop 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.

State surveyors and federal investigators can penalize nursing homes by denying payment for Medicare services or imposing monetary fines if the facility has been cited for a serious violation of a regulation or rule that harmed or could have harmed residents.

This nursing facility self-reported 2 serious problems 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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The state of Minnesota and the federal government regularly updates its long-term care home database system with complete details of all deficiencies, citations, and violations.

According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of two out of five stars, including three out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues and three 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 July 3, 2017

The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to thoroughly investigate and failed to timely report a fall from a lift for [one resident] who fell from the sit to stand lift.”

The investigators reviewed the resident’s Quarterly MDS (Minimum Data Set) Assessment indicated that the resident “had no cognitive impairment and requires extensive assistance from two staff with all transfers.” A review of the Facility Incident Report indicated that the resident “was Lower to the floor/slipped out of the sit to stand sling.” The resident stated that “the sling was properly last, but somehow came lose causing the resident to go to the floor.”

The resident “complained of a backache and pain in the groin. The incident report indicated that the Nursing Assistant received education and training and [the resident] was referred to therapy to evaluate transfers. The report indicated the incident did not require notification to the State Agency.”

The Facility Report to the State dated January 20, 2017 indicated that the resident “slipped out of the left on December 2, 2016, and was lowered to the floor. No injuries were noted although the resident complained of pain in his back. The investigation was being reopened because the resident was reporting increased pain in his left thigh and an x-ray on January 19, 2017 indicated the resident had a left super pubic ramus fracture.”

The follow-up report indicated that the Care Plan “was not follow, which requires two staff to transfer [the resident] using a sit to stand lift.” The Nursing Assistant was interviewed and stated that when raising the resident “in the lift, he heard a snap and the resident started to slowly fall and [the Nursing Assistant lowered the resident] to the floor.”

At that time, the resident “was sitting on his buttocks on the floor, his knees up, his left leg was bowed out and he was leaning on his right side.” It was suggested that the incident was not reported to the State agency because “it happened by no one’s fault because the strep came unhooked.”

Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while living at Good Samaritan Society - Winthrop Nursing Center? Contact the Minnesota nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Sibley County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Winthrop.

Our legal team invites you to discuss your case with us today through an initial, free claim consultation. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you will not owe us anything until after we have secured a monetary recovery for your family. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.

Sources:

• Inspection Report - 07/03/2017
• Inspection Report - 04/18/2019