Mistreatment, abuse, and neglect in nursing facilities are often the result of the nursing staff or other caregivers not providing the resident care according to established standards of quality. Their inappropriate behavior often leads to harm, injury, or wrongful death. In other incidents, the victim is assaulted by other residents.
If your loved one was harmed while living in a Dallas County nursing facility, contact the Texas nursing home network of attorneys at (800) 926-7565 now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers handle your case to ensure you receive monetary compensation. We will use the law to hold those responsible for causing the harm legally accountable.
This nursing home is a Medicare and Medicaid-participating "for-profit" center providing cares and services to residents of Carrollton and Dallas County, Texas. The 150-certified bed nursing facility is located at:
2135 N Denton Dr
Carrollton, Texas 75006
(972) 242-0666
Heritage Gardens Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Heritage Gardens Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, respiratory care, bariatric care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke care, pain management, hospice, dementia and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $17,037 for substandard care
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.
Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against Heritage Gardens Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $7,150 fine on March 15, 2018, and a $9,887 fine on July 12, 2017, for a total of $17,037. During this time, Medicare denied payment on March 15, 2018, due to a lack of quality care.
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 Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Website.
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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 four out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to ensure that each resident received adequate supervision and assistance devices to prevent accidents for [one resident] reviewed for accidents and supervision. The facility failed to supervise [a resident] who had exit-seeking behavior.”
As a result of the deficient practice, the resident “eloped [wandered away] from the facility on June 11, 2017, at 4:30 AM. He was found on a busy highway by the police department and returned [that morning] at 5:25 AM.” The state investigators identified in Immediate Jeopardy because it could have caused harm or death to the resident.
This “failure placed seven residents identified as being at risk for elopement and utilizing a Wander Guard system at risk for development, serious injuries, or death.” A review of the resident’s Care Plan and Elopement/Wandering Evaluation indicated that the resident “had an exit seeking/wandering behavior and had been categorized as high risk with the score of sixteen.”
The documentation initiated on June 9, 2017, indicated that the resident “was an elopement risk/wander related to impaired safety awareness [and] wanders aimlessly, history of exit-seeking at home. No goals were identified.” A review of the Provider Report dated June 11, 2017, revealed that at 3:00 PM, a Licensed Vocational Nurse noticed the resident “wandering on the hallway and redirected him back to his room.”
By 4:28 AM, the same Aide had observed a resident in his room. “He made his bed and was already dressed up.” Two minutes later, when the Licensed Vocational Nurse returned to the resident’s room, the resident was missing. By 5:02 AM, the nursing staff notified the police of a missing resident.
Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse, or neglect while living at Heritage Gardens Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center? Contact the Texas nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Dallas County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Carrollton.
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