Many families have limited options on how to ensure that their loved one receives the best care and will 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 Albany County nursing facility, contact the New York Nursing Home Law Center attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of dedicated abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages.
This long-term care home is a "for profit" 200-certified bed center providing cares and services to residents of Albany and Albany County, New York. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
325 Northern Boulevard
Albany, New York 12204
(518) 449-1100
Hudson Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Hudson Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short stay rehab, nursing care, medical care, dementia/Alzheimer’s care, and long-term care.
The federal government and the state of New York are authorized to penalize any nursing home with monetary fines or deny payment for Medicare services when the facility has been cited for serious violations of rules and regulations.
This nursing home received five complaints and self-reported one serious issue over the last thirty-six months that resulted in violation citations. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the New York State Nursing Home Report Website.
The federal government and New York Department of Public Health website update comprehensive information containing historical details of all citations and violations.
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 three out of five stars for quality measures.
According to state investigators, “the facility did not ensure that timely investigations and the reporting of incidents were completed for [five residents].” Specifically, for one resident, “a medication error report was not started when the Physician order nutritional supplement Ensure was not started.”
For another resident, “a medication error report or investigation was not completed when [the medication] dosing was inappropriate on two occasions when the patch was missing.” For a third resident, “a medication error report or investigation was not completed when [their medication] was missing from the resident’s supply.”
For a fourth resident, “a medication error report or investigation was not completed when [a medication patch] was placed before it was due or when the patch was missing from the resident’s body.” For a fifth resident, “the facility did not provide evidence of a thorough investigation after an incident alleging that a Registered Nurse (RN) grabbed the arm of the resident and spoke to her in a loud voice.”
The surveyors and investigators determined “the facility did not conduct a minimum required background checks on new employees when the facility hired for employees reviewed without knowledge of the result of the required state Nurses Aide Registry check. This [failure] is a repeat deficiency from the recertification survey.”
The state surveyors determined “that the environment was not free from accident hazards over which the facility has control. The resident environment is to remain as free from accident hazards as possible. Specifically, construction areas were not safe while unattended.”
The surveyors interviewed the facility Administrator who stated that “outside contractor construction workers had been on-site replacing the bathroom suspended ceiling tiles in [a resident’s room].” The construction workers “were removed from the job by a government labor agency before installing new ceiling tiles, leaving eight [ceiling areas] with bare framing.”
The Administrator stated that an incident occurred in a resident’s room when “a piece of the ceiling framing had fallen” and the resident was “concerned with being injured.”
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while living at Hudson Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center? Contact the New York nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Albany County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Albany.
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Sources:
Attorney Jennifer Wilson
Licensed in New York
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home