Every nursing home in New York has a legal obligation to provide each patient with the highest level of care according to established standards of quality. Unfortunately, many nursing staff will fail to follow the traditional procedures and protocols that can lead to preventable accidents, injuries, and the development of life-threatening bedsores.If your loved one was injured while residing in Erie County nursing facility, contact the New York Nursing Home Law Center attorneys now for help. Our team of dedicated abuse prevention lawyers has successfully resolved many compensation cases just like yours, and we can help your family too.
This long-term care center is a "non-profit" 80-certified bed home providing cares to residents of Springville and Erie County, New York. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
222 East Main Street
Springville, New York 14141
(716) 592-2871
Jennie B Richmond Chaffee Nursing Home Company
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Jennie B Richmond Chaffee Nursing Home Company offers other services. Additional focused care includes social services, recreational activities, personalized care, and rehabilitation services involving physical and occupational therapies.
Both the federal government and the state of New York have the legal responsibility to levy monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare if a nursing home has violated established rules and regulations that harm or could have harmed residents.
The nursing home received one complaint over the last thirty-six months that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the New York State Nursing Home Report Website.
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The state of New York and federal goverment regularly updates their 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 one out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues and one out of five stars for quality measures.
According to state surveyors investigating a formally filed complaint, “the facility did not immediately inform the resident’s legal representative or interested family member or consult the resident’s Physician when there was a significant change in the resident’s physical, mental or psychosocial status and a need to alter treatment significantly.
For one resident, the “Physician and responsible party/family notification had an issue. Specifically, [the resident] sustained an injury to the right arm.” There “was a fifteen-hour delay notifying the physician. An x-ray obtained [the following day] revealed that the resident had injuries.” This failure “resulted in actual harm that was not an Immediate Jeopardy.”
The state surveyors reviewed the Incident Report Investigation that revealed: “a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) was providing bedtime care to [the resident] at approximately 8:30 PM when the resident started hitting the CNA.” The Nursing Progress and Evaluation Summary Note documented by a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) during the 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM shift revealed that the CNA “told the LPN that the resident was combative with bedtime care and that the CNA blocked the resident from hitting him with his arm, to her arm and the right side (right upper extremity).
The LPN assessed the resident and found no bruising at 9:00 PM. The LPN “documented that the resident would yell out in pain over and over and ‘as needed’ Tylenol was given twice. There was no documentation of the effect of the Tylenol.”
Documentation shows that the resident yelled out with any movement of the right upper extremity. At 3:00 AM, the LPN noted a large bruise on the resident’s right elbow. The Registered Nurse (RN) Supervisor was notified.” However, “there was no documented evidence that the Physician was notified of the bruise or of the resident’s complaints of pain.”
The X-ray Report of the right elbow revealed that the resident “had a nondisplaced [injured] humerus (the long bone in the arm from the shoulder to the elbow).” When the Physician was notified, the doctor stated that “he probably would have sent the resident to the emergency room next-door the night of the incident if he had been notified sooner. He would have started a higher level of pain medication and possibly have ordered a sling at that time.”
Were you the victim of mistreatment while you lived at Jennie B Richmond Chaffee Nursing Home Company? Contact the New York nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Erie County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Springville.
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Sources:
Attorney Jennifer Wilson
Licensed in New York
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home