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This facility is a 120-certified bed "for-profit" long-term care home providing services and cares to residents of Mobile and Mobile County, Alabama. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
550 Congress Street
Mobile, Alabama 36603
(251) 433-5471
Kensington Health and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Kensington Health and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care. The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $4,550 for substandard care
The investigators for the state and federal nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal responsibility of penalizing any facility that has violated rules and regulations that harmed or could have harmed a resident. These penalties often include monetary fines and denying payment of Medicare services.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Kensington Health and Rehabilitation Center for $4,550 on June 01, 2017, citing substandard care. During this time, Medicare denied payment on June 01, 2017, due to a lack of quality care.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Alabama Adult Protective Services Website.
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Our attorneys obtain and review data on every Alabama long-term care home from various online publically available sources, including the Department of Public Health website and Medicare.gov.
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 two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to ensure a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) had another staff member present when she used a mechanical (Hoyer) lift to transfer [the resident] from the wheelchair to the bed on May 6, 2017.”
The documentation shows that during the transfer, the resident “fell to the floor and sustained a fractured left elbow, a fractured left shoulder, and a broken arm.” A review of the resident’s Quarterly MDS (Minimum Data Set) Assessment and Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score of fifteen indicates that the cognitively intact resident was “totally dependent on staff for transfers.”
A report dated May 6, 2017, at 4:40 PM indicated that the resident “was transferred from the wheelchair to the bed and fell to the floor. A Certified Nursing Assistant stated that the lift pad came off the hook.” The resident “complained of extreme pain in the left arm.”
The nursing staff sent the resident to the hospital for evaluation and x-rays. The CNA told the Charge Nurse that “she was in the process of transferring the resident when the strap came loose from a Hoyer lift.” The Charge Nurse “was asked about what the concern of the staff member was transferring a resident with a Hoyer lift without a needed second person assisting.” The Charge Nurse answered, “the major concern was the patient could fall.”
The CNA “acknowledged she did not have another staff person assisting; she did it alone.” The CNA stated that “the Hoyer lift pad might not have been hooked completely and [the resident] fell to the floor.” The CNA stated that “she was in a hurry; she failed to make sure the Hoyer lift pad was hooked and failed to have someone spot her.”
The hospital medical record indicated that the resident had “symptoms of the upper extremity and acute left shoulder pain [and was diagnosed] as having a fractured left elbow, fractured left shoulder, and a broken arm.”
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at Kensington Health and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Alabama nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Mobile County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Mobile.
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Sources:
Attorney Brian Murphy
Licensed in Alabama
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home