Nursing home negligence takes on many forms, where the nursing staff can misbehave, or other patients assault the resident because of a lack of supervision. Many nursing homes throughout Texas are understaffed, or the administration hires inadequately trained Nurses and Nurse’s Aides. Other nursing facilities did not follow acceptable practices for providing the utmost care.
If your loved one was injured while living in a Harris County nursing facility, contact the Texas 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 Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing center is a "for profit" home providing services to residents of Katy and Harris County, Texas. The 125-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
21727 Provincial Blvd
Katy, Texas 77450
(281) 717-1302
Legend Oaks Health And Rehabilitation - Katy
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Legend Oaks Health and Rehabilitation - Katy offers other services. Additional focused care includes in-house therapies, wound care, pulmonary programs, language and speech therapies, neurological condition care, and swallowing dysfunction care, involving electrical stimulation.
Federal agencies and the State of Texas have a legal responsibility to monitor every nursing facility. If serious violations are identified, the government can impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare if the resident was harmed or could have been harmed by the deficiency.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Legend Oaks Health And Rehabilitation - Katy for $47,554 on August 25, 2016, citing substandard care.
This nursing facility received twenty-one complaints and self-reported three serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional documentation about fines and penalties can be found on the Texas Health and Human Services Nursing Facility Quality Review Website.
Your family can visit Medicare.gov and the Texas Department of Public Health website to obtain a complete list of all violations, citations, and deficiencies identified by investigators and surveyors.
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.
According to state investigators, “the facility failed to ensure that residents who needed oxygen therapy were provided such care, consistent with professional standards of practice.” Specifically, “the facility failed to have a Physician order. This failure affected one resident who was placed at risk of receiving incorrect or inadequate oxygen support and could result in a decline in health.”
The investigation involved a moderately, cognitively impaired resident who “requires the extensive assist of two persons for bed mobility and transfers.” The resident’s MDS (Minimum Data Set) Assessment revealed that “the resident requires the extensive assist of one person for dressing, eating, toilet use and personal hygiene [and] received oxygen therapy.”
The survey team interviewed and observed the resident while “in bed, dressed in a gown, and was well-groomed.” The observation revealed that the resident’s “head of the bed was elevated [and] the oxygen was 2.0 liters via a nasal cannula.” The surveyor attempted to interview the resident, but he did not respond verbally.”
A review of the resident’s Medication Administration Record indicated that the order for the two Liters per minute via nasal cannula oxygen delivery was discontinued ten days earlier. The facility Director of Nursing indicated that the resident had been readmitted to the facility and explained that “the nurse on the evening shift entered the admission orders.”
The Director “further stated she was also still new to the facility and learning their system.” A Licensed Vocational Nurse stated when interviewed that “during the previous night, [the resident] was readmitted, and he entered all the resident’s orders and called the Physician to verify all orders.”
The Licensed Vocational Nurse stated that “he also looked at the resident’s old order as well.” The nurse stated that “he did put in an order for oxygen but did not know what happened to the order.” The nurse stated that “may be the order fell off; he did not know what happened.”
Do you believe that your loved one was the victim of abuse or neglect while living at Legend Oaks Health and Rehabilitation - Katy? Contact the Texas nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Harris County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Katy.
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