Many families have limited options of what to do when they can no longer provide care to a loved one in need of extensive medical treatments or hygiene assistance. Some families choose to relocate their loved one into a nursing home, believing that they will receive the best care in a safe, compassionate environment. Unfortunately, mistreatment still occurs at many facilities throughout Texas.
If your loved one was abused or neglected while residing in a Bexar County nursing facility, contact the Texas Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal help. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your behalf to ensure that those responsible for causing the harm are held legally and financially accountable. We will use the law to ensure your family receives monetary compensation for your damages.
This center is a 124-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services to residents of San Antonio and Bexar County, Texas. The "for profit" long-term care home is located at:
222 Bertetti Dr.
San Antonio, Texas 78227
(210) 673-1700
Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation - West San Antonio
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation - West San Antonio offers other services. Additional focused care includes wound care, neurological condition care, language and speech therapies, pulmonary programs, and swallowing dysfunction care involving electrical stimulation.
The investigators for the state of Texas 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. Typically, the higher the penalty, the more egregious the problem.
This nursing facility self-reported a serious problem over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional documentation about fines and penalties can be found on the Texas Health and Human Services Nursing Facility Quality Review Website.
The state of Texas and federal government nursing home regulatory agencies routinely update their care home database system. This list contains historical information of all citations and violations.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of two out of five stars, including three out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues and five out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that “the facility failed to ensure hand hygiene procedures were followed by staff involved in direct resident contact.” Specifically, one Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) “did not wash or sanitize her hands after perineal care and before leaving [the resident’s] room to obtain linens.”
Also, a Registered Nurse (RN) “did not wash or sanitize his hands after perineal care and before setting up [another resident’s] oxygen concentrator. This deficient practice could affect three residents who are incontinent on the 600 Hall and two residents who received oxygen on the 600 Hall and could result in the spread of disease.”
Failure to Ensure That Nurse’s Aides Show They Have the Skills and Techniques to Be Able to Care for Residents’ Needs – citation #F498 date June 8, 2017
The facility “failed to ensure [a CNA] demonstrated competency while providing incontinent care to [one resident] observed for incontinent care.” Specifically, the CNA did not clean the resident’s “right and left buttocks during incontinence care. This deficient practice could affect fourteen residents on the 300 Hall who received incontinent care and could result in the spread of infection.”
The state investigators observed two staff members, including one CNA providing resident incontinent care. After cleaning the resident’s rectal area, the CNA “did not clean the resident’s right or left buttocks.”
The CNA confirmed during an interview that “she forgot to clean the resident’s right and left buttocks after cleaning the rectal area.” The Director of Nursing revealed that the resident’s right and left buttock should have been cleaned after cleaning the rectal area.” The nursing staff failed to follow the facility’s proper procedures when providing perineal care that could have affected fourteen residents “who are incontinent on the 300 Hall.”
Do you believe that your loved one was the victim of abuse or neglect while living at Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation - West San Antonio? Contact the Texas nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Bexar County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including San Antonio.
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