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This long-term care center is a "for-profit" 120-certified bed home providing cares to residents of Carrollton and Carroll County, Missouri. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
300 Life Care Lane
Carrollton, Missouri 64633
(660) 542-0155
Life Care Center of Carrollton Nursing Home
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Life Care Center of Carrollton Nursing Home offers other services. Additional focused care includes inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation.
Both the federal government and the state of Missouri can impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare of any nursing facility that has been found to have violated the established nursing home rules and regulations.
Within the last thirty-six months, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine of $7,543 on May 15, 2017, against Life Care Center of Carrollton Nursing Home, citing substandard care.
This nursing facility received two complaints and self-reported three serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services Website.
The federal government and Missouri 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 two out of five stars, including three out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues and one out of five stars for quality measures.
The nursing home “failed to ensure staff used proper techniques to reduce the possibility of accidents and injuries during the use of gait belt transfers, which affected two residents].”
Observations were made of two Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) entering a resident’s room. One CNA “wheeled the resident’s wheelchair next to his/her bed, locked the wheelchair brakes, and placed a gait belt around the resident’s waist.”
At that time, the staff “stood on each side of the resident and lifted the resident with a gait belt. The resident attempted to stand with both knees bent and shaking, then moaned out loud, straightened his/her legs out at an angle, and was unable to bear weight, while the staff carried the resident by the gait belt.”
The staff “sat the resident on the side of the bed and [one CNA] said, ‘that was not that bad, was it?’ The resident replied, ‘it was not that good.’”
During an interview with one CNA, the Nursing Assistant “that the resident should be able to stand and bear for weight with a gait belt transfer.” However, review of the resident’s Care Plan updated on September 21, 2016, revealed “self-care deficit for activities of daily living care and required the assistance of staff or transfers and ambulation.”
The state investigators determined that “the facility failed to ensure they checked the Employee Disqualification List (ADL) and the Nurse Aide (NA) Registry [before hiring] two employees.” The surveyors reviewed a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Employee File with a hire date of January 18, 2016.
However, there was “no documentation to show the Employee Disqualification List had been checked before this date.” A check of the Nurse Aide Registry revealed: “no documentation to show [that the Registry was] checked before the state” that would identify a history of abuse, neglect or mistreatment at a previous place of employment.
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while living at Life Care Center of Carrollton Nursing Home? Contact the Missouri nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Carroll County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Carrollton.
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Sources:
Attorney Melissa Donlon
Licensed in Missouri
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home