Do you suspect that your loved one has been neglected, abused or mistreated while living in a Madison County nursing facility in Ohio? Are you concerned that you must take immediate legal action to stop the abuse now? If so, contact the Ohio Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys for immediate legal intervention.
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This long-term care home is a 132-certified bed center providing cares and services to residents of London and Madison County, Ohio. The "for profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
218 Elm St
London, Ohio 43140
(740) 852-3100
London Health and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, London Health and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. These services include and rehabilitative care including physical, occupational and speech therapies.
Ohio and federal nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal authority to impose monetary fines and deny payment for Medicare services for any nursing facility cited for serious violations of regulations and rules.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against London Health and Rehabilitation Center for $139,599 on May 12, 2016, citing substandard care. The nursing home also received fourteen complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation.
Additional information about this nursing home can be found on the Ohio Long-Term Care Consumer Guide.
To ensure families are fully informed of the level of care every nursing home provides, the state of Ohio and Medicare.com routinely update their long-term care home database systems with info on violations, citations, and deficiencies.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues and four out of five stars for quality measures.
The nursing home “failed to immediately report alleged mistreatment and possible improper restraint of a resident.” This deficient practice done by the nursing staff affected one resident “reviewed for possible abuse and mistreatment.”
The surveyors attempted to interview the resident who “was confused and not able to answer questions.” The investigation included a statement by in State-Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) working in the 200 Hallway when “she heard a loud scream on the 300 Hallway, which was the locked Special Care Unit of the facility.”
The STNA “stated she went to the 300 Hallway and [saw a resident] sitting in her wheelchair, in the common area, with a pink and white gait belt wrapped around the resident all the way to the back of the wheelchair. She stated the buckle was in the back of the wheelchair, out of reach of the resident [saying] the resident was restrained to the wheelchair and was trying to get up, which is why the resident was screaming.”
The STNA “stated she again saw [the resident] restrained in her wheelchair on a separate dining area on the 300 Hallway [but] did not report the incident to any staff member.”
According to investigators, “the facility failed to timely notify the Physician of a resident’s change in condition which resulted in a delay of treatment.” The investigators reviewed the resident’s Physician Note the documented that the Physician “was in to see the [resident] and new orders were received to address” a medical condition to the bilateral lower leg.
The investigator stated that there “lacked any documentation of when notification occurred for him to see the resident.” The surveyors interviewed a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) who revealed that she did not remember the resident “having any shortness of breath or chest pain. She also verified she is unable to remember if she notified the Physician when [the resident’s medical condition] began after admission.”
The Director of Nursing “verified that there was no documentation of [the resident’s] Physician being notified” concerning the resident’s medical conditions in her leg. The Director verified that “the Physician did not see the resident until February 1, 2018” to address her condition. This “deficiency substantiates” Complaint Number OH 460.
Were you the victim of mistreatment while you lived at London Health and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Ohio nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Madison County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including London.
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Sources:
Attorney Nancy Iler
Licensed in Ohio
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home