Mistreatment of the elderly living in nursing homes is disgraceful, unacceptable, and reprehensible. Many families entrust the care of their loved one to the nursing home staff only to be horrified when they realize that they are being mistreated, neglected, or abused by caregivers, employees, or other patients.
If your loved one was injured while living in a Monongalia County nursing facility, contact the West Virginia Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal assistance. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages.
This facility is a 62-certified bed "for-profit" long-term care home providing services and cares to residents of Morgantown and Monongalia County, West Virginia. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
161 Bakers Ridge Road
Morgantown, West Virginia 26508
(304) 285-0692
The Madison Nursing Home
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, The Madison Nursing Home offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-stay care, IV (intravenous) therapy, respite care, hospice, wound care, dementia and memory care, colostomy care, and restorative services involving physical, speech and occupational therapies.
Fined $124,335 for substandard care
The investigators for the state of West Virginia 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 The Madison Nursing Home for $124,335 on October 10, 2017, citing substandard care.
The nursing home received twelve complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional documentation concerning penalties and fines can be reviewed on the West Virginia Bureau for Children and Families Adult Protective Services Website.
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The state of West Virginia 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 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 “the facility failed to ensure the safety of residents from physical and verbal abuse.” In one case, a resident reported that a Registered Nurse (RN) “had verbally and physically abused her roommate.”
The reporting resident told the Social Worker, and the facility “initiated an investigation regarding verbal abuse but did not investigate the allegation of physical abuse.”
An anonymous family member of the resident along with a Nurse Aide “witnessed the verbal abuse by the RN. The Nurse Aide “attempted to report the incident to the Director of Nursing. The facility failed to protect the resident or conduct an investigation.
A second resident reported that a Nursing Aide had “verbally abused him [and reported the incident to another Nurse Aide who reported the allegation to a second RN.” In this incident, the “facility failed to protect the resident or conduct an investigation of the allegation.”
The state investigators notified the Administrator that an Immediate Jeopardy existed. It was based on “the Center’s failure to identify and report allegations of physical and verbal abuse [timely]; to protect residents from potential harm during the investigative process, and to implement facility policy and procedures regarding abuse.”
When the allegation of verbal abuse was brought to the attention of the Administrator and Director of Nursing, one resident “was assessed by the Assistant Director Nursing [and had] no signs or symptoms identified.”
The nurse that was involved in the incident “was suspended at the time of the allegation.” However, the Administrator stated that the investigation “was unable to substantiate verbal abuse, and the nurse had returned to work.” The nurse was again “suspended regarding the allegation of physical abuse [with] the investigation initiated by the Administrator.”
One assaulted resident was assessed by the licensed Social Worker but exhibited no signs of “fearfulness, guarding or cheerfulness.” The Social Worker said that there were “no signs or symptoms noted.” The aggressive resident “no longer resides in the center.”
Do you believe that your loved one has suffered harm through mistreatment while living at The Madison Nursing Home? Contact the West Virginia nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Monongalia County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Morgantown.
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Sources:
Attorney Bob Daley
Licensed in West Virginia
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home