Mistreatment, abuse, and neglect in nursing facilities are often the result of the nursing staff or other caregivers not providing the resident care according to established standards of quality. Their inappropriate behavior often leads to harm, injury, or wrongful death. In other incidents, the victim is assaulted by other residents.
If your loved one was harmed while living in a Warren County nursing facility, contact the Kentucky Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers handle your case to ensure you receive monetary compensation. We will use the law to hold those responsible for causing the harm legally accountable.
This Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing center is a "for-profit" home providing services to residents of Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky. The 60-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
1381 Campbell Lane
Bowling Green, Kentucky 42104
(270) 843-0587
Magnolia Village Nursing Home
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Magnolia Village 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.
Kentucky and the federal government have a legal responsibility for monitoring every nursing home in the state. These agencies have the authority to impose monetary penalties or hold payment from Medicare if the nursing facility has violated rules and regulations. Typically, the more serious the violation, the higher the monetary fines, especially if neglect or abuse caused harm or could have caused harm to a resident.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Adult Protection Website.
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To be fully informed on the level of care nursing homes provide, families routinely research Medicare.gov and the Kentucky Department of Public Health website database systems for a complete list of deficiencies, violations, and citations.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of two out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues and two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that “the facility failed to ensure one resident was administered medication without an appropriate diagnosis.” During an interview with the Director of Nursing, it was revealed that “the facility was unable to provide a policy for [medication] use.”
The survey team reviewed the resident’s Physician’s orders and Behavior Monitoring and Intervention Sheets over numerous dates between December 2018, in March 2019. During that time, the resident “had zero behavior [issues] since admission.” Additionally, the resident’s Comprehensive Care Plans revealed that the resident “is at risk for complications related to the use of [medications].”
A Pharmacy Review Sheet indicated there were no irregularities noted when the medications were reviewed by the pharmacy on three occasions between January 29, 2019, and March 26, 2019. The Director of Nursing verified that the resident had been prescribed psychotropic medications and had been at the facility for three months. However, the Director stated that “the Physician will not order a gradual dose reduction or discontinue [the medication] without first monitoring the resident’s behavior.”
The Director of Nursing also stated that “she was unaware of the reason [the medication] was ordered to begin with.” Additionally, the Director stated she was “unaware that Dementia with Behavioral Disturbances was not an appropriate [diagnoses for the use of that medication].”
The investigators interviewed the resident’s Attending Physician/Medical Director on April 4, 2019, who confirmed that the resident “was admitted with Risperdal ordered.” The Director stated that “the resident had only been in the facility for approximately three months and the protocol was to monitor the resident for [some time] then begin to gradually reduce the medication.”
The facility Medical Director revealed that that medication was typically prescribed for other medical conditions “and bipolar disorder. He further stated he understood that Dementia with Behavior Disturbance was not an appropriate [diagnoses to treat an individual using this medication].”
Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse, or neglect while living at Magnolia Village Nursing Home? Contact the Kentucky nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Warren County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Bowling Green.
You will not be charged to discuss your case with our legal team during an initial, free case review. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means that you will owe us nothing until we have secured financial compensation on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Carey Acerra
Licensed in Kentucky
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home