Every nursing home in Indiana has a legal obligation to provide each patient with the highest level of care according to established standards of quality. Unfortunately, many nursing staff will fail to follow the traditional procedures and protocols that can lead to preventable accidents, injuries, and the development of life-threatening bedsores.If your loved one was injured while residing in Allen County nursing facility, contact the Indiana Nursing Home Law Center attorneys now for help. Our team of lawyers has successfully resolved many compensation cases just like yours, and we can help your family, too.
This center is a 66-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services to residents of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana. The "city/county government-owned nonprofit" long-term care home is located at:
7519 Winchester Rd
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46819
(260) 747-7435
Majestic Care of Fort Wayne Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Majestic Care of Fort Wayne Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term rehab, memory care, hospice, respite care, long-term care, and restorative care including occupational, physical and speech therapies.
Both the state of Indiana and federal agencies are legally obligated to monitor every nursing facility and impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare when investigators find the nursing home seriously violated established nursing home regulations and rules.
Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against Majestic Care of Fort Wayne Rehabilitation Center, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $37,957 fine on April 03, 2017, and a $17,343 fine on December 15, 2016, for a total of $55,300.
This nursing facility also received fourteen complaints and self-reported three serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional documentation about fines and penalties can be found on the Indiana Nursing Home Report Cards Website.
The state of Indiana and Medicare.com routinely update their comprehensive list of deficiencies online to reflect all 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, one out of five stars for staffing issues and four out of five stars for quality measures.
According to investigators, “the facility failed to ensure [one resident] reviewed received treatment to a diabetic ulcer per Physician’s orders.” The deficient practice by the nursing staff “resulted in worsening of the diabetic ulcer.”
The survey team interviewed the resident who stated that “his right foot was hurting, and the staff had not done the treatment to his foot all weekend.” The resident stated that “he did not want to lose his leg as he had lost his left leg above the knee due to a non-healing wound.”
The resident said that “they are not going to remove this leg like they did the last one. The resident had a distraught look on his face, and his voice had a tremulous quality.” The investigators reviewed the resident’s Treatment Administration Record that indicated the “treatment was not done on the 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM shift. The only documentation of the treatment being done was on September 21, 2018” which was three days earlier.
The surveyors interviewed a nurse who indicated “at the treatment was not documented in the Treatment Administration Record, it probably had not been done. When queried regarding the Skilled Nurse Note dated September 22, 2018, referring to the Wound Treatment beingdone, “the nurse” indicated she could not validate the treatment had been completed according to Physician’s orders.”
The surveyors observed the resident’s right foot on September 24, 2018, at 9:30 PM when “the resident was up in his wheelchair in the hallway.” The dressing “was soaked in dried brown color drainage. The gauze on the ‘undated’ dressing had rolled edges and was loose.”
The Director of Nursing “was asked about the resident’s treatment order and the concern of the treatment not being done since September 21, 2018.” The Director “gathered the treatment supplies and proceeded to remove the dressing from the resident’s right foot. Observations of the dressing indicated it was bunched together, had rolled edges, was loose, and had a moderate amount of brown drainage and a foul odor.”
Were you the victim of mistreatment while you lived at Majestic Care of Fort Wayne Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Indiana nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Allen County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Fort Wayne.
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Sources:
Attorney Jeffrey D. Powless
Licensed in Indiana
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home