Deciding to entrust the medical team at a nursing home to provide a loved one the highest level of care can never be easy. In some situations, Nurses and Nurse’s Aides will assure the family that they follow established standards of care when, in fact, that does not happen. Without warning, their loved one can be victimized through mistreatment, neglect, or abuse due to mismanagement, insufficient staffing, or poor hiring practices.
If your loved one was injured, abused, mistreated or died unexpectedly while living in a Prince Georges County nursing facility, contact our nursing home neglect attorneys in Maryland now for immediate legal help. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers handle your case to ensure your family receives financial compensation to recover your damages. We can begin working on your case now.
This nursing center is a "for-profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services and cares to residents of Hyattsville and Prince Georges County, Maryland. The 160-certified bed long-term care nursing home is located at:
6500 Riggs Road
Hyattsville, Maryland 20783
(301) 559-0300
ManorCare Health Services - Hyattsville Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, ManorCare Health Services - Hyattsville Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long-term care.
Both the state of Maryland and federal agencies penalize nursing homes by denying reimbursement payments from Medicare or imposing monetary fines anytime the facility is cited for a severe violation of established regulations and rules that harm or could harm residents.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against ManorCare Health Services - Hyattsville Nursing Center for $13,627 on July 08, 2017, citing substandard care.
This nursing facility received sixteen complaints and self-reported five serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the Maryland Department of Health Complaint Website.
To ensure families are fully informed of the level of care every nursing home provides, the state of Maryland 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 two out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, four out of five stars for staffing issues and five out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that “the facility failed to ensure there was a clear process in place to ensure that [a resident] received appropriate assistance with bed mobility and transfers [to] prevent accidents.” The investigation involved a resident who had been admitted to the facility for rehabilitation after hospitalization.
The investigators reviewed the resident’s Care Plan that revealed that “the facility failed to implement interventions related to assistance the resident requires with bed mobility.” Documents show that on May 10, 2018, “the facility implement interventions related to assistance the resident needed with transfers, which was to use a gait belt to facilitate safe transfers. However, the facility failed to identify the number of staff [members] needed to assist the resident with transfers.”
A review of the Physical Therapy Discharge Summary documented on June 12, 2018, revealed that three days earlier, “the resident requires moderate assistance with bed mobility with 50% verbal.” However, three days later, “the resident was totally dependent for bed mobility with 100% verbal cueing. At the time of discharge from physical therapy, the physical therapist documented that for bed mobility, the resident was totally dependent without attempts to initiate.”
The Director of Nursing stated during an interview that “therapy staff communicates recommendations to the nursing staff of the level of assistance a resident requires with bed mobility.”
A medical record review and Progress Note stated that during the morning hours with the staff, the resident “rolled out of bed and landed on the floor.” The resident was “observed with the left eye hematoma with a small laceration. The Physician was notified and gave orders to send the resident to the hospital for a CT scan [that revealed injuries].”
A Registered Nurse (RN) Charge Nurse explained that the Geriatric Nursing Assistant stated they required help to get the resident off the floor saying that they had been “turning the resident and the resident rolled out of bed.”
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at ManorCare Health Services - Hyattsville Nursing Center? Contact the Maryland nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Prince Georges County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Hyattsville.
Our legal team invites you to discuss your case with us today through an initial, free claim consultation. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you will not owe us anything until after we have secured monetary recovery for your family.
Sources:
Attorney Joe Musso
Licensed in Maryland
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home