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This long-term care center is a 117-certified bed "for-profit" home providing services to residents of Marietta and Cobb County, Georgia. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
4360 Johnson Ferry Place
Marietta, Georgia 30068
(770) 971-5870
ManorCare Rehabilitation Center - Marietta Nursing Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, ManorCare Rehabilitation Center - Marietta Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long-term care and outpatient rehab.
It is a legal responsibility of state and federal investigators to hold nursing homes accountable if they have violated rules and regulations that harmed or could have harmed a resident. These penalties include monetary fines and the denial of payment for Medicare services.
Additional documentation concerning penalties and fines can be reviewed on the Georgia Department of Community Health Website.
To be fully informed on the level of care nursing homes provide, families routinely research Medicare.gov and the Georgia 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, two out of five stars for staffing issues and four out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that “the facility failed to ensure that contact precaution measures were maintained for [two residents].” The investigation involved the observation of a housekeeper “going into the room of [a contagious resident at 8:30 AM] without applying Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and coming out of the room carrying trash in a plastic bag. The PPE cart was located outside of the room.”
Later that day at 2:04 PM, a Registered Nurse (RN) revealed that the resident “remained on contact precautions for [a highly contagious infectious disease].” At 2:44 PM, a different housekeeper was observed “cleaning the room of [the resident while not wearing PPE]. A sign on the door the room warned: Attention Visitors, Please Report to the Nurses’ Station before Entering this Room.”
The investigators interviewed the second housekeeper who said that “she was not wearing PPE because she believed the resident was no longer on contact precaution because the resident was out of the room. The resident was given permission to leave her room and visit her daughter in the courtyard.”
Five minutes later, the RN confirmed that “the resident had not had any loose stools for a while and the Nurse Practitioner (NP) had given the resident permission to leave the room and visit her family member outside in the courtyard.” However, “the NP still needed to check with the Director Nursing to see if the resident was eligible to be taken off of contact precautions. Until the NP gives permission, contact precaution measures continued for the resident.”
The following morning, the sign outside the resident’s room remained in place on the door. The surveyors interviewed the Director of Nursing who also serves as the Infection Control Program Manager. The Director confirmed: “if a resident is suspected of having a transmissible infection [like the resident had] staff will place the resident on contact precautions.”
The nursing home “failed to ensure three residents [remained] free of potentially unnecessary medications. Specifically, [one resident] was receiving ‘as needed’ antipsychotic medication and a second and the third resident were receiving ‘as needed’ anti-anxiety medications without attempts to provide non-pharmacological interventions [before] the use of these drugs.”
The Director of Nursing confirmed that “clinical staff should evaluate a resident and then provide non-ecological interventions.”
Do you believe that your loved one has suffered harm through mistreatment while living at ManorCare Rehabilitation Center - Marietta Nursing Center? Contact the Georgia nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Cobb County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Marietta.
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Attorney Lance D. Lourie
Licensed in Georgia
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