Many families are overwhelmed when they make the ultimate decision to place a loved one in a nursing home to ensure the quality of their life is maximized. They believe that they will receive the best care in a compassionate, respected, and safe environment. Unfortunately, not all members of the nursing team will uphold their responsibility and provide care that meets the resident’s needs.
If your loved one was injured while living in an Ashe County nursing facility, contact the North Carolina Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal help. Our team of abuse prevention lawyers can work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages. Let us begin working on your case today.
This long-term care center is a "for-profit" 210-certified bed home providing cares to residents of Jefferson and Ashe County, North Carolina. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
540 Waugh Street
Jefferson, North Carolina 28640
(336) 246-5581
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Margate Health and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $9,955 for substandard care
The investigators for the federal and state nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal authority to impose monetary fines or deny payment for Medicare services if the nursing facility is cited for serious violations of rules and regulations.
Medicare has cited this facility for abuse . Medicare says that “every nursing home resident deserves to retain their basic human dignity and be treated with respect at all times. Abuse and neglect are never acceptable.” Nursing homes “cited for abuse are required to take steps to protect their residents.”
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Margate Health and Rehabilitation Center for $9,955 on July 18, 2019, citing substandard care. The nursing home received one complaint and self-reported one serious problem over the last thirty-six months that resulted in violation citations.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Adult Protective Services Website.
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The state of North Carolina 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, three out of five stars for staffing issues, and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home " failed to protect a cognitively impaired resident from being slapped by a staff member.” A review of the resident’s Care Plan indicated that the resident “sometimes makes inappropriate sexual advances toward staff and other residents. The goal of the Care Plan reads that [the resident] will not make inappropriate advances toward staff and other residents for the next 90 days.”
An Initial Allegation Report, dated January 28, 2019, revealed that a Nursing Aide “was the accused individual and the details read [that it was] ‘reported to the supervisor by [another Nursing Assistant, that the allegedly abusive Nursing Assistant] was providing care to the resident.’” After completing care, the allegedly abusive Nursing Assistant lowered the resident’s bed. At that time, the resident put his hands between the Nursing Assistant’s legs and the Assistant “struck out, hitting the resident and stated, ‘don’t touch me.’”
The allegedly abusive Nursing Assistant told the other Assistant that while providing care, the resident “put his hand on her and ran it down the front of her, almost between her legs. Without thinking, [the allegedly abusive Nursing Aide] hit him as hard as she could with her fist.”
The Nursing Assistant stated that “she felt bad after she did it and had gone back later to make sure he was not bruised or hurt.” The abusive Nursing Assistant “reported that after she hit him, [the resident] looked like he had seen a ghost, and some people would call that abuse, but he was sexually harassing [the Assistant].”
Documentation shows that the nursing home “became aware of the incident” on the same day the incident occurred.
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while residing at Margate Health and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the North Carolina nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Ashe County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Jefferson.
Our law firm provides every potential client an initial free case consultation. Also, we offer a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you do not owe us any money until we have received a monetary recovery on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Attorney Carl R. Wilander, Esq.
Licensed in North Carolina
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