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This nursing center is a "for profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services and cares to residents of West Allis and Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The 50-certified bed long-term care nursing home is located at:
9806 W Lincoln Ave
West Allis, Wisconsin 53227
(414) 543-5330
Mary Jude Nursing Home
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Mary Jude Nursing Home offers other services. Additional focused care includes restorative care including physical, occupational, speech and respiratory therapies.
Both the federal government and the state of Wisconsin can impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare of any nursing facility that has been found to have violated the established nursing home rules and regulations.
This nursing facility also received six complaints and self-reported two serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional documentation about fines and penalties can be found on the Wisconsin Department of Health Services - Residential Care Website.
To ensure families are fully informed of the level of care every nursing home provides, the state of Wisconsin 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 one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, four out of five stars for staffing issues and one out of five stars for quality measures.
According to state surveyors, “the facility did not ensure [one resident] reviewed for a possible allegation of abuse/neglect had their investigation sent to the State agency [promptly].” The incident involved a resident who “fell out of bed while [a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)] provided care and a bed change.”
The CNA “did not have another staff member assisting as per the care plan. The immediate reporting to the State agency was sent several days after the discovery of the incident.” Subsequently, the facility investigated the fall.
The medical records indicate that the resident “sustained a fall on February 1, 2017, resulting in a left tibia fracture.” The self-report revealed that the CNA “was providing care in a bed change for [the resident when the resident] slid off the mattress onto the floor. The investigation interviewed [the CNA and the CNA] did a return demonstration which indicated [the resident] was lying on her right side and [the CNA] was standing slightly toward the foot of the bed changing the betting when [the resident] slid off.”
The CNA stated they attempted to block the resident from falling. The surveyors say that the immediate reporting to the State agency concerning the “alleged resident neglect was not done until February 6, 2017” five days after the incident occurred.
The nursing home “did not ensure that residents who are incontinent of and bladder receive the appropriate treatment and services to maintain incontinence as much as possible.” On May 10, 2018, a resident stated to the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) that “he needed to urinate and was not offered the urinal as indicated on his care plan.”
The survey team interviewed the resident who stated that while lying in bed, “he needed to pee. His call light was in his left hand, but he was not sure what to do. The surveyor instructed him to push the button for help.” A CNA brought the resident their breakfast tray to the room and stated, “your call light is on, what do you need?”
The resident responded, “I need to get up and go to work.” However, the resident did not state that they needed to use the bathroom. The surveyor told the CNA the resident needed to use the restroom. At that time, the CNA responded with “okay, and left the room.”
The resident stated to the surveyor that he had urinated on himself. When the CNA return with another CNA, they never asked, “if he needed to use the urinal.”
Were you the victim of mistreatment, neglect or abuse while living at Mary Jude Nursing Home? Contact the Wisconsin nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Milwaukee County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including West Allis.
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Sources:
Attorney Gerald Bekkerman
Licensed in Wisconsin
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home