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This facility is a "for-profit" 135-certified bed long term care center providing cares and services to residents of Milford and Worcester County, Massachusetts. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating home is located at:
10 Veterans Memorial Drive
Milford, Massachusetts 01757
(508) 473-6414
Milford Center Nursing Home
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Milford Center Nursing Home offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-stay care, IV (intravenous) therapy, respite care, hospice, wound care, dementia and memory care, colostomy care, and restorative services involving physical, speech and occupational therapies.
Fined $7,150 for substandard care
Massachusetts and federal government agencies have the legal responsibility of monitoring every nursing home and imposing monetary fines or denying reimbursement payments through Medicare if investigators identify serious violations and deficiencies. These penalties are typically imposed when the violation is severe and harmed or could have harmed a resident.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Milford Center Nursing Home for $7,150 on November 05, 2018, citing substandard care. This nursing facility self-reported a serious problem over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation.
Additional documentation concerning penalties and fines can be reviewed on the State of Massachusetts Reporting Elder Abuse & Neglect Webpage.
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The state of Massachusetts 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 two out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, two out of five stars for staffing issues and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that “the facility failed to prevent incidents of abuse and ensure that staff was not verbally abusive toward residents when it was alleged that a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) yelled at a resident.”
The survey team interviewed the resident on the morning of November 2, 2018. At that time, the resident said that a CNA “screamed and yelled at him/her about having too much stuff in his/her room.” The resident said the CNA “slammed a walker into a wall in his/her room.”
The resident said that “when he/she went to the nurse’s station and reported that the CNA screamed and yelled at him/her, [the CNA] yelled at him/her again and told him/her that he/she should not be discussing this incident.” The resident said that the CNA “tried to intimidate him/her [saying that] he/she retreated from the situation because he/she was afraid that further conversation would escalate [the CNA].”
The resident stated that other staff members at the nurse’s station witnessed the CNA yelling at him/her. A nurse indicated that the resident “came to the nurse’s station and asked who his/her nurse was because he/she wanted to make a complaint about [the CNA].” The written statement indicated that the CNA “came down the hall and started yelling at the resident not to talk about him/her.”
The nurse stated to the surveyor that in hindsight “she did not think that the CNA yelled at the resident [saying] that when she discussed the alleged incident with the Director of Nursing and wrote her statement, she chose her words poorly.”
The nurse indicated that in hindsight, although the CNA “raised her voice and spoke in frustration toward the resident, she did not think the CNA yelled at the resident.” The survey team interviewed the allegedly abusive CNA by telephone who said: “any allegation was an unreal fishing expedition and abruptly terminated the telephone call.”
It was determined that on November 4, 2018, “the facility was found to be in past noncompliance” the required a Plan of Care correction.
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while living at Milford Center Nursing Home? Contact the Massachusetts nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Worcester County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Milford.
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