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Every staff member working in a nursing facility has a legal and ethical responsibility to provide each resident with the highest level of care according to established standards of quality. Unfortunately, many nursing facilities do not follow established procedures and protocols that prevent injuries, accidents, and the development of life-threatening pressure wounds.
If you suspect that your loved one was victimized through neglect or abuse while living in a Clark County nursing facility, the Nevada Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys can help. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive financial compensation for your damages.
This facility is a 176-certified bed "for-profit" long-term care home providing services and cares to residents of North Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada. The Medicaid-participating center is located at:
2860 E. Cheyenne Avenue
North Las Vegas, Nevada 89030
(702) 644-7777
Mission Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Mission Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care. The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Both the federal government and the state of Nevada 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.
The nursing home received six complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Adult Protective Services Website.
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Our attorneys obtain and review data on every Nevada long-term care home from various online publically available sources, including the Department of Public Health website and Medicare.gov.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, one 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 report the results of an investigation for an allegation of abuse within five working days of the incident,” as required by law.
State investigators reviewed the facility-reported incident documents, dated November 10, 2017. The documents reveal that “a resident was involved in an employee-to-resident altercation. The facility documented there was an allegation of physical abuse by a staff member.”
However, “the facility lacked documented evidence of a final report of the investigation of physical abuse [to ensure that it was] submitted within five working days of the incident.”
The facility-reported incident, dated January 24, 2017, revealed “a resident was involved in an employee-to-resident altercation. The facility documented there was an allegation of verbal abuse by a staff member.” However, this report lacked any documented evidence of a final report of the investigation “of verbal abuse [that] was submitted within five working days of the incident.”
The facility Director of Nursing acknowledged “a final report of the investigation of physical and verbal abuse was not submitted within five working days of the incident.”
The “facility failed to consistently document behavior monitoring for [fourteen residents].” Specifically, the Antidepressant Monthly Flowsheet “lacked documentation for the number of episodes of common side effects of the antidepressant” on all shifts. The “form was blank.”
Additionally, the “Antidepressant Monthly Flowsheet lacked evidence of consistent documentation for the monitoring of resident behavior and the side effects of antidepressants.”
A Licensed Nurse explained that “staff documented unwitnessed behaviors by either leaving the entry blank or writing in a zero. The nurse confirmed there would have been no way to know if an assessment was not done by using the blank entry method.”
In a separate part of the investigation, the antipsychotic monthly flow records “lacked documentation for the number of episodes documented for the target behaviors for sad facial expressions” for two shifts on numerous days between March 5, 2017, and March 27, 2017.
Were you the victim of mistreatment while you lived at Mission Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Nevada nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Clark County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including North Las Vegas.
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