For many years, nursing home residents throughout the United States have been subjected to neglect and abuse by caregivers, employees, or other residents. Many problems with the nursing home industry involve untrained professionals, short staffing, and a lack of supervision that leads to resident-to-resident assault.
If your loved one was injured while living in a Maricopa County nursing facility, contact the Arizona nursing home network of attorneys at (800) 926-7565 now for immediate legal help. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation from recovering your damages.
This long-term care home is a 222-certified bed center providing cares and services to residents of Mesa and Maricopa County, Arizona. The "for-profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
51 South 48th Street
Mesa, Arizona 85206
(480) 832-8333
Montecito Post Acute Care and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Montecito Post Acute Care and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, respiratory care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke care, enteral nutrition, pain management, hospice, dementia, and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
The federal government has the legal authority to penalize any nursing facility that violates rules and regulations. These penalties include monetary fines and denial of payment for Medicare services. High monetary fines usually indicate extremely severe violations that harmed or could have harmed residents.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the State of Arizona Adult Protective Services Website.
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According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of two out of five stars, including three 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 that the nursing home “failed to ensure one allegation of misappropriation of a resident’s property was reported to the State Agency [timely].”
The state investigators reviewed the facility’s Grievance Resolution Form that revealed that a resident had “reported she went to the shower room and when she came back, her wallet was missing. The documentation revealed two credit cards, a debit card, and $120 were missing.”
The facility assigned the Unit Manager/Assistant Director of Nursing to investigate. The resident was interviewed during the investigation and stated that “her wallet was stolen last week. The resident stated that the wallet had $120, two credit cards, a debit card, her ID card, health insurance card, Social Security card, and a checkbook in it.”
The resident stated that “she made the staff aware and that [a specific staff member] spoke to her about it.” The Director of Nursing stated during an interview that “they were aware of the resident’s concerns and a grievance form had been started.”
The investigation involved interviews with two staff members. One staff member stated that the resident had reported the incident and “that she was missing a coral color wallet that contains a credit card and $120.” The staff member indicated that “this concern would have been reported to the State Agency if the resident would have stated that the wallet and the items inside had been stolen.” A review of the State Agency Data Base “did not reveal the allegation had been reported” as required.
The facility “failed to ensure transmission-based precautions were implemented for [one resident].” A Nurse Practitioner had noted on December 4, 2018, that the resident had a medical condition “with a generalized rash that includes macules [discolored, flat, distinct areas of skin] and that treatment had been completed on November 2, 2018. This note also included a plan for dermatology to biopsy the recurrent rash.”
A review of the Dermatology Consult Note dated December 6, 2018, revealed that the “dermatologist believed that this was a case of classic rabies rash around the waist, rib cage, and arms and recommended following scabies protocol in the facility.”
Do you suspect that your loved one suffered injury or died prematurely while living at Montecito Post Acute Care and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Arizona nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Maricopa County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Mesa.
Our legal team invites you to discuss your case with us today through an initial, free claim consultation. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you will not owe us anything until after we have secured a monetary recovery for your family.
Sources:
Attorney James Morgan
Licensed in Arizona
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home