Many of the problems associated with mistreatment occurring in assisted-living facilities in nursing homes are the result of a lack of trained personnel, minimal supervision, or understaffing. In these incidents, the needs of the residents are often ignored; they suffer serious injuries from a fall or develop life-threatening bedsores. Other residents wander away from the facility due to a lack of supervision, as mentioned in the citation below.
If your loved one was assaulted, abused, mistreated, or neglected while residing in a Tuscaloosa County nursing facility, contact the Alabama nursing home affiliate attorneys now for immediate legal assistance. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages.
This facility is a 152-certified bed "for-profit" long-term care home providing services and cares to residents of Northport and Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
2201 McFarland Boulevard
Northport, Alabama 35476
(205) 339-5300
Park Manor Health and Rehabilitation Canter
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Park Manor Health and Rehabilitation Canter offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke care, fall prevention, pain management, palliative care, cardiac recovery, swallowing disorders, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
The investigators working for the state and federal government are legally authorized to impose monetary fines or deny payment for Medicare services if a nursing facility has been cited for serious violations of rules and regulations.
The nursing home received two complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Alabama Adult Protective Services Website.
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According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one 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 nursing home failed to ensure a resident’s “nebulizer mask was stored, covered on two of two days of the survey, and the laundry staff applied Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) [before] handling dirty linen on June 1, 2017. These deficient practices “affected [one resident] observed with a nebulizer machine and had the potential to affect 133 residents utilizing linen at the facility.”
The facility “failed to ensure licensed staff did not follow protocol and without gloves [and] without washing her hands, returned to the medication cart to prepare the resident’s medication.”
The nursing home also failed to ensure that “a licensed staff did not drop a tablet on the medication cart, then pick up the tablet with her bare hands and place it on a pill splitter. She further failed to wash her hands when leaving [the resident’s] room and returned to the medication cart.”
The nursing home “failed to ensure measures were implemented to provide effective pest control and prevent the spread to other rooms after the identification of bed bugs [in one room] on May 9, 2019.” Two residents who reside in Room Number One were “taken into another room on Station 2 [before] receiving a shower on May 9, 2019.”
Further, the clothing and other items from both residents “were not removed from [the second room] after bed bugs were also discovered in that room.” Further, the second room “was not cleaned and vacuumed as outlined in the facility’s Quality Assurance Committee Action and Bed Bugs Policy.”
The deficient practice by the nursing staff and administration affected four residents, “sampled for bed bugs.” The document shows that “bed bugs were identified in six of eighty-one total resident rooms in the facility, as well as in the common areas, including the day room and dining room.”
Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse, or neglect while living at Park Manor Health and Rehabilitation Canter? Contact the Alabama nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Tuscaloosa County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Northport.
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Sources:
Attorney Brian Murphy
Licensed in Alabama
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home