Some statistics show that more than one million Americans currently live in nursing homes. Many of these patients are our mothers, fathers, grandparents, siblings, children, and friends. Families often relocate their loved ones into a nursing home believing that they will receive the best care and improve their quality of life in a safe environment.
Unfortunately, mistreatment still occurs in many nursing homes, including those in Maricopa County. If your loved one was injured or died prematurely while residing in a nursing home, contact the Arizona nursing home affiliate attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages.
This long-term care center is a 130-certified bed "for-profit" home providing services to residents of Phoenix and Maricopa County, Arizona. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
13232 North Tatum Blvd
Phoenix, Arizona 85032
(602) 996-5200
Phoenix Mountain Post Acute Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Phoenix Mountain Post Acute Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
Fined $11,343 for substandard care
Arizona 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 Phoenix Mountain Post Acute Nursing Center for $11,343 on November 09, 2018, citing substandard care. This nursing facility received two complaints and self-reported six serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Arizona Adult Protective Services Website.
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To ensure families are fully informed of the level of care every nursing home provides, the state of Arizona 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, two out of five stars for staffing issues, and five out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to protect three residents from one resident who displayed sexually inappropriate behavior. As a result, the Condition of Immediate Jeopardy and Substandard Quality of Care were identified.” The “facility also failed to protect [another resident] from verbal abuse by a staff member.”
The facility Administrator was informed that a resident “reported to the surveyor that while [another resident] was shaking her hand in the hall, he stated he was going to ‘f--- her.’”
Two additional reports of sexually inappropriate behavior by [the same resident] were also received from two other residents. Also, it was identified that “staff members were aware of some of the sexually inappropriate behavior of [the sexually aggressive resident] and did not report these behaviors to the administration or implement measures to protect the residents. As a result, the condition of Immediate Jeopardy and substandard quality of care were identified.”
The Administrator “was informed of the facility’s failure to protect residents from [the sexually aggressive resident], who exhibited sexually explicit and inappropriate behaviors.”
As a result of the Immediate Jeopardy, the Administrator developed a plan of correction. However, the surveyors informed the Administrator “that the plan of correction did not include all the necessary components to ensure the safety of residents and provide care to those residents who may have been affected by [the aggressive resident’s] sexually inappropriate behaviors.”
A review of monthly nursing summaries revealed that the sexually inappropriate resident “had moderate cognitive impairment, delusions, hallucinations, wanders in the facility, uses a wheelchair, and displays sexual behavior toward female staff.”
The surveyors interviewed a female resident who stated that a man “was sitting in a wheelchair in the hallway and held out his hand to her.” The resident stated that “she thought he was being friendly and went to shake his hand, but he grabbed her hand and pulled them toward his chest stating, ‘I am going to F--- you.’” The resident stated “that there was a nurse in the hallway at the time and believed the nurse witnessed the incident.”
Was your loved one mistreated while residing at Phoenix Mountain Post Acute Nursing Center? Contact the Arizona nursing home abuse 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 Phoenix.
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