Any mistreatment of the senior citizen in a nursing facility can constitute neglect or abuse if it occurs at the hands of caregivers, employees, family members, friends, or other patients. Every member of the nursing team and employee staff always has a legal responsibility to protect their residents and keep them safe in their environment.
If your loved one was injured while residing in a Marion County nursing facility, contact the West Virginia Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal assistance. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive financial compensation for your damages. Time is of the essence. All necessary documentation must be filed in the proper county courthouse before the statute of limitations expires.
This long-term care home is a 120-certified bed center providing cares and services to residents of Fairmont and Marion County, West Virginia. The "for-profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
1543 Country Club Road
Fairmont, West Virginia 26554
(304) 363-2273
Pierpont Center at Fairmont Campus Nursing Home
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Pierpont Center at Fairmont Campus 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 $508,857 for substandard care
The investigators and surveyors for Medicare and the state of West Virginia have the legal authority to impose monetary fines are denied payment for Medicare services any time a nursing home is cited for serious violations of regulations and rules.
Within the last thirty-six months, investigators imposed three monetary penalties against Pierpont Center at Fairmont Campus Nursing Home, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $283,784 fine on August 08, 2017, a $69,738 fine on April 21, 2017, and a $155,335 fine on September 19, 2016, for a total of $508,857.
The nursing home received one complaint over the last thirty-six months that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the West Virginia Bureau for Children and Families Adult Protective Services Website.
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Your family can visit Medicare.gov and the West Virginia Department of Public Health website to obtain a complete list of all violations, citations, and deficiencies identified by investigators and surveyors.
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 two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that “the facility failed to ensure incidents of verbal abuse, physical abuse, and sexual harassment were identified, thoroughly investigated, and reported to the appropriate State Agencies.”
This “facility’s failure to identify and investigate allegations of verbal abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse and sexual harassment also resulted in a failure to ensure alleged victims were protected from further abuse, resulting in actual harm.”
The investigators reviewed a resident’s Nursing Progress Notes of “occurrences in behavior toward other residents.” The events involved a moderately cognitively impaired resident. Other residents completed grievance/concern forms.
On June 15, 2017, one resident stated that “when he is going by [a specific room number, that resident] near the dining room, a man a cowboy hat, yells things at me.” The reporting resident indicates that the verbally abusive resident states “Get the f--- out of the hallway!”
The reporting resident “said he should not have to listen to that or worry about it.” The Masters of Social Work and the Administrator met with the resident to discuss [with the verbally aggressive resident that the reporting resident had] concerns that he had been cursing and yelling at him in the hallway.”
The employees informed the abusive resident “that his behavior is inappropriate and cannot continue.” The aggressive resident “verbalized understanding but also indicated the behavior would continue should he feel it was needed (as evidenced by) him stating, ‘and I will do it again.’” The aggressive resident “verbalized he felt as if he were protecting another resident.”
The reporting resident stated that it “made me afraid because I did not know what he was going to do. That was abusive to me, and my roommate told me this is called verbal abuse, and that is exactly what it was.” The intimidated resident stated that he “did not feel the facility did that much about it.”
Was your loved one mistreated while residing at Pierpont Center at Fairmont Campus Nursing Home? Contact the West Virginia nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Marion County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Fairmont.
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Sources:
Attorney Bob Daley
Licensed in West Virginia
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home