Pine Creek Manor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Abuse and Neglect Lawyers

In recent decades, there has been a significant rise in the number of senior citizens entering nursing facilities nationwide. As this amount increased, so have the number of cases involving mistreatment against the elderly. Many residents become the victims of abuse and neglect at the hands of caregivers, employees, visitors, or other patients.

If your loved one was injured while residing in a Wayne County nursing facility, contact the Michigan Nursing Home Law Center attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. As your legal representative, our team of lawyers can ensure you are adequately compensated for your monetary damages. We will use the law to hold those responsible for causing you harm accountable.

Pine Creek Manor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

This Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is a "for profit" center providing services to residents of Wayne and Wayne County, Michigan. The 49-certified bed long-term care home is located at:

34330 Van Born Rd
Wayne, Michigan 48184
(734) 721-0740

Fined $16,595 for substandard care

Financial Penalties and Violations

Michigan and federal agencies have the legal responsibility of monitoring every nursing home and imposing monetary fines are 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.

Over the last three years, federal regulators imposed a $16,595 fine against Pine Creek Manor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on April 26, 2017. During that time, Medicare denied payment on two occasions including on February 11, 2016, and August 8, 2018, citing substandard care.

The nursing home received sixteen formally filed complaints and self-reported seven significant issues that all resulted in citations. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the Michigan Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Nursing Home Reporting Website.

Wayne Michigan Nursing Home Safety Concerns

Information on every intermediate and long-term care home in the state can be reviewed on government-owned and operated database websites including the Michigan Department of Public Health 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 one out of five stars for quality measures.

• Failure to Protect Every Resident from All Forms of Abuse Including and Physical and Mental Abuse, Sexual Assault, Physical Punishment and Neglect by Anybody – citation date May 22, 2018

According to investigators, “the facility failed to ensure an environment free of verbal abuse for residents” that affected three residents and resulted in “the potential for humiliation and degradation of residents.” The investigators interviewed one resident and asked that they remember the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). The resident responded that the CNA “swore all the time at the residents.”

When speaking about the situation, the resident stated that they, “would cry when speaking to the staff about the CNA.” The investigators interviewed the Facility Administrator who verified that they believed that the CNA “was verbally abusive to [three residents].”

• Failure to Immediately Notify the Resident, the Resident’s Doctor or Family Members of a Change in the Resident’s Condition Including a Decline in Their Health or Injury – citation date March 7, 2018

The nursing home “failed to accurately communicate the family event that involves the laceration under the eye of [one resident] reviewed for family notification.” The deficient practice by the nursing home resulted “in the family not being made aware of the resident-to-resident incident.”

The survey team conducted an interview over the telephone with one of the resident’s interested parties who said that the “family was told [that the resident] fell and that was not how she got caught under her eye.” The facility’s investigation documentation shows that the resident was observed “being wheeled out of the dining room by staff bleeding from the left temporal area. The resident was asked about what had occurred in the resident responded, ‘he hit me with a fork.’”

The assaulting resident stated that another resident “punched him four times before he took a bowl and hit her arm.” The aggressive resident “denied striking the other resident in the face.” A review of the facility Occurrence Report shows that there is no circle involving questions about “if the Physician and family/power of attorney was notified.”

Neglected or Abused at Pine Creek Manor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center? We Can Help

Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment or neglect while living at Pine Creek Manor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Michigan nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Wayne victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Wayne.

Our legal team never charges potential clients to discuss your case through an initial claim consultation. Also, we offer a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you will not owe us any money unless we have received a monetary recovery on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.

Sources:

• Inspection report - 11/28/2018