Sadly, many victims of mistreatment reside in Kansas nursing facilities and suffer injuries at the hands of their caregivers, visitors, or other patients. In some incidents, the nursing facility failed to hire appropriately-trained Nurses and Nurse’s Aides or did not provide adequate supervision that led to substandard care.
If your loved one was neglected or abused while residing in a Johnson County nursing facility, the Kansas Nursing Home Law Center attorneys can provide immediate legal intervention. Let our team of lawyers work on your family’s behalf to stop the mistreatment now. We will use the law to obtain financial compensation to recover your monetary damages. We can begin working on your case today.
This long-term care home is a "for profit" 94-certified bed center providing cares and services to residents of Olathe and Johnson County, Kansas. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
400 S Rogers Road
Olathe, Kansas 66062
(913) 782-3350
Pinnacle Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Pinnacle Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes palliative care, respite care, social services, and restorative care including physical, speech and occupational therapies.
The federal government, through nursing home regulatory agencies, can impose fines or deny payment for Medicare services for any nursing facility with severe violations of rules and regulations. Typically, hefty fines are levied against the nursing home when the most egregious violations have occurred that harmed or could harm a resident.
Within the last thirty-six months, investigators imposed four monetary penalties against Pinnacle Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $38,978 fine on October 29, 2018, an $8,125 fine on October 24, 2017, a $143,270 fine on February 03, 2017, and a $25,976 fine on October 21, 2016, for a total of $216,349.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the Kansas Long-Term Care State Survey Reports.
Our attorneys obtain and review data on every Kansas long-term care home from various online publically available sources including the Department of Public Health website and Medicare.gov.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues and three out of five stars for quality measures.
According to state surveyors, “the facility failed to provide an environment free from physical abuse when [one resident] physically abused [another resident].” A third resident was reported to physically abuse three other residents.
The surveyors determined the facility “failed to provide maintain a safe environment when an agitated resident caused physical harm to another nursing home resident. This deficient practice placed the resident in Immediate Jeopardy.”
The survey team reviewed a resident’s Behavioral Symptoms Care Area Assessment dated March 20, 2018, that shows that the resident “wandered and was exit-seeking. The resident moved to a secure unit.” The resident’s Clinical Record documented “an aggressive incident with another resident on July 6, 2018.” The aggressive resident’s “Care Plan included interventions to direct the staff to provide one on one observation/supervision of the resident until he/she was sent to the local hospital. The staff notified and filed a report with local law enforcement.”
The resident’s October 3, 2018, Care Plan for behaviors directed the staff “to send the resident to the emergency room. Upon return to the facility, the staff placed the resident on one-on-one supervision for 24 hours.” A psychiatrist saw the resident.
After their appointment with the psychiatrist, the aggressive resident’s antipsychotic medication was changed, and the Care Plan was updated to direct staff to approach “in a calm manner, do not attempt to bring to reality and respect personal space. If [the aggressive resident] refused care, we approach in five or ten minutes.”
The nursing staff was instructed to “avoid confrontation when agitated and notify the doctor and family of changes and to rule out medical complications.”
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at Pinnacle Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Kansas nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Johnson County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Olathe.
You will not be charged to discuss your case with our legal team during an initial, free case review. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means that you will owe us nothing until we have secured financial compensation on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Ruben Krisztal
Licensed in Kansas
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home