Many families are overwhelmed when they make the ultimate decision to place a loved one in a nursing home to ensure the quality of their life is maximized. They believe that they will receive the best care in a compassionate, respected, and safe environment. Unfortunately, not all members of the nursing team will uphold their responsibility and provide care that meets the resident’s needs.
If your loved one was injured while living in a Raleigh County nursing facility, contact the West Virginia Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal help. Our team of abuse prevention lawyers can work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages. Let us begin working on your case today.
This long-term care center is a "for-profit" 68-certified bed home providing cares to residents of Daniels and Raleigh County, West Virginia. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
1631 Ritter Drive
Daniels, West Virginia 25832
(304) 763-3051
Raleigh Center Nursing Home
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Raleigh Center 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.
The investigators for the state and federal nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal responsibility of penalizing any facility that has violated rules and regulations that harmed or could have harmed a resident. These penalties often include monetary fines and denying payment of Medicare services.
Additional information about this nursing home can be found on the West Virginia Bureau for Children and Families Adult Protective Services Website.
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The state of West Virginia and Medicare.com routinely update their comprehensive list of deficiencies online to reflect all violations
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 four out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that “the facility failed to provide necessary care and services consistent with national standards of practice to promote the prevention of pressure ulcer/injury development. The facility failed to ensure a resident’s skin integrity was maintained during wound care.”
It was determined that “this practice had the potential to affect more than a limited number of residents.” The surveyors reviewed a resident’s medical records who “has a history of recurring pressure ulcers in the same area of the lower back.” Currently, the resident “had a healing in-house-acquired stage III pressure ulcer located over the spinal bony prominence of the lower back.”
The records indicate that the resident has a limited range of motion and is “always incontinent of both bowel and bladder.” The resident “weighs 92 pounds.” The surveyors reviewed the resident’s Physician’s orders to apply dressings to the middle and upper spine.”
During an observation of wound care over the pressure ulcer conducted by a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), it was revealed that there was “no breach in infection control principles. However, [the LPN] when applying the dressing to the skin on the lower spine created a significant skin fold under the adhesive border of the dressing.”
The resident’s “skin is very loose and hanging. When [the LPN] was applying the adhesive border of the dressing, approximately one inch of skin pinched up and fold-over other skin and was trapped under the adhesive border. This created a skin fold that formed an area of high risk for skin breakdown, particular from pressure if the resident was to lie on the skinfolds for any length of time.”
The nursing home “failed to ensure the environment was as free from accident hazards as possible over which the facility had control.” The investigation involved a resident who was “totally dependent on staff for bed mobility and transfers” and received daily anticoagulant medication.
The surveyors observed the resident on the afternoon of January 24, 2019, while “lying in bed. The call bell was not visible.” A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) “agreed that the call bell should be within his reach at all times.”
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at Raleigh Center 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 Raleigh County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Daniels.
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Sources:
Attorney Bob Daley
Licensed in West Virginia
Illinois Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home