Relocating an elderly loved one into a nursing facility is often the toughest decision a family can make. Many times, the family will perform extensive research in the hopes of finding the most comfortable and safest environment. Unfortunately, the incident rate involving mistreatment occurring in nursing homes throughout West Virginia has risen significantly over the last few years.
If your loved one was harmed while living in a Jackson County nursing facility, contact the West Virginia Nursing Home Law Center 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 to recover your damages.
This nursing home is a Medicare and Medicaid-participating "for-profit" center providing cares and services to residents of Ravenswood and Jackson County, West Virginia. The 62-certified bed nursing facility is located at:
200 Ritchie Avenue
Ravenswood, West Virginia 26164
(304) 273-9385
Ravenswood Village Nursing Home
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Ravenswood Village 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 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.
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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Our attorneys obtain and review data on every West Virginia 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 two out of five stars, including three out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues and two out of five stars for quality measures.
State investigators determined that “the facility failed to provide an environment free of accident hazards over which the facility had control. The 200 Hall Soiled Utility Room, which contained chemical substances, was unlocked.”
Also, Room #301 “had a missing cover on the electrical outlet. This practice had the potential to affect more than a limited number of residents.” During an interview with the Director of Nursing, it was revealed that “the 200 Hall Soiled Utility Room should be locked at all times [and that] Maintenance looked at the door to the soiled utility room, and the door should be locked at all times.”
The nursing home “failed to develop a person-centered comprehensive Care Plan indicating [one resident’s] hearing implement and the use of a hearing aid.” Specifically, a resident “stated the facility lost their hearing aid for the third time, and it has now been missing for about six months.”
The facility Social Worker stated that “the facility had replaced [the resident’s] hearing aid multiple times [and they] provided a completed missing report of the missing left hearing aid dated February 16, 2019.”
The report revealed that “the facility could not find the hearing aid and facility would replace. The hearing aid was approved for purchase on March 19, 2019.” The Social Worker “provided an invoice dated March 3, 2018, in the amount of $450 where the facility had replaced the left hearing aid in the past.”
The investigators reviewed the resident’s medical records on March 19, 2019, indicating that “the Care Plan revealed no hearing loss impairment or hearing aid addressed on the plan.” The Director of Nursing “looked over the Care Plan and confirmed the hearing impairment and hearing aid are not currently addressed on the care plan.” The Director “confirmed hearing impairment should be addressed in the care plan.”
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while residing at Ravenswood Village 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 Jackson County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Ravenswood.
We do not charge for case evaluations and consultations. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means we will postpone all of your payments for legal services until after we have secured a financial recovery on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Bob Daley
Licensed in West Virginia
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home