Did your family need to place your loved one in a nursing home to ensure that they receive the highest level of hygiene assistance and nursing care? Is your loved one feeling powerless that they are no longer able to provide care without help? Do you suspect that your loved one has become the victim of abuse or neglect by caregivers, patients, or other residents?
The Georgia Nursing Home Law Center attorneys have represented many patients residing in Crawford County nursing facilities and can help your family too. We urge you to contact us now to ensure we begin working on your case today to hold those responsible for the harm legally accountable. We use the law to obtain monetary compensation to recover our clients' damages.
This facility is a 100-certified bed "for profit" long-term care home providing services and cares to residents of Roberta and Crawford County, Georgia. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
420 Myrtle Drive
Roberta, Georgia 31078
(478) 836-3101
Roberta Health and Rehab Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Roberta Health and Rehab Center offers other services. These services include orthopedic care, wound care, IV (intravenous) therapy, pulmonary management, cardiac management, and restorative care including physical, occupational and speech therapies.
The state and federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home that has been cited for a serious violation that harmed or could have harmed in nursing home resident. Typically, these penalties include imposed monetary fines and denial of payment for Medicare services.
In the last thirty-six months, Roberta Health and Rehab Center has received two formally filed complaints that resulted in citations. Additional information about penalties and fines can be reviewed on the Georgia Nursing Home Reporting Website.
To be fully informed on the level of care nursing homes provide, families routinely research Medicare.gov and the Georgia Department of Public Health website database systems for a complete list of deficiencies, violations, and citations.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues and three out of five stars for quality measures.
Failure to Provide Care for Residents That Builds or Maintains Their Dignity and Respect of Individuality - citation date May 26, 2017
According to investigators, "the facility failed to promote care for two residents in a manner that maintains and enhances each resident's dignity and respect in full recognition of his or her individuality. This failure resulted in psychological harm" for a resident who stated in an interview that "some staff threatened her that if she doesn't act right, they are going to put her back in the locked unit."
The resident stated that "she wants to go to an assisted living so I and going to keep quiet so I can get out of here." The survey team conducted an initial interview with the resident who revealed that "the staff 'don't talk to me right and they walk in the room without knocking!'" The resident said a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) walked in on her roommate "one time when she was naked."
Documentation shows that the moderately cognitively impaired resident "was assessed as exhibiting the behavior of rejecting care, one to three days [during a] seven days look back period. The resident received antidepressant medication seven out of seven days."
During an interview with a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), it was revealed that the LPN "typically works the day shift [and that the resident] had not exhibited any behaviors lately and she has been stable." The LPN said that the resident "did have some behaviors at one time and was on the Secured Unit, but she did not remember specific details."
During an interview with the resident, it was revealed that "the staff had been okay the past several days [saying that] the staff has been on their P's and Q's because the State [surveyors] is present." The resident stated that "the staff had been knocking on the door before entering a room [and said that] her main promises the way the staff talks to her. She stated that if she is not on the list for a Walmart outing and she asked the activity Director why she cannot go, she answered that other residents want to go, and you cannot go every time."
Do you believe that your loved one was the victim of abuse or neglect while living at Roberta Health and Rehab Center? Contact the Georgia nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Crawford County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Roberta.
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.
Attorney Lance D. Lourie
Licensed in Georgia
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