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This long-term care center is a "for profit" 171-certified bed home providing cares to residents of Massillon and Stark County, Ohio. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
5425 High Mill Avenue Nw
Massillon, Ohio 44646
(330) 833-3174
Rose Lane Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Rose Lane Nursing and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care at the Sprenger Health Care Systems nursing facility includes hospice, memory care, home health care, and respite care.
State investigators working on behalf of the federal government, Medicare, and Medicaid have the legal authority to impose monetary fines or deny payment for Medicare services to any nursing facility that has violated rules and regulations.
The nursing home also received fourteen complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information about this nursing home can be found on the Ohio Long-Term Care Consumer Guide.
To ensure families are fully informed of the level of care every nursing home provides, the state of Ohio and Medicare.com routinely update their long-term care home database systems with info on violations, citations, and deficiencies.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, two out of five stars for staffing issues and four out of five stars for quality measures.
According to state investigators, “the facility failed to implement the abuse policy when [a resident’s] allegation of misappropriation medication was not reported to the police department within 24 hours.” This failure affected one resident “reviewed for abuse.”
The investigators reviewed a Self-Reported Incident (SRI) submitted to the State Agency on January 9, 2018.” The report “indicated there was an accusation against [and Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)] for narcotic discrepancy involving [one resident’s opioid pain medication], which occurred on December 13, 2017.”
On that date, the Director of Nursing “went to give [the resident] their ‘as needed’ medication” when the resident “mentioned it had been a couple of weeks and she took the medication.” During the investigation, a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) pulled up the Medication Administration Record and “there was no evidence of a police report in the SRI file.”
An LPN wrote an undated witness statement indicating that on that day the resident asked for two pain medication tablets. When the resident received the drug from the LPN, “she questioned the color as they were white instead of blue.” The LPN reminded the resident “that she had taken [the pills] twice the day before and did not remember what they looked like.”
The resident stated that she had not asked for the pain medication “for a couple of weeks and said, “someone else probably took them.” The LPN “reassured her that she would try to find out what happened and the Director of Nursing was notified.”
The investigators interviewed the facility Administrator who revealed that “the allegation of misappropriation of [that resident’s] narcotic medication was reported to the police department on December 27, 2017.” The Administrator also “verified the allegation of misappropriation of [that resident’s] narcotic medication was not reported to the police department within twemty-four hours” as required by law.
The nursing home “failed to ensure appropriate isolation precautions were performed during a mechanical lift transfer and bathing for [a resident].” The facility “failed to ensure isolation precautions were in force for visitors of [the contagious resident].”
The facility “failed to ensure housekeeping personnel was educated on the use of appropriate cleaning products for isolation rooms. The facility failed to ensure linens were stored in a sanitary manner and residents were based in a manner to prevent the potential spread of infection.”
Do you suspect that your loved one suffered injury or died prematurely while living at Rose Lane Nursing and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Ohio nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Stark County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Massillon.
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Sources:
Attorney Nancy Iler
Licensed in Ohio
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home