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This Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing center is a "for profit" home providing services to residents of Rensselaer and Rensselaer County, New York. The 80-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
284 Troy Road
Rensselaer, New York 12144
(518) 286-1621
Rosewood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Rosewood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term rehab, long-term care, IV (intravenous) therapy, pain management, cardiac care, wound care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Federal and state investigators can penalize any nursing home that has violated rules and regulations that resulted in harm or could have resulted in the harm of a resident. These penalties include imposing monetary fines and denying payment for Medicare services.
This nursing facility also received eight complaints and self-reported three serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional documentation about fines and penalties can be found on the New York State Nursing Home Report Website.
Information on every intermediate and long-term care home in the state can be reviewed on government-owned and operated database websites, including the New York Department of Public Health 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, two out of five stars for staffing issues and four out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined “the facility did not intervene when they witnessed another facility staff member’s mistreatment of [a resident]. The facility staff member was observed to grab, restrain, push, shove, and forcibly remove the resident’s left hand from the back of another resident’s wheelchair.”
Also, “the facility did not report their observations.” The surveyors observed security video footage of an incident occurring on April 11, 2017, at approximately 9:00 PM. The video depicts the resident placing “his left hand on the back of a wheelchair another resident was sitting in.”
At that time, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) “grabbed the resident’s right arm, restraints it, pushed the resident against the door jam of a resident’s room and forcibly removed the resident’s left hand from the back of another resident’s wheelchair.” The LPN was observed, “shoving the resident into the room while holding each of the resident’s arms down.” Another LPN “was observed standing in the doorway watching the incident.”
A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) “was observed walking away from the incident laughing.” Those two individuals, the CNA, and the LPN, “did not intervene. The resident exited the room with the shirt untucked from his slacks and unbuttoned at the bottom.”
The survey team interviewed the Administrator on May 4, 2017, who stated “the Food Service Director reported the incident above that occurred on April 11, 2017. He made the report at approximately 3:00 PM [the following day] after he heard about it from another source. The Administrator stated that she and the Director of Human Resources viewed the security footage of the above incident.”
The Administrator stated that “at the time they were unaware that a second incident occurred on the same day at approximately 9:00 PM. They became aware of the second incident during their interview with [another CNA] regarding the earlier incident. The Administrator stated that [CNA] was instructed that if abuse is witness, it must be reported.”
The facility Administrator stated that “she reviewed the video of the second incident and subsequently terminated [both the LPN and the CNA] from employment because they did not intervene to stop or report abuse.” The Administrator stated that “she did not know why the staff witness incidents and did not report them.”
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at Rosewood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center? Contact the New York nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Rensselaer County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Rensselaer.
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Sources:
Attorney Jennifer Wilson
Licensed in New York
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home