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This nursing center is a "for-profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services and cares to residents of Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada. The 225-certified bed long-term care nursing home is located at:
8501 Del Webb Blvd
Las Vegas, Nevada 89134
(702) 804-3000
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Royal Springs Healthcare and Rehab Center offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech 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.
This nursing facility received twenty-two complaints and self-reported two severe issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Adult Protective Services Website.
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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.
The state investigators determined the nursing home "failed to ensure a resident’s family member and Physician were notified after an allegation of abuse.” The facility reported an incident, dated September 10, 2018, indicating that a resident “was potentially abused by a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA).”
After the incident, “a Registered Nurse (RN) confirmed that there was no documentation in [the resident’s] medical record that the Physician or family member were notified after an allegation of abuse was made.” This deficient practice involved a failure to follow the facility’s Abuse Prevention Program that indicated that “all alleged violations involving abuse will be reported to the resident’s Attending Physician and the resident’s representative on record.”
The “facility failed to ensure [a] documented internal investigation was completed after an allegation of abuse.” A Social Worker at the facility indicated that the Director of Nursing and the Administrator “would be notified after an allegation of abuse and an internal investigation would take place. The Social Worker explained that the investigation would be documented on a Grievance Form and updated in the incident log.”
However, the Director of Nursing indicated that they were unaware of the abuse allegation listed above. The Director “contacted the Night Nurse Supervisor who indicated an investigation was completed but was not documented.”
The Director acknowledged that “there was no documentation of the incident.”
The nursing home “failed to operate a battery-powered patient lift per the manufacturer’s user manual.” Two Certified Nursing Assistants and a Certified Respiratory Therapist transferred the resident to a geriatric chair, using a battery-powered lift. The Therapist held the ventilator tubes and the resident “was transferred to the geriatric chair” when the Certified Nursing Assistant failed to “spread the base legs of the battery-powered lift [before transferring].”
The CNA confirmed that “there should be two staff members when operating the battery-powered lift.” The employees lifted the resident. The resident confirmed “being transferred” and “did not feel safe [while being] transferred by some staff members. Sometimes only one staff operates the battery-powered lift.”
Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse, or neglect while living at Royal Springs Healthcare and Rehab Center? Contact the Nevada nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Clark County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Las Vegas.
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