Locating the ideal nursing facility in your community can be a challenging problem. In many cases, Magoffin County nursing home residents become the victims of abuse, mistreatment, or neglect at the hands of caregivers, visitors or other patients. If your loved one was victimized in a nursing facility, contact the Kentucky Nursing Home Law Center attorneys now for immediate legal intervention.
Let our team of lawyers handle every aspect of your case to ensure your family is adequately compensated for their financial damages. Time is of the essence. All necessary documents and paperwork must be filed in the proper county courthouse before the Kentucky statute of limitations expires.
This facility is a "for profit" center providing services to residents of Salyersville and Magoffin County, Kentucky. The Medicare/Medicaid-participating 142-certified bed long-term care (LTC) home is located at:
662 Parkway Drive
Salyersville, Kentucky, 41465
(606) 349-6181
Salyersville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing around-the-clock skilled nursing care, Salyersville Nursing & Rehab Center offers other services including short-term and long-term rehab, wound care, IV (intravenous) therapy, social services, postoperative care, restorative nursing services and physical, occupational and speech therapies.
Federal investigators can penalize nursing facilities with monetary fines and denied payment for Medicare when the nursing home is cited for serious violations of rules and regulations.
Over the last three years, surveyors imposed a massive fine of $162,598 against Salyersville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on March 22, 2016, citing substandard care. Also, the facility received five formally filed complaints and self-reported three serious issues that all resulted in citations. Additional information concerning this facility can be reviewed on the Kentucky Department of Health Care Nursing Home Reporting Website.
The state of Kentucky routinely updates their comprehensive list of violations and posts the resulting data on the KY Department of Public Health website 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, one out of five stars for staffing issues and one out of five stars for quality measures. The Magoffin County neglect attorneys at the Nursing Home Law Center have found serious deficiencies and safety concerns at the Salyersville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center that include:
The investigators documented that the facility “failed to provide medications as ordered by the resident’s attending Physician.” The documentation revealed that “licensed staff failed to follow professional standards of practice to ensure the Physician’s orders” were followed to ensure the resident’s well-being.
According to state investigators, the facility failed to “maintain an effective infection control program designed to provide a safe and sanitary environment to prevent the transmission of disease and infection.” Specifically, the nursing home “failed to perform hand hygiene (handwashing, antiseptic handwash) after the removal of gloves and before donning new gloves.”
At the time, the nursing staff was providing blood glucose testing for a resident when they “failed to properly cleanse the blood glucose monitoring device before and after performing the test.” During an interview with the facility Director of Nursing, it was revealed that “the facility policy was to perform hand hygiene before and after patient care, when changing gloves, etc.” However, the Director stated that “this was monitored by a yearly competency checklist and spot checking [and] she did not have any concerns with staff performing proper hand hygiene.”
The investigative team documented that the facility “failed to obtain the laboratory services [for one resident] as ordered by the resident’s attending Physician. The Physician ordered a Complete Blood Count (CBC), Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP),” and other tests including a Fasting Lipid Profile (FLP) and a Stimulating Hormone Test (TSH).
However, the facility “failed to ensure the tests were completed.” The resident’s last (CBC, CMP, TSH, and FLP) tests were completed” months earlier. During an interview with the facility Director of Nursing, it was revealed that “if the laboratory tests were not renewed in the computer monitoring it would be automatically deleted,” which could place the resident’s health in jeopardy.
Was your loved one injured while living at Salyersville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Kentucky nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 Our network of attorneys fights aggressively on behalf of Magoffin County victims of mistreatment living in long-term facilities including nursing homes in Salyersville.
We provide every potential client a no obligation, free case evaluation. We accept every case through a “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise ensures that you will owe us nothing if we cannot obtain compensation on your behalf.
Sources:
Attorney Carey Acerra
Licensed in Kentucky
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home