Do you suspect that your loved one is being mistreated while living in a Curry County nursing facility? Are you concerned that their injuries are the result of negligence by the nursing staff, physical assault by other patients, or mental, sexual, or verbal abuse by others?If so, contact the New Mexico Nursing Home Law Center attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Our team of abuse prevention lawyers can work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive financial compensation to recover your damages.
This Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing center is a "for-profit" home providing services to residents of Clovis and Curry County, New Mexico. The 70-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
1400 West 21st Street
Clovis, New Mexico 88101
(575) 762-4705
St. Anthony Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, St. Anthony Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-stay care, IV (intravenous) therapy, respite care, hospice, wound care, dementia and memory care, colostomy care, and restorative services involving physical, speech and occupational therapies.
Fined $9,753 for substandard care
When investigators working for the federal government identify severe violations of nursing home rules and regulations, they can penalize the facility by a denial of payment for Medicare services or impose monetary fines.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against St. Anthony Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center for $9,753 on April 13, 2018, citing substandard care. During this time, Medicare denied payment on April 13, 2018, due to a lack of quality care.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Website.
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To be fully informed on the level of care nursing homes provide, families routinely research Medicare.gov and the New Mexico 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, three out of five stars for staffing issues and two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined “the facility failed to prevent an avoidable pressure ulcer (injury to the skin or tissue over a bony area of the body) from developing for [one resident] reviewed for pressure ulcer care. The facility failed to conduct skin assessments according to [the resident’s] Plan of Care and did not discover the pressure ulcer until it was unstageable (full-thickness skin and tissue loss].”
The investigators reviewed the resident’s Nursing Progress Note indicating that on February 12, 2018, at 9:20 PM, the nursing staff performed a skin check. However, “no skin injury/wounds were noted.”
On March 10, 2018, at 6:59 PM, a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) “reported to the writer a sore to the left lateral (side) leg of [the resident] caused by a wheelchair leg rest.” The nursing staff obtained orders and provided the resident wound care.”
At that time, the wound measured 6.0 cm x 4.0 centimeters and had eschar to the wound bed and some redness to the peri-wound (skin tissue surrounding the wound).” Twelve days later, the resident “refused to let the nurse measure his wounds; he stated it hurts too much.”
Documentation dated April 10, 2018, shows that “wound care was performed and documented in the Treatment Administration Record (TAR) on the resident’s left lower extremity.” At that time, the wound was unstageable, and there was serosanguineous (yellowish fluid with small amounts of blood) drainage. The surrounding tissue was inflamed.”
A review of the resident’s March 30, 2018, Care Plan indicated that the resident “was at risk for skin breakdown as evidenced by limited mobility.” Three interventions on the Care Plan included “evaluate for skin risk factors per protocol, monitor skin for signs and symptoms of skin breakdown; and observe skin conditions with activities of daily living and report abnormalities.”
However, there were no Weekly Skin Integrity Sheets filled out on[the resident until a pressure ulcer was discovered.” The Director of Nursing stated that the resident had received a “new leg rest during this time period, and they believe that that is what caused the pressure ulcer.”
Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of harm, mistreatment, abuse, or neglect while living at St. Anthony Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the New Mexico nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Curry County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Clovis.
It is always free to discuss your monetary compensation case with our legal team. We provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you will owe us nothing until we can secure a financial recovery on your behalf. All information you share concerning your case with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Carl R. Wilander, Esq.
Licensed in New Mexico
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home