Relocating an elderly loved one into a nursing facility is often the toughest decision a family can make. Many times, the family will perform extensive research in the hopes of finding the most comfortable and safest environment. Unfortunately, the incident rate involving mistreatment occurring in nursing homes throughout Arizona has risen significantly over the last few years.
If your loved one was harmed while living in a Maricopa County nursing facility, contact the Arizona nursing home network of attorneys at (800) 926-7565 now for immediate legal intervention. Let our network of attorneys work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation from recovering your damages.
This long-term care center is a "for-profit" 127-certified bed home providing cares to residents of Youngtown and Maricopa County, Arizona. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
12207 North 113th Avenue
Youngtown, Arizona 85363
(623) 977-6532
Sunview Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Sunview Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke care, enteral nutrition, pain management, hospice, oncology care, dementia and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
The federal government and surveyors in Arizona have a legal duty to monitor every nursing facility and impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare when investigators identify violations of established nursing home regulations and rules. In serious cases, the nursing facility will receive heavy monetary penalties if investigators find the violations are severe and harmed or could have harmed a resident.
The nursing home received one complaint over the last thirty-six months that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Arizona Adult Protective Services Website.
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To ensure families are fully informed of the level of care every nursing home provides, the state of Arizona 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 two out of five stars, including two 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 that the nursing home “failed to ensure that an injury of unknown origin was reported for [one resident] and failed to conduct a thorough investigation into an allegation of physical abuse for [another resident].”
The investigative team reviewed one resident’s Clinical Record and Quarterly MDS (Minimum Data Set) Assessment. Documentation indicates that the resident “had an acute left anterior shoulder dislocation, with bruising noted, diffusely to the left shoulder. The Progress Note further documented the resident was non-verbal, non-mobile, and bed-bound.”
As a result of the injuries, “the medical provider ordered the resident to be transferred to the hospital for evaluation and treatment to rule out shoulder fractures.”
The Director of Nursing verified that the resident had been assessed and suffered “an injury of unknown origin [and that the case] should have been reported to the State Agency and it was not.” The Director stated that “she thought the medical provider had documented the injury as a spontaneous injury.”
The investigation involved an interview with a Registered Nurse (RN) who stated that upon entering the resident’s room, a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) stated that “the resident’s arm and shoulder appeared [to be] loose.” The Registered Nurse stated that “she then notified the medical provider on-call and received orders for x-rays.”
The RN indicated that she had assessed the resident to identify pain but that the resident did not seem to be in any discomfort or pain. The Registered Nurse reviewed the resident’s medical records but had not received a report “from the previous shift of any unusual occurrences with [the resident].”
A separate incident was identified in a complaint where a resident “made an allegation of physical abuse by a staff member of the facility.” The resident indicated that “she had been slapped by a staff [members, and that she] immediately reported [the incident] to the Director of Nursing and Assistant Director of Nursing. However, the incident had not been reported as required by law to the State Agency and other appropriate agencies.
Was your loved one mistreated while residing at Sunview Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Arizona nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Maricopa County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Youngtown.
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Sources:
Attorney James Morgan
Licensed in Arizona
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home