Many nursing home residents become victims of mistreatment or neglect at the hands of caregivers working with inadequate training, or lack of sufficient staffing and supervision. In many incidents, the patient will develop a preventable life-threatening bed sore. Other times, the resident is sexually assaulted or physically abused by those in charge to provide them care or injured by other patients in the facility.
The Georgia Nursing Home Law Center attorneys represent victims of abuse while living in Thomas County nursing facilities. If your loved one was harmed, contact us today so we can begin working on your case to ensure your family receives monetary compensation for your damages.
This long-term care facility is a 52-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating center providing services to residents of Thomasville and Thomas County, Georgia. The "for profit" home is located at:
120 Skyline Drive
Thomasville, Georgia 31757
(229) 225-1049
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.
During the last three years, Thomasville Health and Rehab Center received eight formally filed complaints that all resulted in citations. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the Georgia Nursing Home Reporting 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 Georgia Department of Public Health and Medicare.gov.
According to Medicare, this According to Medicare, the 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.
Failure to Provide and Implement an Infection Protection and Control Program - citation date May 31, 2018
The state investigator documented the facility "failed to obtain a Physician's signature and concurring Physician's signature for a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) consent for one resident" whose cognitive impairment made it impossible for the resident to make their own decision in an Advance Directive.
Failure to Provide and Implement an Infection Protection and Control Program - citation date May 31, 2018
The nursing home "failed to ensure proper hand sanitation while passing ice on one of two halls (100 Hall). During observations of distributing ice, a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) "was not observed washing or sanitizing hands while passing ice to residents." The following day, the CNA "was observed with plastic cups in the ice chest to pass ice to residents [and] did not wash or sanitize hands when passing ice to three rooms on the 100 Hall."
Failure to Ensure Services Provided by the Nursing Facility Meet Professional Standards of Quality - citation date September 24, 2018
The facility "failed to ensure that wound care treatments were completed by competent staff." The surveyors interviewed a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) who revealed that "she has never been trained to do wound care nor does not know how to do wound measurements."
The LPN "revealed that the facility did not have a treatment nurse. The nurses had to [perform wound care] to their assigned residents with wound treatments."
A second LPN was interviewed by the surveyors who stated "she has not had formal training in wound care. And that she once worked as a technician applying splints and casts at an emergency room." The LPN stated that "her wound care training was obtained from Google, watching YouTube, and reading the wound policy." The LPN stated that "she went online to find how to measure wounds."
The survey team interviewed the facility Assistant Director of Nursing who revealed "that the facility had not had a regular treatment nurse for four months. At one point, the facility had an interim treatment nurse that was scheduled to be on the night shift, but the resident did not want wound care on that shift."
The Assistant Director revealed that regarding training, "that she or the Director of Nursing will train nurses. No nurses have asked for training on wound dressings."
During an interview with the Director of Nursing, it was revealed that she was not aware of the maggots until she received the report. And that nurses on the floor would train the new nurses." The Director revealed that "if they have any concerns that they will call her anytime at home."
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while living at Thomasville Health and Rehab Center? Contact the Georgia nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Thomas County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Thomasville.
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Attorney Lance D. Lourie
Licensed in Georgia
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