Transitional Health Services of Kannapolis Center

Are you concerned that caregivers at the Cabarrus County nursing facility have victimized your loved one through negligence and mistreatment? Do you suspect they have been physically, mentally, emotionally, or sexually assaulted by the nursing staff, visitors, or other patients?

Contact the North Carolina Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Our team of abuse prevention lawyers will use the law to obtain financial compensation on your family’s behalf.

This facility is a 107-certified bed "for-profit" long-term care home providing services and cares to residents of Kannapolis and Cabarrus County, North Carolina. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:

1810 Concord Lake Road
Kannapolis, North Carolina 28083
(704) 933-3781
Transitional Health Services of Kannapolis Center

In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Transitional Health Services of Kannapolis Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.

The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, assisted and independent living options, medically-complex care, respiratory care, bariatric 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.

Fined $79,986 for substandard care

Both the state of North Carolina and federal agencies penalize nursing homes by denying reimbursement payments from Medicare or imposing monetary fines anytime the facility is cited for a serious violation of established regulations and rules that harm or could harm residents.

Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against Transitional Health Services of Kannapolis Center, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $2,600 fine on January 24, 2018, and a $77,386 fine on March 03, 2017, for a total of $79,986. During this time, Medicare denied payment on March 03, 2017, due to a lack of quality care.

The nursing home received seven complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the State of North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (Adult Protective Services) Website.

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The state of North Carolina and Medicare.com routinely update their comprehensive list of deficiencies online to reflect all violations

According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of two out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues and five out of five stars for quality measures.

• Failure to Develop, Implement and Enforce Policies and Procedures That Prevent Abuse, Neglect, and Mistreatment – citation #F607 date January 24, 2018

The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to implement or follow the Abuse Policy in the area of reporting [for a resident] who had an allegation of abuse.” The investigation involved a resident who “had one fall with no injuries since his last MDS (Minimum Data Set) Assessment” who received “antipsychotic medications, anti-anxiety medications, and antidepressant medications each day.”

A handwritten note from the Evening Supervisor dated January 15, 2018, revealed that a family member of the resident “had come to the facility at approximately 11:05 PM.” The note indicated that the family member had informed the Evening Supervisor that “she planned to meet with the Administrator in the morning to inform her that she had been informed [that a Nursing Aide] had been mean to [the resident] and had hit him.”

The Evening Supervisor then documented that she had removed the Nurse Aide from the assignment of the resident “for that night. She then documented her interviews with two nurses in which both nurses stated that [the resident] had had behaviors and had felt it may have been related to a recent medication dose reduction.”

The Team Supervisor stated that a specific Nurse Aide “was working at the facility at the time the allegation was made and had been assigned to [the resident]. The Evening Supervisor stated that [the Nurse Aide] denied having abused the resident, but she had not had an in-depth conversation with her about the allegation. She stated she changed [the Nurse Aide’s] assignment so she would not be responsible for care for [that resident].”

However, the Nurse Aide “remained working in the facility.” Both the Administrator and the Director of Nursing revealed that “they had received the information regarding the allegation involving [the resident and the Nurse Aide].”

Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of abuse, neglect, or mistreatment while residing at Transitional Health Services of Kannapolis Center? Contact the North Carolina nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Cabarrus County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Kannapolis.

We provide every potential client a free initial case consultation and offer a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means you will not pay us anything until after we have secured a monetary recovery on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.

Sources:

• Inspection Report - 07/19/2018