Mistreatment, abuse, and neglect in nursing facilities are often the result of the nursing staff or other caregivers not providing the resident care according to established standards of quality. Their inappropriate behavior often leads to harm, injury, or wrongful death. In other incidents, the victim is assaulted by other residents.
If your loved one was harmed while living in a Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area nursing facility, contact the District of Columbia Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers handle your case to ensure you receive monetary compensation. We will use the law to hold those responsible for causing the harm legally accountable.
This Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is a "for-profit" center providing services to residents of Washington and Washington District of Columbia Metropolitan Area. The 360-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
2425 25th Street SE
Washington, District of Columbia 20020
(202) 889-3600
Transitional Healthcare Capitol City
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Transitional Healthcare Capitol City offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care and speech therapies.
Fined $138,875 for substandard care
The investigators from the federal government and District of Columbia penalize caregiving facilities identified with severe violations of nursing home rules and regulations by withholding payment for Medicare services or imposing monetary fines. The higher the penalty usually means the worse offense.
Medicare has cited this facility for abuse. Medicare says that “every nursing home resident deserves to retain their basic human dignity and be treated with respect at all times. Abuse and neglect are never acceptable.” Nursing homes “cited for abuse are required to take steps to protect their residents.”
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Transitional Care Center Capitol City for $138,875 on October 25, 2016, citing substandard care. 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 Washington D.C. Department of Human Services Adult Protective 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 District of Columbia 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 two out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, four out of five stars for staffing issues, and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home failed to thoroughly “investigate and address an allegation of alleged sexual abuse of [one resident].” Two residents “reported the allegation to the State Agency.”
The investigative team documented that the Stage I question response to “have you ever seen anyone being sexually abused, the resident responded, ‘Yes.’” The “resident identified [that the other resident] of the alleged abuse was his/her roommate. The resident then stated that a male resident had lifted his/her roommate’s covers and placed his/her hands between the resident’s legs.”
The reporting resident stated that this incident “occurred while they were in the hall. He/she could not identify the male but knows that he is a resident of the facility.” The reporting resident stated they had told a Certified Nursing Assistant of the incident.
The reporting resident added that the “manager came, took me to his/her office, and asked me about the incident, and I told him/her what I saw. I do not know what happened after that.”
The surveyors attempted to interview the other resident who “is nonverbal and was unable to respond to queries.” An employee was interviewed and queried “whether the facility was aware of [the reporting resident’s] allegation of sexual abuse. The employee responded, ‘Yes’ and added [that] according to the resident the incident took place during the extermination of the resident’s room, and all the residents were out of the rooms.”
The employee stated, “We investigated the allegation, but the resident’s information could not be corroborated.” The employee stated, “we looked at the video camera, but we did not see anything.”
The employee was then asked whether the investigation was documented. He/she responded, ‘Yes.’ A copy of the investigation was requested. The employee was also queried whether the Incident Report had been sent to the State Agency. The employee stated “he/she did not know, as he/she was not on duty at the time of the allegation.”
Do you believe that your loved one has suffered harm through mistreatment while living at Transitions Healthcare Capitol City? Contact the District of Columbia nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Washington.
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