Some statistics show that more than one million Americans currently live in nursing homes. Many of these patients are our mothers, fathers, grandparents, siblings, children, and friends. Families often relocate their loved ones into a nursing home, believing that they will receive the best care and improve the quality of life in a safe environment .
Unfortunately, mistreatment still occurs in many nursing homes, including those in Cumberland County. If your loved one was injured or died prematurely while residing in a nursing home, contact the North Carolina Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages.
This long-term care center is a “for-profit” 170-certified bed home providing care to residents of Fayetteville and Cumberland County, North Carolina. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
1601 Purdue Drive
Fayetteville, North Carolina 28304
(910) 486-5000
Village Green Health and Rehabilitation
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Village Green Health and Rehabilitation offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care. The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, nutritional care, skin and wound therapy, IV (intervenous) care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Both the State of North Carolina and the federal government can impose a monetary fine or deny payments through Medicare when a nursing facility has been found to violate established regulations and rules. The higher the financial penalty, the more serious the violation is that likely harmed or could have harmed one or more residents at the nursing home.
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 comprehensive North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Adult Protective Services Website.
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The state of North Carolina and the federal government regularly updates its long-term care home database system with complete details of all deficiencies, citations, and violations.
According to Medicare, this 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 four out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined the nursing home " failed to complete a criminal background check [for one] newly hired employee, before the employee was allowed to work alone with residents in the facility.”
The facility Administrator stated that “she started working as an interim Administrator [and that] the staff scheduler was doing criminal background checks.” The Administrator stated, “she felt the payroll department should be doing the background checks, so she transferred the task to the payroll department.”
The state investigators determined the nursing home "failed to assure the medication order was transcribed and administered , per Physician’s orders, causing missed doses for [one resident].” The investigation involved a cognitively intact resident who requires “limited extensive assistance with her activities of daily living.”
The resident’s medical records indicated a focus on the decline in activities of daily living, related to a left leg/ankle fracture and impaired skin integrity as a result of a surgical wound.
The resident told the surveyors that she had a kidney transplant and was “taking anti-rejection medication” and receives a dose in the evening. However, the resident stated that she “did not receive the daytime dose.”
A nurse said that “she was responsible for inputting the medication listed [that] came from [the resident’s] discharge instructions and did not know how she missed the second medication [dose].”
The Director of Nursing stated that she expects “the resident’s medications to be completely transcribed into the medical records and to be administered, per Physician’s orders.” The facility Administrator stated she expects “the nursing staff to transcribe orders completely in the medication records and administer medications, according to Physician’s orders.”
The Physician Assistant said that “expects the orders to be administered as ordered and did not believe there were any adverse effects from missing the morning medication, due to the resident still receiving the daily evening dose of medication.”
Do you suspect that your loved one suffered an injury or died prematurely while living at Village Green Health and Rehabilitation? Contact the North Carolina nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Cumberland County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Fayetteville.
We do not charge for case evaluations and consultations. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means we will postpone all of your payments for legal services until after we have secured a financial recovery on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Carl R. Wilander, Esq.
Licensed in North Carolina
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home