Mistreatment occurring in nursing homes across the U.S. is in all too common occurrence. According to statistics maintained by Medicare, there are thousands of senior citizens, the disabled, and rehabilitating subjected to abuse and neglect at nursing homes nationwide. Many of these individuals suffered mistreatment at the hands of their caregivers, employees, visitors, and other patients.If your loved one was injured while living in a Warren County nursing facility, contact the New York Nursing Home Law Center attorneys now for immediate legal help. Our team of dedicated abuse prevention lawyers can work on your family’s behalf to ensure you are adequately compensated for your damages.
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This Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is a "for profit" center providing services to residents of Queensbury and Warren County, New York. The 80-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
42 Gurney Lane
Queensbury, New York 12804
(518) 761-6540
Warren Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Warren Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes cardiac therapy, amputee recovery, oxygen management, medication management, IV (intravenous) antibiotic therapy, tracheostomy care, wound care, post-surgical orthopedic care, and restorative services involving physical, speech and occupational therapies.
Federal government nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home with a denied payment for Medicare services or monetary fine when the facility has been cited for serious violations of regulations and rules.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Warren Center for Rehabilitation And Nursing Center for $7,023 on December 11, 2017, citing substandard care. This nursing facility received two complaints and self-reported four serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the New York State Nursing Home Report Website.
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According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that “the facility did not ensure that the resident’s environment remained free from accident hazards. Specifically, [for one resident] the facility did not ensure that staff was trained on securing the three-point retractable seatbelt when transporting residents in the facility van.”
The van “was transporting a resident not secured with a three-point retractable seatbelt, the van stopped abruptly, and the resident exited the wheelchair and landed on the floor approximately 90 inches from the wheelchair.” The resident “was transported to the hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.”
The survey team reviewed the Investigation Summary that stated that “at approximately 4:00 PM, the resident was being transported back from a doctor’s appointment. A car pulled out in front of the facility Van, and the Van driver stepped on the brakes. The van stopped abruptly, and the resident fell forward out of his chair.”
After being transported to the hospital, the resident was “pronounced deceased at 4:26 PM.” The County Sheriff’s Investigation documentation shows that the manner of death was “accidental, the immediate cause was several bilateral rib and sternal fractures due to [Blunt] force trauma. The sheriff documented that the coroner described the injuries to the resident caused a flail chest (a life-threatening medical condition that occurs when a segment of the rib cage breaks due to trauma and becomes detached from the rest of the chest wall), leading to the inability to breathe.”
The “facility did not have evidence that education regarding the safety of transporting residents was provided to transport staff.” The County Sheriff Investigator stated that “the three-point retractable seatbelt would have fit around the resident in the wheelchair” and he was able to demonstrate this.
Was your loved one mistreated while residing at Warren Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Center? Contact the New York nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Warren County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Queensbury.
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Sources:
Attorney Jennifer Wilson
Licensed in New York
Illinois Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home