Many families have limited options of what to do when they can no longer provide care to a loved one in need of extensive medical treatments or hygiene assistance. Some families choose to relocate their loved one into a nursing home, believing that they will receive the best care in a safe, compassionate environment. Unfortunately, mistreatment still occurs at many facilities throughout Rhode Island.
If your loved one was abused or neglected while residing in a Bristol County nursing facility, contact the Rhode Island Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal help. Let our legal team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your behalf to ensure that those responsible for causing the harm are held legally and financially accountable. We will use the law to ensure your family receives monetary compensation for your damages.
This Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing center is a "for-profit" home providing services to residents of Warren and Bristol County, Rhode Island. The 63-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
642 Metacom Avenue
Warren, Rhode Island 02885
(401) 245-2860
Warren Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Warren Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-stay care, IV (intravenous) therapy, respite care, hospice, wound care, dementia and memory care, colostomy care, and restorative services involving physical, speech and occupational therapies.
Fined $27,528 for substandard care
It is the legal responsibility of Rhode Island and the federal government investigators to hold nursing homes accountable if they have violated rules and regulations that harmed or could have harmed a resident. These penalties include monetary fines and the denial of payment for Medicare services.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Warren Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for $27,528 on October 22, 2018, citing substandard care. This nursing facility self-reported five serious problems over the last thirty-six months that resulted in violation citations.
Additional documentation concerning penalties and fines can be reviewed on the State of Rhode Island Office of Healthy Aging Website.
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Our attorneys review data on every long-term and intermediate care facility on Medicare.com and the Rhode Island Department of Public Health website.
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 “that the facility failed to ensure that a resident is free from abuse.” A review of the resident’s medical records indicated that the resident “was verbally abused by [a Nursing Assistant]. This incident was witnessed by [a second] Nursing Assistant.”
The reporting Nursing Assistant revealed that on July 30, 2018, the allegedly abusive Nursing Assistant stated to the resident “if you hit me, I will get you back, and she will kick your a**.” Additionally, the allegedly abusive Nursing Assistant “was observed physically throwing air punches toward [the resident] in his/her face.”
A second incident documented on December 4, 2017, revealed that another resident “was verbally abused by a Registered Nurse (RN).” This incident was witnessed by Nursing Assistants and a second Registered Nurse.
Staff members recorded written statements after witnessing the incident. The document shows that the Registered Nurse said to the resident, “let’s go, don’t do this again. Hurry up and move, this wheelchair [belongs to] the psychiatric unit.”
A staff member reported that the RN had screamed at the resident “’get back upstairs, you do not need candy or chocolate if you’re having diarrhea,’ and then was about to take the candy bar away from the resident until another staff verbally intervened.”
The Registered Nurse “was observed physically pushing and pulling on the back of the resident scooter.” A staff member reported that the resident “was trying to come out of the elevator as [the RN] continued to push the wheelchair yelling at [the resident] while taking him/her down the hallway.” The Registered Nurse was “yelling that the resident did not have the right to go downstairs or leave the floor.”
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at Warren Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Rhode Island nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Bristol County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Warren.
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