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This long-term care home is a "for profit" 44-certified bed center providing cares and services to residents of Mount Vernon and Knox County, Ohio. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
416 Wooster Road
Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050
(740) 397-9626
Whispering Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Whispering Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes Alzheimer’s/dementia care, wound care, long-term care, post-acute care, and rehabilitative services including physical, occupational and speech therapies.
The state and federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home that has been cited for a serious violation that harmed or could have harmed in nursing home resident. Typically, these penalties include imposed monetary fines and denial of payment for Medicare services.
The nursing home also received one complaint and self-reported one serious problem over the last thirty-six months that resulted in violation citations. Additional documentation concerning penalties and fines can be reviewed on the Ohio Long-Term Care Consumer Guide.
To be fully informed on the level of care nursing homes provide, families routinely research Medicare.gov and the Ohio 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 one out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The nursing home “failed to protect residents from resident-to-resident abuse.” The surveyors reviewed the facility’s Self-Report Incident Form that revealed “an unprovoked incident when [one resident hit another resident] in the face, resulting in [the injured resident pushing the assaulting resident] into the bathroom door.
Documentation shows that “both residents received injuries were sent to the hospital for treatment and evaluations.” The facility staff substantiated the Self-Report Incident.
According to investigators, “the facility failed to have a Registered Nurse (RN) on-site for at least eight consecutive hours, seven days a week. This [failure] had the potential to affect all thirty-six residents residing in the facility.” The Director of Nursing verified that “there was not an RN coverage every other weekend on multiple occasions in January 2019.
The nursing home “failed to store process women in an area that was sanitary to prevent the spread of infection. This [failure] had the potential to affect all forty-one residents residing in the facility.”
The facility “failed to ensure residents were free from significant medication errors when the nursing staff failed to administer medications to a resident according to Physician’s orders.” This failure “affected nine of ten residents reviewed for significant medication errors.”
One incident involved a resident whose MDS (Minimum Data Set) Assessment revealed they require “extensive assist of one person for bed mobility, dressing, toilet use, and personal hygiene.” The cognitively impaired resident was receiving antipsychotic medication where “interventions included medication as ordered, monitor behavior symptoms and its side effects, notify the Physician.”
In one incident, a Registered Nurse (RN) “did not administer [the resident’s] medication as ordered by the Physician. The resident did not receive [their prescription]. The Physician was notified [with a] response was to monitor the resident.”
Do you believe that your loved one was the victim of abuse or neglect while living at Whispering Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing Center? Contact the Ohio nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Knox County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Mount Vernon.
Our legal team invites you to discuss your case with us today through an initial, free claim consultation. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you will not owe us anything until after we have secured monetary recovery for your family. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Nancy Iler
Licensed in Ohio
Illinois Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home