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This facility is a "for-profit" 97-certified bed long term care center providing care and services to residents of Ely and White Pine County, Nevada. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating home is located at:
1500 Avenue G
Ely, Nevada 89301
(775) 289-8801
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, White Pine Care Center Nursing Facility offers other services. Additional focused attention includes short-term and long term care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $9,952 for substandard care
State and federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home cited for serious violations of regulations and rules. These penalties include levying monetary fines and denying payment of Medicare services. Typically, these violations result in penalties when investigators found severe problems that harmed or could have harmed a resident.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against White Pine Care Center Nursing Facility for $9,952 on September 28, 2018, citing substandard care. The nursing home received six complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Adult Protective Services Website.
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Our attorneys obtain and review data on every Nevada long-term care home from various online publically available sources, including the Department of Public Health website and Medicare.gov.
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 ensure the Infection Prevention and Control Policy and Procedures were reviewed and updated annually.” The facility failed to ensure the “Infection Prevention and Control Policy included a monitoring and surveillance system for identifying infection rates, trends, and corrective actions taken under” the program.
The Director of Nursing indicated that “the Night Nurse had the Infection Control Policy/Protocol at home, and it would be available [the next day].” However, the Director of Nursing “confirmed being responsible for the Infection Control Program.” The following day, the surveyors reviewed the Infection Control Program Policy. However, “revision dates were all blank.” The Administrator acknowledged that “the document was undated and had not been reviewed.”
The facility “failed to ensure the MDS (Minimum Data Set) Assessments were maintained and accessible to the staff for [nine residents].”
On September 14, 2017, during the morning hours, “two Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) indicated they did not know where the MDS Assessments were located.” The Interim Director of Nursing verified the “MDS Assessments for residents were not maintained on the unit or in the clinical record and were not available to the staff.”
The Director of Medical Records “confirmed the MDS Assessments were not printed out or made available to staff members.” The facility Administrator verified that “there was no storage area designated for MDS Reports and the facility would establish a new electronic record system in the upcoming months.”
The Administrator also indicated that “there was no formal written policy regarding the MDS. However, the facility follows the guidelines for MDS 3.0 Requirements, and the MDS was an important document that should be made available to staff as part of the clinical record.”
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while living at White Pine Care Center Nursing Facility? Contact the Nevada nursing home abuse prevention attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent White Pine County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Ely.
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