Relocating an elderly loved one into a nursing facility is often the toughest decision a family can make. Many times, the family will perform extensive research in the hopes of finding the most comfortable and safest environment. Unfortunately, the incident rate involving mistreatment occurring in nursing homes throughout Indiana has risen significantly over the last few years.If your loved one was harmed while living in a Montgomery County nursing facility, contact the Indiana Nursing Home Law Center attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation to recover your damages.
This long-term care home is a 116-certified bed center providing cares and services to residents of Crawfordsville and Montgomery County, Indiana. The "county government-owned nonprofit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
1609 Lafayette Rd
Crawfordsville, Indiana 47933
(765) 364-0363
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Williamsburg Health Care offers other services. Additional focused care includes long-term care, ventilator care, short-term and long-term rehab, and wound care.
The federal government has the legal authority to penalize any nursing facility that violates rules and regulations. These penalties include monetary fines and denial of payment for Medicare services. High monetary fines usually indicate extremely severe violations that harmed or could have harmed residents.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Williamsburg Health Care for $6,866 on October 06, 2016, citing substandard care. The nursing home also received five complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation.
Additional documentation concerning penalties and fines can be reviewed on the Indiana Nursing Home Report Cards Website.
The state of Indiana and federal government nursing home regulatory agencies routinely update their care home database system. This list contains historical information of all citations and violations.
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 four out of five stars for quality measures.
According to state surveyors, “the facility failed to implement fall interventions, reevaluate a resident for transfer assistance, and follow post-fall procedures resulting in harm when the resident sustained [injuries].” The facility also “failed to protect [one resident] from the potential harm related to falls by not assessing a resident’s fall risk with a change in condition and updating a resident’s transfer assistance requirements on the care plan.”
The state investigators reviewed a Fall Investigation Report dated February 4, 2018, indicating that “the resident had a fall. An intervention to assess using a toileting pattern at night was put into place to prevent future falls.” The surveyors interviewed the MDS (Minimum Data Set) Coordinator who indicated that the resident had a fall on the day of the report. The Care Plan indicated that the resident “was at risk for falls due to a gait disturbance related to weakness and was a ‘limited assistance’ with walking.”
The nursing team developed an intervention to put nonslip material on the seat of the wheelchair to prevent further falls. However, on June 23, 2018, the resident had a fall. The Incident Report initiated a new intervention to offer the resident “to lie down after meals” to prevent further falls. However, this new intervention was never placed in the Fall Care Plan.
On July 29, 2018, a Nurse Summary indicated that the resident “was found on the floor on the right side of her face, with bright red blood noted on the floor. The resident sat up and a cut was noted to her right eyebrow and a small hematoma on the middle of her forehead.” The resident “grabbed at staff and was anxious. The resident was lifted onto the bed.” The resident was transported to the emergency department for evaluation and treatment.
The Hospital Progress Note dated July 29, 2018, indicated a positive x-ray showing an acute right intertrochanteric (femur) subtrochanteric fracture. A CAT scan revealed a right frontal, temporal, parietal subdermal hematoma, and a mild leftward midline shift subfalcine herniation where the brain was displaced. There was also a right temporal and posterior subarachnoid hemorrhage where the bleeding was noted between the brain and the tissue that covers the brain.
Do you believe that your loved one has suffered harm through mistreatment while living at Williamsburg Health Care? Contact the Indiana nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Montgomery County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Crawfordsville.
We provide every potential client a free initial case consultation and offer a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means you will not pay us anything until after we have secured a monetary recovery on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Jeffrey D. Powless
Licensed in Indiana
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home