Unfortunately, nursing home patients being physically assaulted by caregivers are all too common occurrences in many Illinois nursing facilities. State and federal nursing home regulatory agencies have strict guidelines on exactly how allegations of abuse are to be handled. However, many Administrators failed to take appropriate measures to safeguard residents from further abuse and file a police report when necessary. The Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers LLC represent abused and injured residents of Illinois nursing facilities like Rosewood Care Center of Edwardsville to ensure their rights are protected and their well-being is safeguarded.
Rosewood Care Center of Edwardsville
This Center is a 116-certified-bed ‘for profit’ Medicare/Medicaid-approved nursing home providing services to residents of Edwardsville and Madison County, Illinois. The facility is located at:
6277 Center Grove Road
Edwardsville, IL 62025
(618) 659-0605
Along with providing skilled nursing care, the facility also provides individualized services that include:
- Total hip/knee replacement rehabilitation
- Post-operative wound care
- Neuromuscular disorder care
- Stroke therapy
- Chronic disease management
- IV therapy
- Fracture care
- Pain management
- Amputation care
- Wound VAC services
- Tracheostomy care
- Safety training
- Respite care
Edwardsville Nursing Home Resident Safety Concerns
Families can retrieve Medicare.gov historical data on all safety concerns, health violations, opened investigations and filed complaints of every facility nationwide. The information can be used to determine the level of health and hygiene care every nursing home in the community provides its residents.
Currently, Rosewood Care Center of Edwardsville maintains an overall four out of five available star rating in the Medicare star rating analysis system compared to all other facilities nationwide. This includes four out of five stars for staffing issues, three out of five stars for health inspections and two out of five stars for quality measures. The Madison County nursing home neglect attorneys at Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers LLC have found various deficiencies and safety concerns at this facility that include:
- Failure to Ensure Residents Remain Free from Abuse/Involuntary Seclusion In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 04/26/2016, a notation was made by a state investigator during an annual licensure and certification survey concerning the facility’s failure to “ensure that residents are free from abuse.” The deficient practice by the nursing staff involved one resident “reviewed for staff abuse.” It was noted that “this abuse resulted in [the resident] being kicked and sustaining a leg wound and being frightened.”The investigator’s findings involved a review of the resident’s 10/03/2015 MDS (Minimum Data Set) showing that the resident’s “cognition to be intact”. The resident’s MDS (Minimum Data Set) revealed the resident “requires the extensive assist of two staff for toileting and transfers.”
As part of the investigation, a review of the resident’s 01/14/2016 Incident/Accident Report documented by a facility Registered Nurse revealed that the nurse “heard the resident yelling, entered her room and resident alleged [a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)] kicked her on her legs. Observed hematomas on bilateral lower extremities and skin tear on lower shin.” It was reported that the Certified Nursing Assistant “was sent home immediately and the physician and family member Power of Attorney (POA) over healthcare were notified.”
A part of the 01/20/2015 Final Incident Report documents that the 98-year-old female resident is “able to make her needs known.” The report states that “she was sitting on the toilet and the CNA told her to get up off the toilet and [the resident] told the CNA she needed help.” The resident stated: “the CNA was putting her hands up in her face and that she turned her head to avoid being hit.” It was also documented that the resident told the Registered Nurse that the CNA “kicked both of her legs […and] put her roughly in the wheelchair.”
The facility’s Administrator stated on 04/22/2016 that the resident “was really shaken up after the incident, and wouldn’t come out of her room, would eat, wouldn’t talk to anyone, put herself into a shell, and still to this day, talks about it.”
- Failure to Investigate and Report an Allegation of Abuse In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 04/26/2016, the state investigator noted the facility’s failure “to notify local law enforcement of the suspicion of a crime.” The failure noted by the state investigator involved the incident of abuse detailed above. While the Administrator confirmed that the Certified Nursing Assistant “was terminated due to [the resident’s] injuries being consistent with her allegations of being kicked, [the Administrator stated that it was the resident’s daughter, who] “actually called the police later.”It was noted that on 04/26/2016, the Administrator “provided a police report on 01/14/2016. The intake report dated 02/05/2016 [notes that] the person reporting the battery was [the resident’s] daughter.”
Edwardsville Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers
If your loved one was the victim of physical assault by caregivers or other residents while residing at Rosewood Care Center of Edwardsville, call Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers LLC today at (888) 424-5757 to discuss a case for financial compensation. Our nursing home law firm can ensure your loved one’s rights are protected.
We accept all nursing home abuse, mistreatment and neglect cases through contingency fee agreements. This means we are paid for our legal services only after we are successful and financially resolving your case in front of a judge and jury or have negotiated an acceptable financial settlement on your behalf.
http://www.rosewoodnursing.com/
http://www.idph.state.il.us/ltc/docs/SurveyResult/6014401FIK04262016.PDF
http://bit.do/RILnursingRoseCarEdw
For information on specific Rosewood Care Center facilities, please reference pages below:
- Rosewood Care Center Alton
- Rosewood Care Center Galesburg
- Rosewood Care Center Moline
- Rosewood Care Center Northbrook
- Rosewood Care Center of East Peoria
- Rosewood Care Center of Elgin
- Rosewood Care Center of Inverness
- Rosewood Care Center of Joliet
- Rosewood Care Center of Moline
- Rosewood Care Center of Peoria
- Rosewood Care Center of Rockford
- Rosewood Care Center of St. Charles
- Rosewood Care Center Swansea
