This 54-bed nursing home has received “below average” ratings or both its Overall and Quality Measure ratings, according to Medicare’s 2012 annual report. Additionally, the facility was given a “much below average” for its Health Inspection rating. This facility was cited with multiple health deficiencies, including the facility’s:
- Failure to provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident;
- Failure to allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment;
- Failure to ensure that each resident’s entire drug/medication regimen is free from unnecessary drugs, and is managed and monitored to achieve highest level of well-being; and
- Failure to at least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident’s medications and report any irregularities to the attending doctor.
Additionally, Medicare has identified several complaints and incidents associated with the Golden Livingcenter – Lynwood, including the facility’s:
- Failure to immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident;
- Failure to provide housekeeping and maintenance services;
- Failure to give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores; and
- Failure to properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses
The Minnesota Department of Health has substantiated two reports of neglect on the part of Golden Livingcenter – Lynwood:
- In June 2011, MDH substantiated a report of neglect wherein a resident was not provided with adequate nursing care and monitoring when she was sent to a scheduled clinic appointment with a temperature of 102 degrees, an empty oxygen tank, with her stage 2 pressure ulcer covered in feces. She was sent to the hospital and diagnosed with sepsis. [Report # H5201042]
- In September 2011, an allegation of neglect was substantiated wherein a resident was not was not provided with adequate supervision and monitoring when he got a box-cutter from a janitor’s closet, cut his alarm-bracelet off, and eloped from the facility. [Report # H5201043]
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