The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has completed its investigation of abuse concerns at St. Raphael’s Health and Rehab in Eveleth, MN. A complaint was filed with the Department alleging that an employee of the facility slapped a resident in the face and leg. The Department investigated the matter and interviewed an employee who was at the location of incidence. The employee verified that it sound as if the resident had been slapped. Other employees interviewed reported that the offending employee told them that the employee had slapped the resident across the face. The MDH investigation substantiated the occurrence of the abuse. [Case no. H5277009]
Medicare rates nursing homes, including this 76-bed facility. Medicare has assigned an overall rating to St. Raphael’s Health and Rehab as a “much below average” facility. In addition, Medicare has assigned a health inspection rating of “much below average” based on the government’s health inspections of the facility. Deficiencies cited by Medicare include St. Raphael’s Health and Rehab’s failure to provide care by qualified persons according to each resident’s written plan of care, failure to maintain drug records and properly mark drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards, and failure to develop policies that prevent mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of residents or theft of resident property, among other failures.
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