UPDATE @ 6:59 p.m. (March 2): Laurels of Huber Heights released a statement Friday, in addition to comments issued Feb. 27 following our initial story.
“On February 26, 2018, we were notified that a family member of
one of our residents posted to social media their care concerns. The
Laurels of Huber Heights takes all concerns seriously and has systems in
place to review and address them,” the statement read. “Immediately,
our management attempted to reach family members of this resident to
discuss and address their concerns; we will continue attempts to
communicate directly with them, until this can be discussed and
resolved.”
Read the statement released Friday, in its entirety, here:
INITIAL REPORT (Feb. 26):
An area nursing home says it’s investigating after relatives of one of its resident posted on social media Sunday that the man was being neglected.
Sara Vagedes wrote in a Facebook post that her 89-year-old grandfather was ‘badly’ in need of attention when she visited him at Laurels of Huber Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers on Sunday afternoon.
INITIAL REPORT (Feb. 26):
An area nursing home says it’s investigating after
relatives of one of its resident posted on social media Sunday that the
man was being neglected.
Sara Vagedes wrote in a Facebook post that her
89-year-old grandfather was ‘badly’ in need of attention when she
visited him at Laurels of Huber Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation
Centers on Sunday afternoon.
The elderly man, also a veteran, was aspirating with food piled up in
his brace, fruit punch spilled across the bed sheets and trash
everywhere, Vagedes said during a phone interview Monday.
"We are aware of comments and concerns that were made via
social media about a resident in our care,” officials at the facility
said in a statement, declining to be interviewed. “We take all concerns
very seriously, are investigating the concerns that were posted and will
complete a full investigation as well as cooperate with all external
regulatory agencies as necessary.”
Vagedes’ Facebook post, which included photos of her grandfather, went viral, and was shared nearly 20,000 times.
A reporter talked to a relative of another resident at Laurels of Huber Heights on Monday.
WHIO-TV reporter Lauren Clark
asked the woman, who did not want to be identified, if she’d had any
experience like the Vagedes family or if they’d had an OK experience.
The woman told Clark, “so far we’ve had an OK experience.”
The woman went on to say, “I think they're really shorthanded here. And nobody can take care of a loved one like you can.”
The Ohio Department of Health would not confirm if it's
investigating the specific incident described in Vagedes’ Facebook post.
However, the agency in the past year has investigated nine complaints
at Laurels of Huber Heights, according to the Ohio Department of
Health’s website.
For instance, in November, the facility was instructed to
develop and implement neglect and abuse policies after the agency
learned that one of the nursing home’s employees had disqualifying
criminal convictions for theft and drug possession.
But officials at the nursing home say all previous complaints have been resolved.
Vagedes’ grandfather was transported to Grandview Medical Center and is in the intensive care unit, the family said.
Full Article & Source:
Huber Heights nursing home officials issue statement regarding abuse claims
If the state inspectors were doing their job properly, there would be many more of these complaints. They need more staffing to do their jobs too.
ReplyDeleteI would rather they issue an apology and set about fixing the problems.
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