It has been shared more than 20,000 times and it’s causing concern about the woman pictured.
Julia Wiggins, the family’s pastor, posted these photos to Facebook on Feb. 19.
Her son, James Brown, said they have filed a complaint with the facility about the care his mother is receiving.
Cleveland 19 News reporter Sia Nyorkor spoke to Beverly Laubert, State Long-Term Care Ombudsman with the Ohio Department of Aging regarding the allegations.
Laubert said when they saw the social media post, it was “very disturbing” and “worthy of an investigation.”
Representatives visited with the family Thursday.
The Ohio Department of Health and The Ohio Department of Aging have been notified and are both looking into the situation.
Altercare Nobles Pond said in a statement:
“We
were informed of a family complaint on February 15, 2019. We have
followed the protocol established regarding any allegation, including
immediately reporting the concern to the Ohio Department of Health and
completing an internal investigation.”
The
Altercare Nobles Pond Executive Director also placed a return phone
call to the person who made a post on Facebook regarding this situation:
The Ombudsman offers these resources for those who have concerns about their loved ones:
Ohio’s Long-Term Care Consumer Guide
that includes Ohio Department of Health regulatory reports and our
satisfaction surveys; providers also have the opportunity to add
information about their care and services but many do not take advantage
of that opportunity.
Ohio Department of Health site to search for providers and obtain survey reports in a printable format.
Federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services site to search for nursing homes and obtain enforcement information and quality measure data among other provider details.
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1 comment:
We don't know the circumstances, but it doesn't look good for the nursing home. If she couldn't sit up by herself, she should have been in a high back wheelchair and the back of the chair could be reclined a bit.
It's important she be out of bed and often, but not in the way they did it.
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