The Dickson Firm represents nursing home residents and their families in cases against the owners and the operators of nursing homes throughout the State of Ohio.
The Arbors at Delaware is a 99-bed nursing home, located at 2270 Warrensburg Road in
Delaware, Ohio.
– The nursing home has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars.
– It has a staffing rating of 2 out of 5 stars, which is below average.
– It is part of the Arbors at Ohio chain of nursing homes.
– It is owned by Ark Opco Group, LLC.
Craig Flashner and Yitzchok Perlstein have operational and/or managerial control. According to ProPublica's Nursing Home inspect database, the Arbors of Delaware has been subject to multiple violations, including violations for failure to honor a resident's rights to a dignified existence, failure to immediately notify a resident's doctor, and a resident's family, of situations that affect the residents, and failure to honor a resident's right to a safe, clean, and comfortable environment.
Additionally, deficiencies cited include failure to ensure nursing home areas are free from accident hazards with adequate supervision, failure to ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater, failure to provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the residents' needs, and failure to procure food from approved sources.
Many families may ask themselves if The Arbors of Delaware is a good nursing home? They may ask if it is a dangerous or bad nursing home. They may ask if other residents at the nursing home have experienced abuse, neglect, bedsores, falls or other injuries.
According to online reviews, one reviewer described this nursing home as a "hell hole", stating, "Clinical care often incompetent and neglectful; staffing inadequate; leadership bizarre and abusive. My loved one developed advanced bedsores and had multiple incidents of neglect-induced medical events. The nights in this place are very different from the days, when contracted therapists elevate the care a bit."
Another family member wrote about an alarming incident with a hospice patient, "At one point a nurse could not remember if she had given my father meds and had to ask my husband if she had given him meds. And the way the staff spoke about the patients on hospice was appalling, saying, 'They are just going to die anyway.' My father, a Vietnam veteran, was there.
Within 2 weeks of being there he came down with pneumonia because they were not sitting him
up for meals, and he got food in his lungs. They did not feel like dealing with him, so they started keeping him dozed on morphine around the clock."
A current resident wrote, "I have been in this facility for over 3 weeks. The time I have been in here has been subpar. I have asked for medicines and have been told no. Service is far below acceptable. You hit the call light for a nurse, and it is between 15 to 30, sometimes 45 minutes before anyone responds."
Another loved one warned, "Do not take your loved ones here! My grandmother had to be taken to this place after surgery in June. She did not even make it 12 hours before we pulled her out. This place smells like death and dirty diapers when you walk in the door. Rooms are dirty and dusty."
Other Arbors at Ohio nursing homes include those below – and are also listed among the worst nursing homes in Ohio.
These reviews are particularly concerning because they seem to speak to a pattern of understaffing. Understaffing is the source of most issues in nursing homes. As the one citation indicates above, nursing homes are legally obligated to provide their residents with adequate supervision to prevent accidents. They are also legally obligated to provide their residents with a safe environment. They are not able to do this without enough staff.
If a facility is understaffed, it is simply not possible to provide adequate supervision to all the residents. This often leads to falls. Falls are one of the most serious concerns facing nursing homes, and can often be fatal. Understaffing also leads to the formation of bedsores. If there is not enough staff to turn and reposition the residents every two (2) hours, and sometimes more frequently, then they will develop bedsores. Bedsores are caused by unrelieved pressure. When the nursing home residents are not turned as often as they are supposed to be turned, they will develop skin breakdown. When a nursing home does not have sufficient staff, there is simply no way to turn and reposition all the residents who need assistance.
If someone you love has been neglected or abused in a nursing home, please call us at The Dickson Firm, at 1-800-OHIO LAW as we would be happy to talk with you, and help you in any way that we can.
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