The Somers Manor Nursing Home on Route 100 in Somers, NY was fined over $28,000 by the Federal Government in 2010 as well as being cited by the New York Department of Health.
According to the LoHud.com story of December 28 “3 nursing homes in area cited by state; another to close”:
Somers Manor, which is on Route 100 and has 300 beds, was found to have a widespread problem of failing to ensure its residents' "do-not-resuscitate" orders were being followed.
"It's clear that the staff of this facility doesn't know which residents have DNRs and which don't; and whether the resident has competency to make that decision," said Cynthia Rudder, director of special projects of the Long-Term Care Community Coalition. "This clearly puts their residents at risk. Some will not be resuscitated when they want to be and others might be put through painful procedures when they don't want to. This is a life-or-death situation."
Officials from Somers Manor did not return calls seeking comment.
The Federal civil fine is reported in the Long Term Care Community Coalition’s Winter 2010 newsletter. The details of the DNR deficiency citation of March 24, 2010 are available at the NYS Department of Health under the Nursing Home Profile for the Somers Manor Nursing Home.
LINKS
http://www.LoHud.com/article/20101228/NEWS01/12280322/3-nursing-homes-in-area-cited-by-state-another-to-close
http://www.ltccc.org/newsletter/documents/ltccc_winter1010_web.pdf
http://nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov/nursing_homes/deficiency/360/4YC6
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