Inadequate Supervision at JMKay Healthcare Services

According to a report from MDH JMKay Healthcare Services, neglected a resident when the resident failed to check on the intoxicated resident, and a staff discovered the resident deceased the next morning.

Substantiated Neglect Against JMKay Healthcare Services

The report states neglect was substantiated. The facility was responsible for the maltreatment. Although the facility established planned interventions and trained staff regarding the resident’s alcohol use, the facility failed to ensure staff implemented interventions to ensure the safety and well-being of the resident. Staff failed to conduct face-to-face observations of the resident during hourly safety, failed to monitor the resident’s alcohol consumption per the facility intervention strategies, and failed to consistently notify the nurse when the resident was intoxicated. Several staff failed to monitor the intoxicated resident for at least nine hours prior to finding the resident deceased.

The report also states that a family member stated the resident’s room was full of empty liquor bottles and the facility did nothing to help the resident. The family member stated the resident was unhappy and used alcohol to quiet his other mental health symptoms. The family member stated they could not understand how anyone could work with the resident every day and not know he was so ill. The resident’s death certificate indicated the cause of death was complications of chronic alcohol abuse including alcoholic ketoacidosis.

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If you have concerns about medication errors, lack of supervision, falls, fractures, wound care, wrongful death or other neglect and abuse contact Attorney Kenneth LaBore for a free consultation at 612-743-9048 or by email at KLaBore@MNnursinghomeneglect.com.