The Arbors at Marietta Nursing Home is a nursing home located at 400 Seventh Street at Marietta, Ohio.  It is a nursing home with 136 beds which makes it a relatively large nursing home. 

This nursing home is owned by ARK OPCO GROUP, LLC.  This nursing home has been flagged by Medicare as being a nursing home that's been cited in the past for abuse.  It has an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars. 

•             This nursing home was recently issued a federal fine in the amount of $79,853.00 on January 12, 2024. 
•             It was issued a federal fine of $56,687.00 on November 15, 2022. 
•             It was issued a federal fine of $46,300.00 on March 7, 2022. 
•             It was issued a federal fine of $67,821.00 on October 28, 2021. 
•             On January 12, 2024, it received a payment denial by Medicare meaning Medicare refused to reimburse it for the care of its residents. 
•             It also received a payment denial by Medicare on November 15, 2022. 
•             It also received a payment denial by Medicare on October 28, 2021. 

There are sixteen (16) nursing homes in Ohio known as "Arbors".  Each and every one of these nursing homes is owned and operated by ARK OPCO GROUP, LLC.  Of these sixteen (16) nursing homes, five (5) of them have been flagged by Medicare because they have been cited for abuse.  Six (6) of these sixteen (16) nursing homes have a 1 out of 5 star rating. 

If someone you love is in a nursing home, and you are not confident that they are receiving appropriate care, it is imperative that you move them to a better nursing home.  No amount of family involvement or frequent visiting can make up for a poor nursing home that is improperly staffed or otherwise not providing appropriate care to its residents. 

We handle cases throughout the State of Ohio.  And we see multiple nursing homes that consistently provide improper care.  They do not staff their facilities properly.  They do not hire qualified people.  And their residents are consistently neglected and abuse. 

We often see cases involving skin breakdown.  When the facility does not have adequate staff, they do not have enough people to turn and reposition their residents who need to be turned and repositioned.  If a resident cannot turn and reposition themselves, and the staff does not turn and reposition them, the unrelieved pressure will lead to skin breakdown. 

We also see a lot of cases involving falls.  When you don't have adequate staffing at a nursing home, residents often suffer falls.  Residents are obligated by law to provide their residents with adequate supervision to prevent accidents.  When a nursing home doesn't have sufficient staff, the residents aren't provided with adequate supervision.  They aren't provided with a safe environment.  And as a result, the residents fall.  Falls can be a very, very dangerous occurrence for an elderly nursing home resident.  When a resident falls, they often suffer a fracture.  They often suffer a head injury which can be fatal.  If they do suffer a fracture, the recovery from that fracture is very complicated.  If that fracture requires surgery, than that resident has to be hospitalized and undergo surgery which can be very, very difficult and challenging for a resident.  Once they've had the surgery, their mobility is impacted, they are now at increased risk for skin breakdown which can lead to decubitus ulcers and also cause them additional problems and even be fatal. 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality/Quality Safety & Oversight Group has have developed the Special Focus Facility Program, or SFF Program.  This program identifies nursing homes that have a history of serious quality issues.  They are included in a special program designed to stimulate improvements in the quality of care provided by those nursing homes.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and thew Ohio Department of Health inspect nursing homes on a regular basis to determine if they are providing the quality of care that Medicare and Medicaid require in order to protect and improve residents’ health and safety.

When nursing homes do not meet CMS’ health care or fire safety standards, these instances are cited as deficiencies, and CMS requires that the problems be corrected. 

Most nursing homes have some deficiencies, with the average being six to seven deficiencies per standard health inspection. However, a minority of nursing homes have:

• More problems than other nursing homes (about twice the average number of deficiencies),
• More serious problems than most other nursing homes (including harm or injury experienced by residents), and
• A pattern of serious problems that have persisted over a long period of time (as measured over approximately three years before the date the nursing home was first put on the SFF list). 

Although such nursing homes may periodically institute enough improvements to correct problems identified on one inspection, significant problems would often re-surface by the time of the next inspection. Such facilities with a “yo-yo” compliance history rarely address underlying systemic problems that give rise to repeated cycles of serious deficiencies, which pose risks to residents’ health and safety. To address this problem CMS operates the SFF program.

The Arbors at Marietta Nursing Home qualifies to be a Special Focus Facility.  It has been a Special Focus Facility candidate for at least twelve (12) months.  Special Focus Facilities are the worst nursing homes in Ohio.

It is imperative if someone you love is in a nursing home, and you are not confident they are getting appropriate care, that you seriously consider moving them to a better nursing home.  We understand that moving an elderly nursing home resident, particularly one that's confused or demented, to another facility can be very traumatic.  However, if your resident is not getting appropriate care, then they are at risk, and you must consider moving them to a better nursing home. 

If someone you love has been neglected or abused in a nursing home, please call us at 1-800-OHIO LAW.  We will be happy to talk with you and help you in any way that we can.