Attorney for Negligence & Abuse at Aperion Care Tolleston Park

Aperion Care is a large network of nursing home, assisted living, rehabilitative, and mental health facilities. While many of these facilities are outstanding, with above average ratings for their care and staffing, there are also many operating with extremely low staff and performing at below and much below average with severe health violations – Aperion Care Tolleston Park is, unfortunately, one of these.

Aperion Care Tolleston Park
2350 Taft St.
Gary, IN 46404
(219)977-2600

Aperion Care Tolleston Park is a 180 certified bed nursing home facility in Gary, Indiana. It specializes in short term rehabilitation, physical therapy, and skilled nursing services 24 hours a day. They offer personalized care plans “ensuring you have a comfortable healing experience while you recover and prepare to return home.” Other amenities include cable TV, Wi-Fi, regularly scheduled activities, and a full-service beauty salon.

This facility currently holds a much below average rating with medicare.gov, with a staggering 46 complaints that resulted in a citation in the past 3 years. (The Indiana average is 5.8 per year.)

04/17/2018 Failure in timely report of suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. A resident self-advocated and requested a surveyor to come and speak with her. She indicated that she had been repeatedly mistreated by staff during the evening shift and was speaking up now only because she hurt badly enough to keep her awake. She indicated that a new CNA put her to bed with a wet brief, after she had been sitting wet for some time. She then stated that the CNA hurt her left arm, she was shoving that pillow under my arm and pulling.

The resident told staff she was hurting her, however, she continued to be rough. She did not report the pain nor the rough treatment indicating. If you tell one something then they will tell them all, they all are going to be mad with me.

“The only reason I’m telling you now is because I hurt all night. I don’t know why they are

so mean to me. I don’t ask nobody for nothing. It only takes 15 minutes to put me to bed,

that’s all I ask, and I don’t bother anyone else for the rest of the night. Sometimes I’m

thirsty and I don’t even ask for water.” The resident then began to cry.

An investigation was opened and found that the resident was supposed to be cared for in pairs for turning and transfers, which was not the treatment she received.

04/17/2018 Failure to Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. The facility failed to provide appropriate care in hygiene and nutrition for multiple residents. One resident was observed receiving continence care at 10:45am, brief soaked with urine and full of feces.

The CNA indicated that was the first time she had checked him during her shift, and that the midnight shift should have changed him. The residents’ care plan indicates that he should be checked every two hours. Another resident was observed during continence care and was not cleaned properly.

Other complaints include failure to assist in feeding a resident when necessary, and yet another resident observed in bed with a brown stained pillowcase, dry peeling skin, and untamed, unkempt hair. Records reflected that that resident had only received 5 bed baths in the past 30 days and no indication of clean linen or grooming.

09/26/2018 Failure to ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. Proper supervision and fall interventions were not made for two residents, resulting in injuries. One resident slid or rolled from their bed on multiple occasions, resulting in multiple hospital trips for evaluation. Another resident who experienced a fall and major injury was observed with their call light on the floor, out of reach, and other interventions indicated in their care plan not in place.