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Morningside House Assisted Living

a/k/a Morningside House of Leesburg

316 Harrison St, SE

Leesburg, VA  20175

Phone 703-777-2777

Facility Characteristics:

  • Provides assisted living care only
  • Facility license is held by S-H Mid Atlantic OpCo-Leesburg, LLC
  • On site licensed nurses, per disclosures facility has 22 staff on the day shift and 2 staff on the evening shift.
  • Admission contract required.  Some facilities require patients to sign mandatory arbitration provisions (waiving your right to a jury trial) as a condition of admission

A note by Attorney Jeffrey J. Downey:

Thank you for visiting my website.  Anyone who is considering the admission of a loved one into an assisted living facility should undertake a review of surveys or other data that will provide a snapshot of some of the issues or problems that the facility is experiencing.  Keep in mind that this information can be limited and may not reflect the actual condition of the facility when your loved one is admitted.  Anyone who is considering admission into such a facility should undertake their own investigation, including a personal visit and discussion with the staff and residents, if permitted. 

LINK TO INSPECTIONS and FOIA documents

Most assisted living facilities in Virginia are required to follow regulations, which have been enacted to protect the residents and assure that their rights are protected. Under Virginia’s “Standards for Licensed Assisted Living Facilities” a facility is required to provide a program of care that meets the resident’s “physical, mental and psychosocial needs” and  “the objectives of the service plan.” 22 VAC 40-72-40, Program of Care.  A facility is required to provide “staff adequate in knowledge, skills and abilities and sufficient in numbers to provide services to attain and maintain the physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident as determined by resident assessments and individualized service plans.”  Under Virginia regulations, facilities are prohibited from admitting patients “whose physical or mental health care needs cannot be met in the specific assisted living facility.  .  .”  22 VAC 40-72-340(G)(12).

Many assisted living facilities have aggressive marketing tactics that seek to admit patients who may not be suitable for an assisted living setting.  An assisted living facility is not a nursing home and they are generally not staffed to provide the level of skilled nursing care that a nursing home would provide.  This may lead to the neglect of an elderly resident’s needs, especially if that resident is at high risk for pressure wounds, skin break-down, falls, malnutrition or dehydration, or suffers from other complex medical issues.

Searching the internet for information on assisted living facilities can be challenging, as there are multiple sources of potential information.  The below information was obtained through a Freedom of Information act request and may provide some useful information on the facilities identified herein.   Feel free to contact the Law Office of Jeffrey J. Downey for additional information on this or other facilities.  

 

Disclaimer: The following information comes from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) issued to the Virginia Department of Social Services, the agency that licenses assisted living facilities in Virginia.   The online compliance history includes only information after July 1, 2003. Not all surveys have been copied to this website.  In addition, the online compliance history includes information regarding adverse actions that may be the subject of a pending appeal or plans of correction.  An adverse action is not final until a provider has exhausted or waived all due process rights. For compliance history prior to July l, 2003, or information regarding the status of pending adverse actions, the reader should contact the Licensing Inspector listed in the facility’s information.  Not all the information contained herein is necessarily current and errors may have occurred in the conversion of this document from PDF to a searchable word document.  Anyone considering admission to an assisted living facility should review the most recent survey results and visit the facility to make their own observations about the quality of care