There are significant problems involving mistreatment occurring in nursing facilities nationwide. Typically, a lack of quality care often results from untrained nursing staff, minimal supervision, or insufficient staffing members on each shift. In these incidents, the patient’s needs are often ignored. This neglect can cause broken bones due to falling or the development of preventable pressure sores.
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This nursing center is a "for-profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services and cares to residents of Boynton Beach and Palm Beach County, Florida. The 168-certified bed long-term care nursing home is located at:
9600 Lawrence Rd
Boynton Beach, Florida 33436
(561) 740-4100
Boynton Beach Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Boynton Beach Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
Florida and federal nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal authority to impose monetary fines and deny payment for Medicare services for any nursing facility cited for serious violations of regulations and rules.
The nursing home received four complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Florida Adult Protective Services Website.
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Information on every intermediate and long-term care home in the state can be reviewed on government-owned and operated database websites, including the Florida Department of Public Health and Medicare.gov.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues, and four out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to ensure proper supervision for [one resident] at risk for elopement [wandering away].” The state surveyors interviewed one resident who indicated that another resident, “has a history of wandering into his room.”
The reporting resident stated that “he was awoken at night with [the other resident] staring at him.” The reporting resident stated, “yesterday, she came into my room seven times. This is a little excessive.” The reporting resident stated that the wandering resident “has even gone into their bathroom and used the toilet.”
The reporting resident stated that “staff had told him that they cannot do anything but talk to her.” However, he said that the female resident “needs to be on oneonone supervision.” The survey team observed the female ‘wandering’ resident while “sleeping soundly in her room. No staff was observed with or near her.”
Less than two hours later, the female resident “was sitting up on the edge of the bed and was dressed. No staff was with her in the room.” The following day just after noon, the female resident “was in the TV room sitting at the table with a coloring page in front of her.”
At that time, a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) at her side said that “she was providing one-on-one [and explained that] she was assigned one-on-one when she arrived at 7:00 AM, but [the resident] was sleeping, so the Assistant Director of Nursing told her to help in the dining room.”
The surveyors observed the resident on another day while in her room in the vacant bed, which was up at waist height, whereas her bed was lowered to the floor.” At that time, the resident “was lying on the bedsheet, covered with a blanket, her feet sticking out of the blanket, and only one non-skid sock [on]. There was no staff with [the resident].”
The surveyors called the 100 Unit Manager into the room, who agreed that “the bed was too high. The Unit Manager gently awakened [the resident] and searched for the bed control to lower the bed. The cord that had the bed controls along with the call bell cord were tangled up around and under [the resident], one of which was wrapped all the way around [the resident’s] arm at the shoulder.”
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while living at Boynton Beach Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Palm Beach County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Boynton Beach.
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Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home