Many of the problems associated with mistreatment occurring in assisted-living facilities in nursing homes are the result of a lack of trained personnel, minimal supervision, or understaffing. In these incidents, the needs of the residents are often ignored; they suffer serious injuries from a fall or develop life-threatening bedsores. Other residents wander away from the facility due to a lack of supervision; as mentioned in the citation below.
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This long-term care center is a "for-profit" 208-certified bed home providing care to residents of Bradenton and Manatee County, Florida. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
2010 Manatee Ave E
Bradenton, Florida 34208
(941) 747-3706
Braden River Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Braden River Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
Fined $9,727 for substandard care
It is the responsibility of federal and state investigators to penalize any nursing home that has violated a rule or regulation that caused harm or could have caused harm to a resident. Many of these penalties involve monetary fines or denial of payment for Medicare services.
Over the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Braden River Rehabilitation Center for $9,727, citing substandard care. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Florida Adult Protective Services Website.
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The state of Florida and Medicare.com routinely update their comprehensive list of deficiencies online to reflect all violations.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including two 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 adequate supervision was provided to prevent accidents for [one resident] reviewed for falls.” A Progress Note at the facility indicated that the resident “suffered three falls” over two months, including one on February 5, 2018, another a week later on February 12, 2018, and a third on March 13, 2018.
The state investigators interviewed the facility Unit Manager, who stated that the nursing home conducts a Fall Risk Assessment after every fall. The manager also states that the facility provides a Fall Alert for seventy-two hours where “[the resident] is checked for safety every thirty minutes around-the-clock for seventy-two hours.”
The state surveyors reviewed the resident’s medical record that revealed that the first fall occurred at 7:42 AM, and the nursing staff completed a Fall Risk Assessment. The interventions included beginning safety checks that would occur over the next seventy-two hours until 7:42 AM on February 8, 2018.
However, a review of the Fall Alert Safety Checks revealed that “there were no checks documented for [the day of the incident].” Additionally, the thirty-minute checks that occurred between February 5, 2018, to February 6, 2018, “started at 11:00 PM and continued only for twelve hours until 11:30 AM on February 6, 2018.”
It was noted that “there were no further checks documented until checks labeled February 7, 2018, – February 8, 2018, which started at 11:00 PM and then continued until the end of the seventy-two-hour period 8.5 hours later at 7:30 AM on February 8, 2018.” A review of the resident’s second fall documentation indicates the same problem of fall alert safety checks that were intermittent.
The resident’s third fall occurred at 8:00 AM. While the nursing staff did follow protocol on providing safety alert checks at fifteen-minute and then thirty-minute intervals, “there were no safety checks from 11:30 PM on March 13, 2018, until 3:30 PM on March 14, 2018.” The nursing home failed to follow the seventy-two--hour period protocol.
The facility Unit Manager confirmed that “[the resident] should have been monitored for safety and prevention of falls for seventy-two hours after each of the three falls.” The manager also confirmed that “the safety checks were not completed for any of the three falls.”
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while living at Braden River 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 Manatee County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Bradenton.
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Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home