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This long-term care home is a "for-profit" 120-certified bed center providing from recovering and services to residents of West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County, Florida. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
1626 Davis Rd
West Palm Beach, Florida 33406
(561) 439-8897
Consulate Health Care of West Palm Beach Nursing Facility
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Consulate Health Care Of West Palm Beach Nursing Facility offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services involving IV (intravenous) therapy, post-stroke care, enteral nutrition, trach care, pulmonary care, nutritional services, peritoneal dialysis, cardiac care, advanced wound care, hospice, oncology care, bariatric care, and therapeutic recreation.
The investigators for the federal government and state of Florida nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal authority to impose monetary fines or deny payment for Medicare services if the nursing facility is cited for serious violations of rules and regulations.
The nursing home received three 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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The federal government and the Florida Department of Public Health website update comprehensive information containing historical details of all citations and violations.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, two out of five stars for staffing issues, and five out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to provide evidence of following the prescribed treatment orders for [one resident].” The state investigators interviewed a resident who stated that “her prescribed wound care and treatments were not done last night.”
The resident indicated that “there was not a nurse on the wing last night to perform the treatments. She further stated that she was told that they did not have a nurse and the nurses on duty were focused on administration of the medications and could not do the treatments.”
The Physician had prescribed multiple wound care orders for the resident to receive numerous types of treatment to the left buttocks. Additionally, the nursing staff was ordered to “change [the resident’s] gastronomy tube dressing site every night.”
The staff was to perform “catheter care every shift and other nursing treatment orders for assessment and monitoring for pain, checking the placement of the gastronomy tube for enteral feeding; monitoring all open areas for signs and symptoms of infection, and offloading heels while in bed.”
The survey team reviewed the Treatment Administration Record that revealed “[the nurse] failed to place her initials in the appropriate box to indicate wound care, [catheter care], gastronomy tube care and the nursing treatment orders were completed for the night shift on October 22, 2017.” The surveyors also say that the Treatment Administration Record revealed “the above treatments were not initialed that they had been completed on October 8, 2017, and September 23, 2017.”
The state investigators interviewed a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) who stated that “she was unaware that [the Night Nurse] was unable to perform the dressing changes on [the resident] last night. She further confirmed that the dressing currently on [the resident] indicated that [the resident’s] wound care was not completed by [the Night Nurse].”
Were you the victim of mistreatment, neglect, or abuse while living at Consulate Health Care of West Palm Beach Nursing Facility? 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 West Palm 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