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This long-term care home is a "for-profit" 120-certified bed center providing care and services to residents of Deltona and Volusia County, Florida. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
1851 Elkcam Blvd
Deltona, Florida 32725
(386) 789-3769
Deltona Health Care Facility
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Deltona Health Care Facility offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke care, enteral nutrition, pain management, hospice, oncology care, dementia and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Both the state of Florida and federal agencies penalize nursing homes by denying reimbursement payments from Medicare or imposing monetary fines anytime the facility is cited for a serious violation of established regulations and rules that harm or could harm residents.
The nursing home received six 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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To ensure families are fully informed of the level of care every nursing home provides, the state of Florida and Medicare.com routinely update their long-term care home database systems with info on violations, citations, and deficiencies.
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 ensure that [one resident] reviewed for respiratory care was free from medication use in excessive doses.” The state surveyors interviewed the resident in her room just after noon on January 4, 2019.
At that time, “she stated that she was recently admitted to the facility [for] post-operative recovery. She received nebulizer treatments (a device designed to deliver inhaled medication in a mist form) while in the facility and was independent with the use of the nebulizer.”
The surveyors observed the nebulizer device “sitting on top of the bedside table.” The survey team reviewed the resident’s Medication Administration Record documented on January 1, 2019, at 5:00 PM.” All the medications have been signed off on that date and subsequent dates.
However, on January 3, 2019, the nursing staff had signed “as having administered” five doses, including one at 9:00 AM, 1:00 PM, 5:00 PM, and 6:00 PM. There were three doses not given that day at 12:00 AM, 6:00 AM, and 12:00 PM “due to [the resident] being on leave from the facility or held by [the nurse].”
On other occasions, it was revealed that the resident was receiving “too much” medication. The Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner was asked by the Unit Manager “if the order could be discontinued.” The Nurse Practitioner replied “Yes.”
The Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner confirmed that the resident had received the medication up to eight times a day “as opposed to four times a day, as ordered, as a result of an entry error.”
The Director of Nursing confirmed that the resident “received the medication up to eight times daily, not per the Physician’s orders.”
The facility “failed to provide appropriate care and services for [two residents] with tracheostomies.” The state investigators interviewed a resident whose words were barely audible. The surveyors say that “when [the resident] was talking, he began to cough, and it sounded wet.” It was determined that the resident needed to be suctioned.
However, the Registered Nurse (RN) who entered the resident’s room with a sterile suctioning catheter had failed to follow established procedures and protocols to eliminate the spread of infection.
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at Deltona Health Care Facility? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Volusia County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Deltona.
Our legal team invites you to discuss your case with us today through an initial, free claim consultation. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you will not owe us anything until after we have secured a monetary recovery for your family. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home