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This facility is a 120-certified bed "for-profit" long-term care home providing services and cares to residents of Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
13806 N 46th St
Tampa, Florida 33613
(813) 977-4214
Fairway Oaks Center Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Fairway Oaks Center Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term & long-term care and specialty programs.
Fined $41,077 for substandard care
Both Florida and the federal government can impose a monetary fine or deny payments through Medicare when a nursing facility has been found to violate established regulations and rules. The higher the monetary fine, the more serious the violation is that likely harmed or could have harmed one or more residents at the nursing home.
Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against Fairway Oaks Center Nursing Center, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $27,450 fine on November 15, 2018, and a $13,627 fine on November 15, 2018, for a total of $41,077. During this time, Medicare denied payment on November 15, 2018, due to a lack of quality care.
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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Our attorneys obtain and review data on every Florida long-term care home from various online publically available sources, including the Department of Public Health website and Medicare.gov.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of two 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 that [three residents reviewed for accidents] received the appropriate supervision and assistance devices to prevent falls.” In one case, a resident “sustained a fall resulting in a right femur fracture while being transported in the facility’s minibus without the use of the seatbelt.”
Additionally, the resident “had at least thirteen falls in less than thirty days and [another resident] sustained at least six falls in forty-three days, one which resulted in a transfer to the hospital with staples to the head.” The facility “failed to conduct root cause analysis and implementation of new/effective interventions to prevent continued falls for [both residents].”
The state investigators interviewed a resident who “had a knee/leg immobilizer in place on the right lower extremity” while observed lying in bed. The resident “informed the surveyor that she had broken her leg and it really hurt. She stated she had an immobilizer on her leg after having surgery in which they had to put a plate into her femur.”
The resident stated that “this fracture occurred while on her first trip on the facility’s minibus while they went to the store. She stated the staff bolted her wheelchair to the minibus but did not belt her into the wheelchair.” The resident said that when the minibus stopped, “she fell out of her wheelchair and she was scrunched up into the wheelchair in front of her.”
The resident stated that after the accident had occurred, “[the Aide] and [Recreation Person] put her back in the wheelchair and buckled her into her wheelchair after the fall.” She stated that “it did not hurt that much at first, but it started hurting later. Subsequently, when she got back to the facility, they x-rayed her leg and found that “it was broken and sent her to the hospital.”
Was your loved one mistreated while residing at Fairway Oaks Center Nursing Center? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Hillsborough County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Tampa.
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Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home