Some statistics show that more than one million Americans currently live in nursing homes. Many of these patients are our mothers, fathers, grandparents, siblings, children, and friends. Families often relocate their loved ones into a nursing home, believing that they will receive the best care and improve their quality of life in a safe environment.
Unfortunately, mistreatment still occurs in many nursing homes, including those in Miami-Dade County. If your loved one was injured or died prematurely while residing in a nursing home, contact the Florida nursing home affiliate attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages.
This long-term care center is a 120-certified bed "for-profit" home providing services to residents of Miami and Miami-Dade County, Florida. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
800 NW 95th Street
Miami, Florida 33150
(305) 836-1550
Franco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Franco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 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 the federal government can impose a monetary fine or deny payments through Medicare when a nursing facility is found to violate established regulations and rules. The greater the monetary fine, the more serious the violation is that likely harmed or could have harmed one or more residents at the nursing home.
The nursing home received two 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 state of Florida and federal government nursing home regulatory agencies routinely update their care home database system. This list contains historical information of all citations and 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, two out of five stars for staffing issues, and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to provide adequate supervision for [one resident] reviewed for accidents who was at high risk for elopement and wandered out of the facility.”
The investigative team reviewed the resident’s Admission Data Collection Form dated April 9, 2018. The document indicated that the resident “was evaluated for elopement risk, and at the time it was determined that [the resident] was not at risk for elopement.”
However, approximately ten weeks later on June 26, 2018, the resident “was observed outside of the facility in his wheelchair propelling slowly to the parking lot.” Someone asked the resident where he was going. The resident stated that “he was going to his home.” He was redirected and brought back in the facility.
The documentation shows that “this was the first time [the resident] had done this, and his son was called and notified.” The nursing staff received a Physician’s order to place a wander management bracelet on the resident’s left ankle and begin monitoring for placement and skin integrity on every shift.
The Nurse’s Note from June 30, 2018, at 7:30 PM indicated that the resident “was seen at the nursing station drinking coffee with [another resident].” Thirty minutes later, when a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) was performing shift rounds, “she was unable to locate [the resident] in his room. A search of the facility and perimeter was completed.”
The nursing staff notified the Administrator, Assistant Director of Nursing, and the resident’s son. By 9:45 PM, the staff notified the police department that arrived at the facility twenty minutes later.
By 12:20 AM, the police department notified the facility that they had found the resident “a mile away from the facility, and they were taking him to the hospital.” The Director of Nursing stated that the resident’s wander guard bracelet “was in place when he was found. All [the units] were checked by a vendor, and they were fully functioning, and all staff interviewed stated that they did not hear the alarm, and no one had turned off [the resident’s] alarm.”
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at Franco Nursing and 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 Miami-Dade County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Miami.
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Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home