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This long-term care facility is a 180-certified bed "for-profit" home providing services and cares to residents of Miami and Miami-Dade County, Florida. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
220 Sierra Drive
Miami, Florida 33179
(305) 653-8427
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Golden Glades Nursing and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services involving IV (intravenous) therapy, wound care, ostomy care, PIC C care, respite care, hospice, palliative care, tube feeding, and rehab services including physical, speech, and occupational therapies.
Florida and Federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home with a denied payment for Medicare services or a monetary fine when the facility is cited for serious violations of established regulations and rules that guarantee resident safety.
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 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 one out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to implement its Infection Control policies and procedures related to urinary catheter bags observed on the floor for [two residents].”
The state surveyors observed a resident lying in bed on June 4, 2018, at 7:53 AM. The resident’s catheter bag “was on the floor.” A subsequent observation of the resident at 8:38 AM showed that the “urinary catheter and the privacy bag was on the floor.”
The nursing staff had been provided orders to provide catheter care every shift and as needed and “monitor catheters for signs and symptoms of infection every shift; keep the leg straps on at all times; ensure the catheter is strapped to the side to prevent trauma or dislodgment on every shift.”
A Registered Nurse (RN) observed the resident’s catheter bag on the floor and responded that the catheter bag “should not be on the floor because it increases the chance of [the resident] getting an infection.”
The facility “failed to provide services to maintain vision abilities for [one resident] by not providing a vision consult for [the resident].” The nursing home also “failed to ensure residents’ assistive devices were in good working order [to maintain] vision abilities.” The investigation involved three residents with vision impairment.
In one case, the resident reported on the morning of January 25, 2018, that “she had a problem with her eyes.” However, a review of consult “did not reveal any consult by an ophthalmologist.” A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) indicated the resident “did not wear eyeglasses, and she was not admitted with glasses.” The LPN revealed that the resident “never told her she had any problems with her eyes or any problem seeing.”
The resident indicated that when “she came to the facility she was not wearing glasses, but she used to have glasses before, a couple of years ago.” The resident said that “her eyes were not hurting, but she could not see well out of the left eye.”
A second LPN stated that upon looking at the initial admission nursing assessment, the resident did have impaired vision, and the admitting nurse should have put in for a vision consult.
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at Golden Glades 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 Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home