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This long-term care center is a "for-profit" 120-certified bed home providing care to residents of Palm Coast and Flagler County, Florida. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
3001 Palm Coast Parkway SE
Palm Coast, Florida 32137
(386) 446-6060
Grand Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Facility
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Grand Oaks Health and Rehabilitation 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.
Federal and state investigators have a legal obligation to penalize any nursing home that violated a rule or regulation that harmed or could have harmed a resident. These penalties typically include imposed monetary fines or denial of payment for Medicare services. Usually, the higher the violation, the higher the fine.
This nursing facility received eleven complaints and self-reported three serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. 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 one out of five stars concerning health inspections, two 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 maintain an infection control program for all infections, including influenza for [three residents], and scabies for [two other residents].” The surveyors determined that “this practice could potentially affect all 113 residents currently living in the facility.”
The investigators interviewed a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) on the morning of April 5, 2018. The LPN stated that “the flu outbreak occurred at the facility and a lot of people became ill with cold/flulike symptoms; both residents and staff.”
The LPN stated that “if one resident came down with the flu-like symptoms, the facility would isolate the resident and remove the roommate if the roommate did not have symptoms.” The LPN said, “that they did keep a private room open for residents in cases like this.”
However, the Administrator stated during an interview that “the facility did not have the flu outbreak during the current flu season. She stated one or two people had cold symptoms; however, no one had [the flu].”
The Administrator stated that “all of the residents’ flu swabs that were taken were negative. They did not have to notify the Health Department of any infection [and stated that] there was no one currently in the role of the Infection Control Nurse.” The Administrator stated that that position has been open for the past 1.5 - 2 months and that the Director of Nursing had taken over the role but had resigned the previous day.
The nursing home “failed to promote care for residents in a manner and in an environment that maintains a resident’s dignity for [four residents].”
In one incident, the resident stated that “things had gotten so very, very bad since the administration changed.” She complained the Administrator or Director of Nursing took the chucks away (a thick absorbent bed pad). The resident stated that “the chucks were the washable kind [and that] she now has to mess her sheets every day.”
Do you believe that your loved one was the victim of abuse or neglect while living at Grand Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Facility? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Flagler County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Palm Coast.
We provide every potential client a free initial case consultation and offer a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means you will not pay us anything until after we have secured a monetary recovery on your behalf.
Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home