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This nursing home is a Medicare and Medicaid-participating "for-profit" center providing care and services to residents of Fort Lauderdale and Broward County, Florida. The 59-certified bed nursing facility is located at:
1615 Miami Rd
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316
(954) 523-5673
Harbor Beach Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Harbor Beach Nursing 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.
Fined $1,428 for substandard care
The state of Florida and the federal government are legally responsible for monitoring each nursing home and impose monetary fines and deny payments through Medicare if serious violations have been identified. These penalties are typically imposed when the violation is severe and harmed or could have harmed a resident.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Harbor Beach Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility for $1,428 on August 16, 2017, citing substandard care. 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 the federal government regularly updates its long-term care home database system with complete details of all deficiencies, 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, four out of five stars for staffing issues, and two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to provide care and services to prevent a decline in ambulation for [one resident].” A review of the resident’s Admission/Readmission Data Collection Form indicated that the resident “could walk with the assistance of one person, was full weight-bearing, and had a tendency to wander.”
A review of the Admission Nurse’s Note documented that on August 4, 2016, the resident “got out of bed, ambulated, but was unstable, was at high risk for a fall, and had a shuffling gait.” By November 4, 2016, the resident’s Quarterly MDS (Minimum Data Set) Assessment indicated that the resident “was, at the time, totally dependent on getting around on-and-off the unit and did not walk.”
By January 13, 2017, the resident was observed “being transported to the shower room in a wheeled shower chair as he calmly sat upright.” The facility MDS Coordinator indicated that the resident “used to walk in the room at night when first admitted but could no longer do so.”
The Coordinator said that the resident was “on hospice since admission and could not receive therapy until discharged by the hospice, which was on December 29, 2016.” It was noted that the resident began physical and occupational therapies on January 5, 2017. The Rehabilitation Program Manager stated that the resident “cannot stand.”
A Registered Nurse (RN) in charge of providing the resident care stated that the resident “used to get around with a shuffling gait due to [their medical condition] but was not safe to walk with a walker due to constant movement with his arms.” The Director of Nursing stated that the resident “was not a candidate for therapy since his admission with hospice, and it was not safe or restorative for nursing [staff] to walk with [the resident] even with a gait belt since there was a risk of falling.”
However, the Director of Nursing was “unable to provide any evidence of an assessment to indicate if [the resident] was appropriate or may benefit from restorative care to prevent loss of strength and the ability to ambulate.”
Do you believe that your loved one has suffered harm through mistreatment while living at Harbor Beach Nursing 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 Broward County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Fort Lauderdale.
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Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home