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This nursing center is a "for-profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services and cares to residents of Wauchula and Hardee County, Florida. The 79-certified bed long-term care nursing home is located at:
401 Orange Place
Wauchula, Florida 33873
(863) 773-3231
Hardee Manor Healthcare Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Hardee Manor Healthcare Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care, comprehensive rehab services, wound care, hospice, and memory care.
Fined $10,475 for substandard care
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.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Hardee Manor Healthcare Center for $10,475 on March 22, 2018, citing substandard care. This nursing home received two complaints and self-reported one serious issue over the last thirty-six months 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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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 one out of five stars, including one 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 provide care and treatment services [according to] professional standards of practice for [two residents].”
The surveyors observed a resident who “had a contracture of his right and left foot with no splints noted to be in place. The resident was observed to be wearing regular socks on both feet.” Additionally, the resident “was seated in a wheelchair that appeared to be too large for him and appeared as if he would fall out when leaning forward.”
At that time, the surveyors observed “a second wheelchair part of the resident’s room that appears to be customized to fit the resident with a handwritten sign that documented ‘Out of Order.’” The resident told the surveyors that “he was currently using a loaner wheelchair and that his wheelchair was expensive, and it was broken, and no one had looked at it.”
The resident reported that “a loner chair was uncomfortable and that the cushion that he sat on in the loner chair was garbage.” The surveyors reviewed an Order Summary Report from the Physician indicating that the staff was to provide the resident “spacers to the left foot while out of bed.” The spacers were to be removed when the resident was being showered, and the resident was to have a ROHO cushion in the wheelchair.
However, an interview with the Rehab Director revealed that “we do not use ROHO because it puts a resident at risk because it has to be monitored every day for a period. She reported that she was told by the corporate office that they do not use ROHO cushions [and that] she did not consult with a hospital who ordered the use of the ROHO cushion.”
The Director reported that “the facility had the policy to provide a similar cushion but was not sure if the policy was written.” The Director said that “there was no documentation that would indicate that the Medical Director changed the order for the cushion.” The acting Director of Nursing reported that “there are pressure-relieving mattresses in the building and that they are monitored by nursing, and that the facility had the ability to monitor the ROHO cushion.”
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at Hardee Manor Healthcare Center? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Hardee County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Wauchula.
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Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home