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This long-term care home is a "for-profit" 180-certified bed center providing cares and services to residents of Jacksonville and Duval County, Florida. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
11565 Harts Rd
Jacksonville, Florida 32218
(904) 751-1834
Harts Harbor Health Care Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Harts Harbor Health Care Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, assisted and independent living options, medically-complex care, respiratory care, bariatric 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 $7,963 for substandard care
The federal government has the legal authority to penalize any nursing home that has violated rules and regulations that have harmed or could have harmed a nursing facility resident. These penalties include denial of payment for Medicare services are an imposed a monetary fine.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Harts Harbor Health Care Center for $7,963 on May 02, 2019, 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 State of 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 two out of five stars, including two 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 investigate and report an allegation of mistreatment, neglect, and abuse to the Administrator of the facility or his designee (Abuse Coordinator).” Additionally, this deficient practice failed to “report this allegation, conduct a thorough investigation, and to prohibit the alleged perpetrator access to the facility at the time the allegation was reported.”
The facility “demonstrated a lack of action and commitment to protect [one resident] and other vulnerable residents from the possibility of continued abuse.” An interview with the Unit Manager indicated that the resident “had a stage IV pressure ulcer on his left ischium, measuring 2.0 cm x 4.0 cm x 1.8 cm. Currently, the facility is using a wound vac to treat the wound.”
The investigators interviewed the resident who stated that in mid-June, “there had been an incident with a male Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in which the CNA ripped his brief off and tore his skin on his buttocks and the back of his thighs. He identified [the employee] and stated that he knew it happened during that time because he could feel how much force the CNA used when he pulled the brief from between his legs.”
The resident stated during the incident, he and the “CNA were having an argument about the size of brief the CNA was going to put on him. He stated he wanted the CNA to put a larger brief on him (green/medium or yellow/large) than the one he brought to the room (blue/small).”
The resident stated that the CNA “told him he could not put on a larger brief on him because the briefs are based on the weight of the resident, and he requires the smaller size. The resident told the CNA he did not care the brief was larger than what was recommended; he wanted at least a medium. He stated he was trying to calm himself down as he was saying to himself to just shut up, to shut up, when the CNA told him he was rude and should not speak to him that way.”
Do you believe that your loved one has suffered harm through mistreatment while living at Harts Harbor Health Care Center? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Duval County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Jacksonville.
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Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
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