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This long-term care center is an 87-certified bed "non-profit" home providing services to residents of Sarasota and Sarasota County, Florida. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
3250 12th St
Sarasota, Florida 34237
(941) 365-4185
Heartland Health Care Center - North Sarasota Nursing Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Heartland Health Care Center - North Sarasota Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long-term care and outpatient rehabilitation.
The investigators for the state of Florida and federal nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal responsibility of penalizing any facility that has violated rules and regulations that harmed or could have harmed a resident. These penalties often include monetary fines and denying payment of Medicare services. Typically, the higher the penalty, the more egregious the problem.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Heartland Health Care Center - North Sarasota Nursing Center for $9,412 on January 08, 2018, citing substandard care.
The nursing home received two complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional documentation about fines and penalties can be found on the State of Florida Department of Elder Affairs.
To ensure families are fully informed of the level of care every nursing home provides, the state of Florida and Medicare.com routinely update their long-term care home database systems with info on violations, citations, and deficiencies.
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 “the facility failed to report a resident’s allegation of abuse and a potential resident-to-resident abuse [incident] to the State Agency.” The incident involved a resident who stated that “she had been physically abused by being thrown into the bed by a staff member.”
The resident indicated that “she reported this [incident] to the Head Nurse and [then] the staff member no longer took care of her.” A Registered Nurse (RN) stated that “she did have one incident recently where a resident complained of being thrown into bed by a staff member.” The RN said that “the staff member was removed from duty for a few days and then reassigned.”
The Director of Nursing, who also serves as the Abuse Coordinator, indicated that “she had not had any abuse reports since August [2016].” The Director “acknowledged she had investigated allegations of abuse but had not reported them to the State Agency.”
The Director said, “she recently did an investigation involving [a resident] where the resident said the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) had been rude. The Director said the resident reported she had a bruise on her leg after being transferred by the CNA.”
The Director “reviewed her written resident interview, which said the resident had reported [the CNA] picked her up and threw her into the bed. The resident felt this was abuse and willful on the part of the CNA.”
The Director stated that “she suspended [the CNA] and began her investigation [reporting] the allegation to the facility Administrator.” Together “they went back to re-interview the resident [finding that] the resident was mad about the incident and said, ‘I have already talked to about this.’ During this interview, the resident recanted her allegation as being abuse.” The Director stated, “she did not have any documentation of this [statement] in her file.”
Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse, or neglect while living at Heartland Health Care Center - North Sarasota Nursing Center? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Sarasota County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Sarasota.
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