Some statistics show that more than one million Americans currently live in nursing homes. Many of these patients are our mothers, fathers, grandparents, siblings, children, and friends. Families often relocate their loved ones into a nursing home believing that they will receive the best care and improve their quality of life in a safe environment.
Unfortunately, mistreatment still occurs in many nursing homes, including those in Hillsborough County. If your loved one was injured or died prematurely while residing in a nursing home, contact the Florida nursing home affiliate attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages.
This center is a 96-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services to residents of Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida. The "non-profit" long-term care home is located at:
1203 E 22nd Ave
Tampa, Florida 33605
(813) 229-6901
The Home Association Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, The Home Association Nursing Center 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, pain management, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $8,528 for substandard care
The investigators for the federal and state nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal authority to impose monetary fines or deny payment for Medicare services if the nursing facility is cited for serious violations of rules and regulations.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against The Home Association Nursing Center for $8,528 on September 28, 2018, citing substandard care. The nursing home received four 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 federal government and the Florida Department of Public Health website update comprehensive information containing historical details 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, one out of five stars for staffing issues, and five out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to report an injury of unknown source and an allegation of abuse to the appropriate state officials.” The investigation involved a severely cognitively impaired resident who had “short and long-term memory loss. She requires extensive assist of two persons for transfers.”
The survey team reviewed a Nursing Progress Note dated May 13, 2018. The note revealed that a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) “came and brought [the resident] to [the nurse] to show her a swollen forehead. The family was here visiting her. [The resident] was sent to the hospital for evaluation.”
The facility Administrator and Director of Nursing stated that “the facility had only one reportable incident and no reports” during the time frame that the resident suffered a swollen forehead. The Director stated that “she had conducted the investigation and submitted the Federal Immediate Report,” saying that the Registered Nurse (RN) supervisor phoned her at home, reporting the resident “had swelling on her forehead.”
The Director stated that the RN had said that the family “was concerned that it could be a hematoma and wanted [the resident] sent to the emergency room to be checked out.” The Director stated that the RN supervisor “informed her that there was no redness or bruising, just like swelling, and that [the resident] was not complaining of any pain or discomfort.”
The Director of Nursing stated that she had told the supervisor “to send [the resident] to the emergency room [and] did nothing further that day and started the investigation, including informing [the Administrator, [on the next day].”
At the end of the investigation, she determined that “[the resident] did not sustain the swelling to her forehead until lunchtime on May 13, 2018” that the CNA did not notice until sometime later, and “there was no swelling observed prior to that time.”
The emergency room stated that the resident had arrived after falling, and a CT scan was negative “except for a frontal subscapular hematoma” at the time. The resident also had “urinary tract infection cultures positive for E. coli.”
Were you the victim of mistreatment while you lived at The Home Association Nursing Center? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Hillsborough County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Tampa.
It is always free to discuss your case with our legal team. We provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you will owe us nothing until we can secure a financial recovery on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home